Over the last few months I've been putting things together for the new release and really just head down, powering away. In the studio I was a bit hyper focused and forgot to record any video, take any pictures - really any kind of documentation of what I was doing. And I only realized this afterwards when I went looking for pics for the album cover. Fortunately I took a couple pictures of Matt playing drums and a video of Tracy playing bass that I then used a screenshot of.
That was it.
I also had ideas for a documentary and working with my manager on that but it kind of fizzled out.
I saw the signs and forged ahead anyway. It's ok. I'll be ok, he'll be ok. We're fine. But it's something different now. I still haven't done much with the recording of the documentary because that shit is hard! I've videoed a handful of things and they are not good. And not even in the "it's so raw, it's good". No, this is just bad like I don't want anyone to see it.
So I re-group.
Re-plan.
That's where I am.
I have tour stuff happening in Europe in September/October and I'm excited about that but also excited about where it goes from there.
In the meantime I have made great progress with the book I am writing. I have a thousand pages written. Now I have to edit. The best part of this is that I cracked what it is, how it is to be laid out, how it's going to flow - all the bits of it.
And so I am not planning a new album for 2025. I am planning a tour, a book tour and a documentary all at the same time.