The Tapes

April 12, 2026 — 02:41 AM Coffee stain here ☕

We started with the acoustic guitar. No click track. Just the two of us in a room that smelled like old wood and damp coats. The heater was broken — we kept our jackets on the whole session.

Wake Up Slowly came out of a conversation about mornings that belong only to you. That impossible blue hour before the world starts asking things of you. We didn't plan it. We just played it.

→ keep the mistake at 2:17

May 8, 2026 — 11:58 PM The Vermouth Pact 🍸

The synth arrived on a Tuesday. We plugged it in, turned every knob the wrong way first — because that is the rule — and something happened. The room stopped being cold. The room started humming.

Universe Zero Nine was not a song. It was an accident that kept insisting on itself. We recorded it four times over two nights. This is the third take. The third take is always the one.

vol. louder. always louder.

June 3, 2026 — 4:05 AM ⚡ finished at dawn

Eight tracks. Done. We sat on the floor and listened back to the whole thing with the lights off. Neon Fireflies played last. Neither of us spoke for a long time after it ended.

This record is a place. You can come back to it.