Sanctified Hunger: Out Now

Sanctified Hunger: Out Now

Present Day, July 17, 2026The testimony is complete. Sanctified Hunger is in the world.Twelve tracks. Five centuries of observation about the oldest and most reliable mechanism of human control. The claim to divine authority. The institution that names itself...
Two Hours in a Cafe in Arles

Two Hours in a Cafe in Arles

Arles, November 1888I was introduced to Vincent van Gogh this evening by a mutual acquaintance from Paris. We sat in a cafe near the Place du Forum for two hours. He talked about color and light with a precision that was almost scientific and a passion that was...
Two Days: On Faith and Its Institutions

Two Days: On Faith and Its Institutions

Present Day, July 16, 2026Two days before Sanctified Hunger arrives, I want to say one more time what the album is not.It is not an argument that God does not exist. I do not have sufficient evidence to make that argument with confidence, and I have had five hundred...
The Speed at Which He Worked

The Speed at Which He Worked

Vienna, autumn 1783I met Wolfgang Mozart through a salon on the Herrengasse last week. He is twenty-seven years old and composing at a rate that suggests he is working against a deadline he has not been told about but can feel. I recognized this quality immediately. I...
Four Days: Why This Album Exists Now

Four Days: Why This Album Exists Now

Present Day, July 14, 2026Four days until Sanctified Hunger. I want to be honest about why this album exists in its current form.I have been working with these themes for decades. The condemnation at fifteen. The five centuries of watching religious violence. The...