Diagnosis, Not Doom

Diagnosis, Not Doom

Present Day, April 2026Some people who have heard Black Sun Rising have described it as pessimistic. I want to address this directly because I think the characterization misses something important about what the song is doing and what the album is doing.Pessimism is a...
Black Sun Rising: What the Song Is

Black Sun Rising: What the Song Is

Present Day, April 24, 2026The song is out now. I want to say something about what it is, because I think the title requires explanation rather than allowing the usual mysterious ambiguity that single titles sometimes perform.The black sun is a specific thing. It is...
Why April 24

Why April 24

Present Day, April 2026Black Sun Rising arrives April 24. I have been asked why this song, and why before the album, and I want to answer the question directly.The album, which comes May 22, is a complete thing: twelve movements through the geometry from the...
Berlin, 1927

Berlin, 1927

Berlin, 1927I was in Berlin in the late 1920s. I want to record what it felt like from the inside, because I think the texture of it is relevant to the present moment and I have not found a way to describe it precisely in any of the forms I have used for...
The Black Sun: What Authority Becomes

The Black Sun: What Authority Becomes

Various, consolidatedEvery century I have moved through has produced its particular version of the same configuration: a system of authority that begins with a claim to legitimacy, accumulates power on the basis of that claim, and eventually uses the accumulated power...