I will be releasing all the music I have created in my dismal life slowly over the coming weeks, exclusively on bandcamp, in order to clear out the archives and turn the material over to the world. Most of it is not pretty or even good by most measures, but every single song has had a part in my growth as a human being and for that alone I feel they deserve at least the opportunity to be heard and dissected.

this is probably the most eclectic mix of recordings released under the yearly banner thus far. 2013 was a wonky year. most of my output that year was directed towards specific projects, and so the songs that live on here under the throwaway banner of "2013" were mostly either songs without a home to begin with or were meant as rough drafts for future studio recordings (see: all the 'guitar and vox' demos).

of the 15 recordings here, only 6 are complete recordings, further nailing home the point made above. most of my creative output this year is heard on Life & Death, Swan Songs Too, and RoundPeg/SquareHole. the 'other' songs, the "guitar and vox" tracks, were songs that were contenders for a second EP, recorded in that form just to send to the band and brian's dad. some saw life elsewhere, the rest live on just thru these recordings. oddly enough, of the songs that were demoed as "guitar and vox" tracks for the second EP, only one track made the cut - 'downer' - and the rest ended up either seeing new life elsewhere down the line or simply frozen in time as these crappy demos.