I had planned to release “Astronomy” on April 20th.
I’m going to wait.
It’s all ready to go. When releasing a project in the internet age you announce a release date and then upload the tracks to the distribution service. Usually this is around a month before the release date which allows for the tracks to be sent to all the streaming services. So I would have needed to get the files out around the end of March.
However in February, after weeks of threats, Russia invaded Ukraine. The bottom line is that for me it’s impossible to pretend that this is not something that can just be ignored and I can’t in good conscience put out this work when there is this much turmoil in the World. When it began there was some hope that there would be a quick resolution, but now it looks like this is going to go on for a while.
“Astronomy” can wait. It's ironic to me that this project, a musical celebration of the natural world, is symbolized by an image of the vast and awe inspiring reality all around us. Yet, at this moment we find ourselves held back by a singular evil and the worst impulses of mankind.
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| Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA |
