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I Guess this is Forever

By alonemusic on February 20, 2026 6:39 pm

This weeks track is a an experiment in swing. I rarely touch swing, don't know why.. but I spent much of the early part of the week listening to the Citizen Sleeper soundtracks and felt the need for some lo-fi synths.
I tried my best to avoid the ol' lofi beats 'clock tick' which is weirdly the audio equivelent of a knife in the ear for me, and I enjoyed how much bounce you can get in beats you program yourself.

I also wanted washes of audio, so bit crushed pianos through massive reverbs? Yeah go on then.

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Bonus:

I actually had a weirdly productive monday, I wanted to try some synth patches, and while it wasn't what I wanted to do for the week, I was kinda happy with this little synth jam, so here it is on soundcloud, like a B-side to the week.. Maybe I'll come back to it if I have a week where I'm not feeling it:

https://soundcloud.com/alonemusic/palm-dive-mix-1

I've just started Citizen Sleeper!
Drums are nice on this. Reminds of Tycho a little. Got that synth based post-rock feel.

washes of audio are always appreciated (and a good band name) I love when the bouncy bass comes in with the guitars.  Gave me some Ulrich Schnauss feels.  Sweet breakdown at the 3min mark that had me nodding along. Oooh those big chords are so nice that lead back to the guitar.  Love the wavey outro too. Well done!

The art cover is so cool.

(Track is pretty good too, I really like how big everything is.)

I really like the choice of a vintage production sound for this track. The drums, and synths have all this glorious late 70s/80s sound. The way the track opened around 1:45 was really good. I like also how you introduce a whole new movement to the track around 3:00. That was one epic track!

Oh wow that mournful bridge around 2:15ish was such a goosebumps moment for me, really beautiful. The lofi-esque elements and big walls of sound really reminded me of Thomas Barrandon's work, particularly The Quiet Earth and I am thus insanely envious lol

This was beautiful and lush BEFORE the strings showed up. Wow what an addition. This is so good.

this was just what I needed on my dinner break. feels like I went somewhere else.

Love the artwork format.great vibe

The artwork is so cool. I love that.
So huge and shimmery. Massive space vibes. Great stuff.

sandyMclandy wrote:

I've just started Citizen Sleeper!
Drums are nice on this. Reminds of Tycho a little. Got that synth based post-rock feel.

Citizen Sleeper (at least the first one, I've still not played the second) slaps. I had a great time with it. Thanks! I love Tycho too.. perfect 'doing stuff in a coffee shop music' heart

Tone Matrix wrote:

washes of audio are always appreciated (and a good band name) I love when the bouncy bass comes in with the guitars.  Gave me some Ulrich Schnauss feels.  Sweet breakdown at the 3min mark that had me nodding along. Oooh those big chords are so nice that lead back to the guitar.  Love the wavey outro too. Well done!

Thanks buddy! I'm so here for big washes. The big chords were a total accident, they are an abandoned guitar part that I transcribed to midi and dropped on the wrong track.

djippy wrote:

The art cover is so cool.

(Track is pretty good too, I really like how big everything is.)


Ha! Big is just big, its a true fact that none can dispute big_smile Thanks.


Kedbreak136 wrote:

I really like the choice of a vintage production sound for this track. The drums, and synths have all this glorious late 70s/80s sound. The way the track opened around 1:45 was really good. I like also how you introduce a whole new movement to the track around 3:00. That was one epic track!

Yes! I rammed nearly everything through tape and bit crush plugins in the intro. Thanks big_smile heart

neon liminal wrote:

Oh wow that mournful bridge around 2:15ish was such a goosebumps moment for me, really beautiful. The lofi-esque elements and big walls of sound really reminded me of Thomas Barrandon's work, particularly The Quiet Earth and I am thus insanely envious lol

I checked out that album this week and I have a new fav, thanks for the tip! Maybe its the state of everything, but I can't seem to help having sadness in my stuff lately... Thanks for listening heart

MRDRCAT wrote:

This was beautiful and lush BEFORE the strings showed up. Wow what an addition. This is so good.


Thank you man! heart


Crash Overture wrote:

this was just what I needed on my dinner break. feels like I went somewhere else.


heart thanks! Hope you enjoyed the trip big_smile


Perlin Boy wrote:

Love the artwork format.great vibe


I'm so taken with 90s/00s 'retro' futurism at the moment.. I get its very in what with Marathon a such, but I think the nostaligia factor pulls me in.


BarristerPlong wrote:

The artwork is so cool. I love that.
So huge and shimmery. Massive space vibes. Great stuff.

heart thank you so much!


Very evocative title, now I'm curious what that story is you got.
Sounds very good too, swing suits you.
- Raioh

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