Sooo. Another trip around, eh? Sold Kingdom has had quite a year. In addition to a few lab experiments per usual, I put out an LP that at one point I had decided to shelve indefinitely (before I remembered that my art is a fundamental part of how I fight back). I finally played a... Continue Reading →
Folks, I am excited to announce that my third full-length album, Distraction Portraiture, will be out in a week! It was conceived of three or four years ago, and most of the writing was done last year. Here’s the short-form album teaser trailer Here's me talking about the concept Here's some coverage of the artist... Continue Reading →
Fortunately the silence in the SK camp this year has been for doing rather than ruminating, but it's past time for an update. Being WTJU Charlottesville's DJ Malpaso, host of Limerence Addiction, quickly turned into a robust (but, fortunately, intuitive) commitment. After a few months sharing my wee-hours time slot with a compatible alternate, said... Continue Reading →
In 2023 I realized that the concept of limerence, or involuntary fixation on/intoxication with the inaccessibility of another individual (as described by psychologist Dorothy Tennov) explained an embarrassingly substantial chunk of my life. Recognizing this went a long way to improving my overall well-being, as did realizing that susceptibility to this state usually stems from... Continue Reading →
2024 in a nutshell: I dedicated myself to filling the vacancies that created the desire that has traditionally gotten me in trouble, and fought tooth and nail to see the things that do not serve me as inherently unattractive. Progress is a series of small revelations, and it is not always linear. Highlights: I busted... Continue Reading →
A fundamental part of my music is anger. Even if it’s quiet anger, or pretty anger, or glittery anger… it’s still anger. I would not trade this in for anything; it’s at the core of my whole mission, and I’ll be honest: I very well might stop the mission if I ceased to be angry.... Continue Reading →
In the early 2000s, we female-type creatures with burgeoning sapphic feelings had t.A.T.u’s anthem “All the Things She Said” to swoon over on a famishing Friday night. Deep down, I am sure the skeptics among us fully suspected that the sensuous duo was all a product manufactured by dirty old men in a boardroom… but... Continue Reading →
Five years ago, when I was first thinking about ending my musical hiatus but hadn’t yet figured out how to approach writing songs again, I learned to play a handful of covers that felt right at the time. Most of them fell by the wayside once I started making my “comeback” album, but the one... Continue Reading →
When the air changes on the first day of SeptemberWhen I look out over a crunchy frozen fieldWhen I find a box of crumbling 1960s science fiction paperbacksWhen I’m sickWhen I see a black polyester button-downWhen I travel to another cityWhen someone smokes a cigWhen I see a flowerpot of geraniumsWhen I see crude grave... Continue Reading →
*"In Internet aesthetics, liminal spaces are empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition..." wikpedia.org I recently changed the online description of my music in all the places to "liminal art pop". There's a risk to that. Arguably it's not a description you can "hear" (which places it... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 