Full Moon by Sapling

"In the midst of chaos there is also opportunity."
-Sun Tzu
The Art of War

All art is, in at least some respect, a way to cope with or make sense of the world at large. These songs are products of trying to go about daily life in 2024 and 2025 and reflect as much. Go howl at the moon before it is closed to the public. Run a circular saw through your tremolo pedal. Run a tremolo pedal through with a circular saw. Nothing is real anymore.

Full Moon is the first of two EPs that will together be Ferrous Wheel, to be released sometime. Sapling is a highly collaborative band when it comes to songwriting and production and generally no crediting distinctions are made between members when it comes to music and lyrics. With Ferrous Wheel we are trying something new by leaning harder into "Rainy songs" for Full Moon and "Amber songs" for New Moon. Even these terms are slightly misleading as all Sapling songs are "Sapling songs" at the end of the day. But by giving the final say on instrumentation, arrangement, and mixing to Rainy and then Amber, we're interested to see how the vibes of these EPs may differ from what listeners have come to expect. Or maybe it's all just spaghetti hoops.

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​the feel weird album of the year." ~Justin Perilli

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