Aquarium Moonbeam by Time Rival

I'd like to tell you that I had an otherworldly nighttime aquarium visit that inspired me so deeply to make this album, but....let me be perfectly honest with you. Aquarium Moonbeam is an album about challenging myself. I didn't make it for you (sorry) I made it because I had some new instruments to familiarize myself with, some new things I wanted to try out, and some old methods I wanted to refine a bit. These ten tracks were selected from dozens and I like them the best. They kind of work well together, eh?

There's a natural ebb and flow to my creative output that is dictated by my responsibilities with my family, my freelance mastering, and my work with Triplicate Records. Often times these things coincide and I have weeks (or months) where I'm not able to create new music. Then very naturally my schedule opens up and an album just pours out of me. It's kind of like the novel "Duma Key" (any Stephen King fans out there?). A period of unbottling because it needs to come out sooner or later. Then my schedule fills up again and I try to figure out a way to present the highlights of what I've accomplished with an album like this before the next wave comes and goes.

Anyways...Aquarium Moonbeam. I love this album. It's forever a part of me and really sums up my life, my choices, and my emotions for the short time between mid January and early March of 2021. I hope you love it like I do, but again....it's for me. There are so many little Easter eggs in there that I'm certain most people will just gloss over. Only I know the answer to questions like:

-Is that the sound of children talking? How many and what are they saying?

-What sort of crazy instrument is THAT?

-Is that a nod to that one song you used to hear all the time while showering at the gym in your old office building circa summer 2013?

-How'd he do that? Clearly there's something going on there.

-Was that intentional or just lazy production?

The world may never know

Tracklist

1.	The True Nature of Things	4:01

2.	Fables	3:43

3.	Superdisk	3:24

4.	Stochast	4:28

5.	Random Forest Models	3:50

6.	Zero City	4:55

7.	Topographic Forms	4:27

8.	Twin Trails	4:11

9.	Deep Rivers Run Quiet	3:40

10.	Extant	3:02

Credits

released July 16, 2021

Written, produced & Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Bryan Kraft

Special thanks to Bryan, George, and Belial for the input and assistance. Extra special thanks to my lovely wife Melissa who has offered endless support and encouragement in my musical endeavors and has allowed me to pursue this type of career.

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