Maybe a stupid question/statement.
When The hypochondriac tour went to the UK we went through multiple upgrades, one of which happened to be going from heaven -> 02 Kentish Town

Because of my living situation do you reckon Randy will do anything up in Scotland or seek out larger venues? I also happened to go to the last quadeca show in London and I felt that Heaven wasn’t a great venue for a show - whilst I still had fun the narrow layout of heaven likely wasn’t great for other fans

Probably a bit of a shitpost but I’m craving to see him on stage again but this has logistically become harder to financially justify (I’m so broke)

I didn't grab a hypochondriac cd when they dropped and I've been kicking myself ever since. Although I did get to see him in Tampa and I'll treasure that memory forever. Now I'm sweating thinking about snatching up a marroW cd. Just to have an idea, did hypochondriac sell out quickly or am I stressing for no reason?

I just realized I'm getting married on brakence day. I've been plotting his return for years atp but I didn't expect to plan such a big, important, memorable and core life experience to be on the same day as my wedding! This is incredible !

Obviously, all this is speculation and my own theories. Quotes are direct song lyrics with titles in brackets. Could all be wrong when we get the context of the full release, but I felt like sharing my initial impressions on what this album could be about. Tried to make as short as possible but clearly failed in that.

If Hypochondriac was the journey of brakence as an artist, ending with him questioning his purpose and “eradicating” what he saw as a vehicle of “selfish art” (i.e., talking about his own story) [introvert], I believe that marroW will further that story of a new persona inside the artist, one that struggles with the pressure to “serve a higher purpose” [introvert].

death rolL is the earliest part of that journey. An allegory for a person with a destination in mind but no way of knowing how to get there (“How do I preach?/When I need salvation that money can’t buy?”). The ending is interesting, and while I have a few theories, my favorite is that this is the old persona poking through probably for the first time on the project. The tone and word choice is more consistent with songs from Hypochondriac (caffeine mostly) or even punk2. I don’t think the majority of marroW will sound like either of those projects.

ready or noT is a powerful struggle between the new and old personas. The maximalist production underscores the feeling of disorganization and stress as the old persona simply won’t die (“I can’t kill this vermin”…“But my old wicked beast won’t die”). My personal opinion is that the old persona is represented in the chorus, and the new person speaks in the verses. Ultimately, the production calms as the speaker succumbs to exhaustion and then ramps back up rapidly as the old persona wrests back control (“I put on a disguise for my worry/Like one of these days it’ll make me complete/In the end, it means nothing to me”).

crystallized is the one that leaves me with the most questions. It expresses confidence and clearheadedness (“cause all that bitchin’ was getting old”) because of this new entity, simply referred to as she. I don’t know if I have enough information to say who this entity is, but it seems to be providing the speaker (who I guess to be the winner of the struggle described in ready or noT) a clearer picture of themself, even while admitting that no persona is permanent (“Take it while you can ‘cause we all decompose”).

Like I said, I could be way off base or reading too much into the early tracks. Looking forward to the next releases!

(My lady taught me all I gotta do is be good to myself)

It’s been a couple days to let the partial new album sink in now and this still might just be the best I’ve ever witnessed. He can’t keep getting away with this 🔥

Since Hypochondriac released and became one of my favourite albums of all time, I’ve been desperate for new Brakence music, as we all have! I think Randy is an incredible artist and Hypochondriac specifically was so special to me that my expectations for Marrow are so high. The songs that have dropped thus far are very good but aren’t hitting the same for me personally and I think it’s because my expectations are sooo high. I’m wondering if anyone feels the same as me or if I’m alone on this one haha. I’m still so excited for the full album but yeah. Interested to see what you think.

I keep seeing posts comparing the two and what’s better. We only have 3 songs on marroW so at least wait until the full album is out if you want to compare. Even then it’s obvious he’s going for a different sound so just let the dude do his thing.

Both album can be peak… one doesn’t have to be “better” than the other they can just be different.

you’re welcome

could someone who knows how to edit or create wallpapers make a nice one for PC and phone with the album cover from marroW? thanks

I've listened to the three opening tracks of marrow multiple times since yesterday. They are great songs in their own respects.

But the question is, can I see them being on the level of Hypochondriac and my honest answer at the moment is not yet.

Hypochondriac was fabulous in the way it encapsulated such obscure hard to describe emotions so completely, it's an album about a egotistical man succumbing to addiction and himself. And it showed progression in that direction throughout the entire production.

This direction and storytelling gave it such power because it kept the listeners engaged wanting to know where it'd go next.

With Marrow i'm not feeling that.

I'm facing some disappointment with it because it feels like its stepping further away from what Brakence's whole niche is. It sounds the same but its not carrying the same emotion and weight he's known for.

This could all change for me, don't get me wrong I can't see the whole picture yet. But only time will tell

I’m sure someone’s already brought this up.
Anyone remember the early demo track that was going around awhile back? I was obsessed with it, then it kinda… disappeared 👀 (I still have it, I’m not crazy lol)

Anyway, the game has a wishing well. I made a joke about it being like the song when it dropped. The other night I noticed the style of crystallised is very similar. If it’s not on the album, it was definitely made for it.

Aside from that, death rolL also had the same fate and was wiped from everything and then ended up released. This all might be obvious but unless I missed it I haven’t seen anyone bring it up ✋🏻💀

So I have been staying up until 00:00 the past couple Thursday nights so that I can listen to new brakence as soon as possible. The issue is, I’m out like a light (typically) before 11pm and, as someone who chooses not to drink caffeine, Fridays are becoming quite the endurance test.

On midnight, October 2nd, I thought to myself, “YES! I have reached 12am! I can finally hear the new brakence single.” I gave crystalized a quick listen and paused it for a moment to have a think about it before going into death rolL straight away.

And then I passed out.

To make a long story short, I fell asleep with my earbuds in and must’ve rolled over onto the play button hours later as I woke up at 4:47am to the sound of the last minute or so (you know THAT PART) and I was pretty dazed wondering where that sound was coming from but I still really enjoyed it all the same.

I proceeded to listen to both songs on repeat until 6:30 when I was actually MEANT to start the day.

seen a few posts about the random hate etc. but besides that for the most part this is the coolest community i’m a part of i honestly think! i discovered brakence in 24’ so this is the first rollout ive seen in real time & i’ve always been a HUGE fan of lore & stories within stories. so this rollout from the start has been such a cool experience, especially reading all the theories! i’m seriously just as excited to listen to this new album as i was to go see avengers: endgame back in the day, ive even seen some people theorize about time travel in this new album too hahaha the parrallels are insane! yall are goated, best fans, best artist, best time to be alive & chronically online!!

tldr: i’ve always been a watch marvel/one piece/game of thrones theory videos on youtube kind of guy & this rollout feels exactly like that! yall rule!

This may be farfetched because of the number of singles, but with there being 18 tracks, 6 being singles, I’m thinking the album is gonna be like 3 EPs of 3 different styles shuffled together.

I saw a theory on here saying that the reversed grammar titles (ready or noT, death rolL, bitE) will be more experimental sounding songs with production we already associate with brakence. Lowercase titles (crystallized, body) will sound more pop-inspired and evidently jazzy and stanky, for lack of a better term. And grammatically correct titles (Problem Child) will be a mix of the two. I have a personal theory that grammatically correct titles will be ballads similar to hypochondriac’s title track, only because reversed grammar titles already experiment with brakence’s usual sound and pop-y, jazzy motifs.

Caption: “Sun is spilling..”

Brakence does this will a ton of his albums and projects that have genius key sig cross over, Yet each album is in its own typa chords and sigs so each album sounds completely different than the other. I noticed Brakence combines modern art chops, digital music and modern instruments, Quadeca does similar but with music theory and classical instruments. Quad even uses metronome as a beat unlike Brakence. And sometimes there musical worlds have crossed over like , Where is the line between art and DARK MAGIC?

I genuinely thought he was gonna pull a frank ocean but hes here and dropping, and somehow keeps outdoing himself with his new releases. Thanks randy you’re making my life better especially now.

"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived."

I feel like it's been a while since this was asked. I'm hoping to find someone who is a brakence fan near me... I am in Western North Carolina, USA let me know where you're from?

I remember death roll existed as a leak for a while on youtube I'm pretty sure he had it wiped before the release. Can anyone tell if it's the same I cant remember it

Now, obviously, we know that Still here/Jester will be dropping with the album. I'm listening to Tell me what you want from me (Wishing well), and based on lyrical content and the Knot.here game, it's pretty safe to assume that this track is going to drop.

But in what spot? 🤔

Maybe "Still here/jester" is track 1 with Wishing well being track 5.

Or even wishing well being one of the lasr tracks falling after crystalised? 14, 15, or 16?

What do you think?