I’m Holding Up Fine, Why Do You Ask?

by Rings of Mars

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1.	Vaccination for your Devil 01:54	buy track
2.	Less Of Everything 05:45	buy track
3.	Comes Tears Of... 05:04	buy track
4.	Sometimes I think to myself that God must hate me, for why else would I feel so alone. 03:17	buy track
5.	It's my 21st Birthday, and I'm eating ice cream alone in my desk chair. 09:27	buy track
6.	The Absolute Limits Of Human Comprehension 04:16	buy track
7.	Astronomy Was a Mistake 03:54	buy track
8.	I sometimes wonder if there's any point at all. 01:24	buy track
9.	Holding Up Fine 03:19	buy track
10.	Why Do You Ask? 03:15	buy track
11.	ＢＬＯＯＤ　ＴＥＫＳ 04:24	buy track
12.	We exist within memories. 04:22	buy track
13.	Spare Me A Love Of Convenience 03:29	buy track
14.	I can't go to the party, have fun without me. 02:16	buy track
15.	Some memories are real, some are fake. 05:15	buy track
16.	False God 04:48	buy track
17.	But they all matter. 03:29	buy track
18.	Technical Difficulties 04:11	buy track
19.	Who「𝙸」am 04:59	buy track
20.	Without them, we are nobody. 07:00	buy track

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The third full album from Rings of Mars.

This album was always meant, from the beginning, to be cathartic for myself. A chance for me to fully express my anger and frustration at the constant existential state of listless existence. In recent years I, like many people, have been struggling with confronting the complete truth that nothing we do and nothing we want matters in the grand scheme of the universe. If there is a God, I've often thought that he must be a cruel, cruel being to make us able to question our existence in such a way.

In attempting to reconcile my sense of being untethered from anything resembling a coherent goal that makes me feel fulfilled, this album came into existence. It may not mean anything 100 years from now, but who the fuck cares about that? We'll all be dead in 100 years, so we might as well have fun while we can. Art is a time capsule that holds all its creator's thoughts and emotions for future generations, so this is my own personal time capsule, preserved for your enjoyment.

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released December 28, 2023

"it's my 21st Birthday, and i'm eating ice cream in my desk chair," "some memories are real, some are fake," "without them, we are nobody:" Live piano by Rings of Mars.

"some memories are real, some are fake," "without them, we are nobody:" Titles paraphrased from "How Not To Disappear," by Clare Furniss.

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Composer and Producer. He/Him. I make soundtracks for stories that build and complement one another.

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