#deerest

Gate (In West Virginia) is now yours.

Stream now, everywhere (except Spotify)

This song just turned seven years old, and maybe I was kicking myself for keeping it quiet in my voice notes and documents and the memories of my college friends, but I'm not kicking myself anymore - because it was supposed to be out and alive and it was supposed to be now.

Back then, I didn't have any of you. My community, my friends - we weren't the versions of ourselves we were supposed to be. Now, I'm seeing you all flourish and grow and learn and create and network and build. I'm beyond proud to have any of you in my corner, and I'm damn lucky to have crossed paths with you on this earth. A few of you know what my plans are, what my dreams are, and maybe a few of you know exactly what this song is to me. What's important now is that it's about to be so much more. This song was once about monsters and magic, and now it's about driving forward through the doubt and listening to your heart and to your loved ones when they say, "the time is now".

Production: Lewis

Guitar: Latif

Bass: Ellie

Keys and backing vocals: Seren

Drums: Cai

Violin: Rowan

Photography: Jayne

Hair and makeup: Pixie

Let me know what you think and where you're listening from! Never forget how loved you are, my friend.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Been a while since I've drawn the Amorluvs! They've whipped up some paper valentines, all with their own personal personality traits!

🍧 SHAVED ICE -- (do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?)

The short answer: no.

The long answer: Basil and Olive had something of a tumultuous home life growing up. They weren't uncared for, exactly, but their parents had lives of their own, and were busy, and they moved often for work, which had the habit of uprooting the twins. A lot of items got left behind in storage sheds, or in hotel rooms, or in old residences, or in lockers at school. There just wasn't any real ability to keep track of it all; so at a point, it became a matter of simply...not bothering. What did they need old dolls and trinkets and picture books for? They have each other. What else could they possibly need?

So, I guess in that way, the only thing Basil has really kept through from childhood is his connection with Olive. And if they lost that, there is no word strong enough for the grief and rage that would consume him. This would result in immediate destruction of whatever caused that break or harm, and self-destruction soon following that.

👪 FAMILY -- (what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?)

As they got older and moved away, Basil lost touch with their parents. He learned at some later point that they died in an accident during a long trip, another of their moves. He wasn't overly concerned. The relationship they had with their parents was detached, and had been for a long time prior to ultimate separation.