Head in the Clouds
‘Head in the Clouds’ combines tracks from the past three years and is the first full-length album since I started No Time for Tapes in 2020. After releasing two EPs and a couple of singles over the years, it felt like the right moment to work on a more cohesive project.
I wanted to capture moments of everyday life that pass quietly but still leave an impression. Many of the tracks were written in between things and over longer periods of time and are inspired by nature and our surroundings.
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Track by Track
1. Time Flies (Intro)
On the intro track of the album, I used many sped-up guitar fragments and ambient layers. It's inspired by the fleeting nature of time in everyday life. Like it can sometimes feel like life tends to speed up or rushes by.
2. Bird Song
‘Bird Song’ is the second single of the album. It is a track about letting your mind take flight and drifting with the summer breeze. It blends dynamic drums and guitar melodies with bird recordings captured outside my window. It's about a curious and optimistic perspective on things.
3. Stargazing
‘Stargazing’ shifts between slower and more energetic sections. Midway, the track opens into a more ambient section with some Rhodes textures. It’s inspired by the feeling of sitting by the ocean under a clear nightly sky. I think it’s about being still while everything around you seems to keep moving.
4. Oak Tree
‘Oak Tree’ is a track about noticing change during seasons. It’s inspired by looking out the window during autumn, watching a tree slowly shift in color. I used ukulele melodies and rhythmic details for a sense of movement and piano and cello for the background elements. Autumn is my favorite season, and with this track, I wanted to capture a bit of how it feels to me.
5. Rainy Days
‘Rainy Days’ is a track about the calm that can come with grey skies and pouring rain. It aims to capture the kind of calm you feel when you're inside on a rainy afternoon in spring or autumn. It’s about finding comfort in that in-between mood.
6. Bloom
‘Bloom’ is a mellow, atmospheric track inspired by the feeling of early spring. I mainly used electric piano, guitar and field recordings on this one. This track represents the joy of noticing small changes in nature and our surroundings and also taking the time to appreciate them.
7. Head in the Clouds
‘Head in the Clouds’ is the title track and also the fastest and most energetic track on the album. It captures a more upbeat side of drifting off. I think it’s about being open to the world around you and appreciating the different ways we all perceive things.
8. Stargazing (Ambient Edit)
This Ambient Edit revisits the original track with a slower, more atmospheric perspective. I removed the percussion and put most of the melodies in a lower register. While I wanted the overall mood to feel the same, this version gives more room to the melodic sounds and field recordings in the background.
Credits for Head in the Clouds:
Released November 07, 2025
Tale Town Records
Credits for the cover art go to my lovely wife