Afterlight Tour 2025 and Album Work
Hey. I'm about to head out for the last couple shows on the Sidewalks and Skeletons & CASHFORGOLD Afterlight Tour and I wanted to give y'all some updates on what's going on, how I've been feeling, music that's come out recently, and what is coming up next for me that I hope everyone can get excited about.
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Okay on to the actual thoughts...
So this Halloween (10/31) I'll be headed to D.C. to perform for the first time and if you were planning on coming out but hadn't gotten tickets yet, I'm sorry! The show is sold out now, but if you know me, feel free to DM me on instagram and I'll add you to the guest list. I've never been to D.C. before despite having lived in Virginia when I was a kid. Part of me is interested in the history and significance of a place like D.C., but it's hard not to feel conflicted about that given the current administration and the fact that it's under military occupation. I feel for you, D.C.-ites (what do they call themselves? IDK!) but hopefully we can take your minds off the fascism for as few hours. It's also going to be great seeing my friend Seth that I don't see but maybe once a year, and he'll be coming along with us to the Brooklyn show the next day as well!
Something I'm looking forward to is playing my cover of My Own Summer live with my guitar to a real crowd for the first time. I had a good practice run last week when I played support for this band TREASVRE in Atlanta at the 529, but it was a Monday show so turnout was what it was. C'est comme ça (thank you to ALL my friends and family that came out to support. Seriously. Shoutsout R4VN for pulling some people out! Check out her music wherever you listen.) but in a way that was the ideal situation to see how it would sound and go over live, and it felt great.
I'll be doing it again the next night at the show in Brooklyn at the Market Hotel as well. Yet again, that show is sold out as well (Sidewalks and Skeletons pulls people out like no other. THEY LOVE HIM!) and I'm so excited to get to perform in New York. Honestly I'm stoked just to be there again. Growing up I didn't think I'd like New York City much, but the energy there is something else. I feel as though it either wakes something up in you immediately, or it's just not for you. Super cliché, huh? That's just how I felt the first time I went out there though, and this time it's even more exciting because I'm performing and I get to take the LOVE OF MY LIFE (@the_savannahrose/@hismind_magazine/@eclipseevolutionllc [she's a creative powerhouse. A model, poet, podcaster, worldclass pet mother, and perfect POTNA]) with me! Not like I KNOW the place but it'll just be so fun to show her the city and hang with friends.
Another note — Sidewalks and Skeletons' impact on the witch house community cannot be understated. I was just talking with his wife Jacqueline (Soft Siren/CASHFORGOLD) about it at the Nashville show last month. Jake is so unbelievably friendly, cool, supportive, he's a great collaborator, and he lifts up the entire genre along with him. He carries this scene on his back and the artists and listeners are all the better for it. Success could not come to a better guy.
Enough about the live shows though...
RECENT REMIXES + NEW SUFFER RING MUSIC COMING
REMIXES BY FRIENDS
Lots of exiting stuff has come out in the last month or so, and there's more new collaborations, remixes, and music coming out soon! VAVN did a flip of my song Abandon (Listen here) that turns up the energy even more and has a kind of 2hollis feeling to it that you should definitely check out if you haven't yet! And my boy Tomkillsjerry dropped a wave remix of my song INCEL (Listen here) that goes insanely hard. Seriously I can't believe I get to call him my friend and I can't wait to work on some original stuff with him (PROMISE I'M GETTING TO IT SO SOON!). Tom is unbelievably talented and the NICEST guy you'll ever meet.
REMIXES BY ME
I'm also so honored to have been asked to remix a song for Ritualz new remix album for his record FOREVER. Obviously JC is a scene legend and it was cool enough to get to meet him and perform alongside him at CH1M3RA in the Netherlands last year, but to be asked to contribute to his remix album was a dream come true. I picked his track To Black and turned it into a trance rave banger. I don't know when it's dropping but trust me, I'll be the first to tell you when you can check it out!
COLLABORATIONS
I also worked on another song with Sidewalks and Skeletons called Parasite that will be available everywhere this Friday (October 17) that I can't wait for everyone to hear. I know Jake has been playing it out live on tour recently and I'm stoked to get to hear it live myself. There's another original song the two of us are working on now that I need to wrap up before I fully devote myself to my BIG GOAL this year and next year...
And that is...
THE FIFTH SUFFER RING ALBUM 'STARVE'
That's right! I'm in the studio, writing and recording the fifth SUFFER RING album (titled STARVE). It's going to be another 9 new tracks that i'm shooting to have finished early next year so we'll have time to make new designs for the album, merch, shoot a video, and have everything ready for a Spring release date 🤞.
I'm going to be honest — This will be the most important record I have ever made and I'm determined to make it the greatest piece of work possible. No cut corners. No filler. No bullshit. Every track will be worthy of performing for you live. This record is going to be something I am so proud of that I'll finally feel comfortable relaxing for a bit before I get back to work recording more...
WRAP IT UP
That's everything for now. I hope you love all the new music coming out and if you get a chance to come to either of these next two live shows PLEASE come say hi! I am not kidding. I sincerely love hearing from you guys. Every time I come out to the crowd and see people holding merch they've just picked up, or wearing a SUFFER RING shirt it blows my mind. Like, I genuinely want to meet y'all and tell you how grateful I am for your support and for listening to the music I make. It seriously means everything to me.
- COREY