Fire-Toolz - It Is Happening Again / Mantra-ing & Golgotha: Double-Bind (Prequel)

[@ahmadshah5899]

This is the first Fire-Toolz album I heard and I was delighted to see that not only did these tracks have a video but it was in fact this. This aesthetic blend of kind of like Fruitiger Aero, L.J. Altvater type peychedelic vision (this video and also your album covers) and PS1 graphics is sublime, as well as the vocal delivery and the proficient composition. Super looking forward to check out more of your catalog plus also I think it's really cool on a personal level that you personally respond to the comments here as much as you do! Pleasure to have made this discovery 😊

[@Fire-Toolz]

thank you thank you! to be honest, if the comments ever become like constant & potentially overbearing, i won't be responding to all of them. but for right now my fanbase is small enough to where it's not that difficult for me to pop in & talk to some peeps

[@ahmadshah5899]

@@Fire-Toolz yea I think its great that you can be a talented and prolific artist and also just you know make time to share a kind or wise word 🙂. IMO somehow its pretty remarkable and not gonna lie I am a little very much star-struck right now 🤩

[@peterofantioch]

Discovering this randomly during a bout of insomnia at 4 in the morning, incredibly stoned, was quite an experience. I feel changed

[@unicornpower]

Me watching this video: There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.

[@Fire-Toolz]

if it's any consolation, the first song is wishing someone who broke up with me after six years well in her journeys (she has grown an incredible amount, it's amazing) & the second song is about wanting to be loved & fearing abandonment. how's that feel? still disturbed? cuz i know i am lol

[@kaithe2st]

This is amazing shit. You are severely underrated

[@necroneil]

Discovered this album through Fantano, who described the music as sounding like multiple genres playing at once and it being overwhelming at times, which made me think 'sounds perfect.' I did not expect it to be like different erratic parts of my brain chatter coming together to make something that sounds so soothing to me. There are times when the music sounds like if Cardiacs made the soundtrack to Spyro, which is a perfect combo as a big fan of both. Really excited to have found your music.

[@Fire-Toolz]

thank you! i like what you said! i love cardiacs. i love the band oceansize, and they praise cardiacs, amplifier and porcupine tree. of course i already listened to porcupine tree but hadn't heard of the other ones until they showed me them.

[@necroneil]

The fact that you love Cardiacs makes me so happy, as they're my favourite band. I can definitely hear the influence of Cardiacs via Oceansize through your music. I've been sharing your music around fellow Cardiacs fans and they're loving it as well. I'm slowly buying and working my way through all your music and adore it. Please come and play live in the UK!

[@slothsip]

I don’t need sleep, I need Fire-Toolz

[@bartvenken7138]

It is true, what you said, about attention.

[@Fire-Toolz]

isn't it? at first it didn't make sense to me but then it hit me like a ton of bricks

[@ASMRRM]

I. Am. Completely. Mesmerized.

[@bredslicer]

The camera movement through the building and lyrics at 0:47 brings back so many memories playing racing games on the PS1 (Toy story racing, looney tunes, etc). And the sun/earth/moon faces remind me so much of the Japanese Yellow Brick Road games from the 90s

[@KramerPacer83]

So many liminal PS1 vibes. Absolutely love your stuff Fire-Toolz!

[@imokay3397]

This video just told me secrets

[@CyranoForever101]

No matter what anyone may think, you definitely know a Fire Toolz song when it comes on lol

[@danvasart]

i dont even know how i discovered you in bandcamp but im glad i did, i think it was recommended somewhere below in the UI and i clicked because colors

[@Fire-Toolz]

that's why i click things too

[@smugshrug]

damn that's gotta hurt

[@Fire-Toolz]

growth always hurts

[@danvasart]

holy shit the second part of this song is very yes please more

[@BLUDDLY]

the day and night being the two tracks is genius

[@Fire-Toolz]

nick krueger is an incredible artist

[@unslept_em]

the sequence during the sunset is so lovely. it might also be my favorite drone ever

[@Fire-Toolz]

thank you so much! its a field recording of church bells nearby & some patch in Alchemy run through a granular delay & then a tape delay.

[@lukasparo194]

Just heard this on my local radio 😂 very surprised

[@hannahgrapes1554]

Qwhat. Brooo where do you live, venus? That's cool af. More people need to be exposed to this, its gorgeous

[@lukasparo194]

@@hannahgrapes1554 I know it was a realy shock, I live in new york. Ive shown a few people, its definitely a gem.

[@boldwithfire]

Thank u Angel, u get it

[@Flux_Edge]

Best video ever

[@vapingneckbeard125]

that celestial impact sequence affected me in a way i did not expect

[@Fire-Toolz]

when i first saw it it really hit me too. nick did such a great job on this

[@LadyJub]

I keep coming back to this

[@MelonSprout]

these vocals, always evolving

[@jamesh8556]

amazing video

[@AdonisNesser]

Lovely album, well done and excited for what's coming next

[@Fire-Toolz]

probably a million more albums

[@eleanore5807]

sick.

[@sirflyingv5641]

OMG new song to play on repeat whole year. This is amazing!

[@wusstunes]

So sick omg

[@shoom8115]

now this is unique

[@HashMagician]

that ending is incredible

[@marie_icetea49]

Me and my dad came across this and we were blown away :0

[@matthewbenedict5923]

Oh my god this is incredible

[@InterfaceFuuls]

Instant classic

[@scheetmcborsten7977]

It's like black metal with a neon glitter bomb

[@Fire-Toolz]

lol hell yea

[@AlphabetSoupABC]

Never before have I heard anything so comfortingly nostalgic and brutally disturbing at the same time

[@Maily6969]

I wanna be a cloud 😅😊

[@stinerbros]

glorious

[@Lleq3]

incredibly sick, great work yall

[@readymade83]

the place where Deafheaven and 100 Gecs intersect. this album is great.

[@Fire-Toolz]

:) i'm curious, what elements of the music do you find to be similar to 100 gecs?

[@readymade83]

@@Fire-Toolz some of the production and how the songs jump around from quiet to super heavy in no time flat. It sounds like controlled chaos in the best way. Thanks for asking!

[@readymade83]

@@Fire-Toolz Soaked is the song that reminded me of Gecs.

[@nienize]

Attention is the ratest and purest form of generosity Edit Shouldn’t have smoked up before watching this til the end

[@educostanzo]

You kidding me, I'm glad that I did!

[@thelevelbeyondhuman]

this is an interesting combination of sounds..! and people say you can’t still do new things with music.

[@rewindingApocalypse]

i gotta listen to some karma moffett after this. well done fire-toolz

[@blainelove]

🧡🧡🧡

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

The price of individual autonomy is a toll too great for the trade offs. I can no longer quiet or drown out the screaming void. Only be transposed into it's tempest. Yet I too, transport neuro-sewage from the inlets/outlets of the info-dysphoria network. Will the unblinking gaze of my radial oppressor flinch at my demise? Has its endless symmetry excommunicated me? What is the point of melting away the wax and feathers. Dying for ascension, stupid pointless. I'll be incinerated with the artifice of human accomplishment in any case. So what was the point of it all.

[@Flux_Edge]

Oh shit

[@oddnon]

I've never heard anything like this. Caught the album review by Fantano and at first, I didn't know what to make of it. And now I can't stop listening. I wanted to ask @Fire-Toolz, what's that sample at the beginning? It sounds so familiar and my brain can't place it.

[@Fire-Toolz]

it's my wife lol. thank you!!!

[@oddnon]

@@Fire-Toolz That's so cool! Totally sounds like something out of a movie. Have a great one!

[@RetsaGames]

Queen of vapormetal 🔥

[@alexbrown3854]

THIS SHIT SLAPS

[@CorpseTongji]

this song came out when it was happening again

[@BrandoHuey23]

absolute genius on display. one of my very favorite tracks ever. btw, what kinda effects do you use on your vocals? it has excellent texture!

[@Fire-Toolz]

thank you. i use all kiiiiinds of things. every vocal line is an opportunity to play with new toys. i have go-to saturation, EQ, and compression settings, but beyond that i have a field day playing with different plug-ins.

[@kagitsune]

A friend sent this to me describing it as "technical vaporawave screamo" and "what the actual fuck??". Upon viewing, I can appreciate the anti-capitalist absurdist vibes. I can't say that I enjoy it, but I am glad that it exists. Art has been achieved: my comfort has been disturbed.

[@Fire-Toolz]

thank you so much! where are you getting anti-capitalism from? not saying i'm not anti-capitalist or pro-capitalism reform at the least, but wondering where you've detected that. i wouldn't call it vaporwave or screamo, but there are definitely new age and jazz elements which show up in vaporwave...and although i am a HUGEEE classical screamo fan, more of what i'm channeling with these vocals in this song is hardcore and black metal. i don't mind you or your friend's assessment but it's fun to get technical with genre stuff. thanks again for giving it a chance and for appreciating its existence even if you don't vibe with the sounds

[@neaituppi7306]

Looks like Garry's Mod, which I use sometimes for videos.

[@gnutz87]

Bill Wurtz-core

[@DATAGIRL]

ooooo that’s a good breakbeat 😌