Signal Boost: Finding Others in a World of Noise
One of the most unexpected, and powerful, outcomes of the album has been the creative momentum it sparked beyond itself. During its production and touring, a new project began to take shape in the shadows: The Glitter Conspiracy. Entirely instrumental, this collaboration extends the philosophical spine of First Day on Earth, but strips away the words, leaving only tone, texture, and tension to do the talking.
It’s music as atmosphere, as protest by suggestion. The same themes of social control, mass manipulation, and algorithmic conditioning are present, but now they’re encoded in reverb tails, distortion swells, and unresolved harmonic loops. And while First Day on Earth delivers its message with cinematic narrative and lyrical excavation, The Glitter Conspiracy operates more like a mood-altering substance. Less manifesto, more medium.
We opened several First Day on Earth shows with The Glitter Conspiracy — not as a warm-up act, but as an intentional scene-setter. We wanted the audience to enter a sonic world where reality was already unstable. The eerie coherence between both bands’ visual and sonic aesthetics helped forge a shared artistic environment: a speculative space for listeners to question not just what they’re hearing, but how they’re feeling.
Community, for me, is less about who’s at the table and more about what the table is made of. The artists that inspire me most — Omar Rodríguez-López, John Frusciante, At the Drive-In, weren’t just players. They were architects of dimensional perspective. Their work didn’t just exist in society; it looked down on it from some alien perch and tried to send back signals. I don’t try to sound like them. I try to feel like them. To channel that same kind of urgency and frequency.
So, while I don’t belong to a traditional “scene,” I feel deeply embedded in an artistic lineage that values boundary-pushing, metaphysical inquiry, and music as a transmission device. The Glitter Conspiracy is the next step in that evolution, and I’m excited to see who else picks up the signal.
