Jacob Earl
@aclearjob.bsky.social
Queer songs. No gender.
Unapologetic people-pleaser.
Public servant.
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
Unapologetic people-pleaser.
Public servant.
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
Today is the 2 year anniversary of my 52nd album ChemicalZ. It came together very quickly at the end of 2023. The title track is a raw little homage to chronic pain, being queer, and all the little mitigations we make to enjoy a life that is sometimes very painful. It features very reverb-y ukulele.
ChemicalZ, by Jacob Earl
from the album ChemicalZ
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Today is the 2 year anniversary of my 52nd album ChemicalZ. It came together very quickly at the end of 2023. The title track is a raw little homage to chronic pain, being queer, and all the little mitigations we make to enjoy a life that is sometimes very painful. It features very reverb-y ukulele.
20 years ago I released Because We Didn't Look Back. It's not a good album! The songwriting is solid, but I was trying to experiment too much with production and glitchy beats, and it comes off as amateur and inconsistent at best. The title track is a nice lofi gem about the end of a relationship.
Because We Didn't Look Back, by Jacob Earl
from the album Because We Didn't Look Back
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
20 years ago I released Because We Didn't Look Back. It's not a good album! The songwriting is solid, but I was trying to experiment too much with production and glitchy beats, and it comes off as amateur and inconsistent at best. The title track is a nice lofi gem about the end of a relationship.
Today is the 12th anniversary of my acoustronica album As Surely As All This. My fav track is Limited Light. Clocking in at barely over a minute and a half, it's a simple 2-chord strum with heavy dark synth backbeat. Thematically it's about struggling with being an artist and wanting a better world.
Limited Light, by Jacob Earl
from the album As Surely As All This
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today is the 12th anniversary of my acoustronica album As Surely As All This. My fav track is Limited Light. Clocking in at barely over a minute and a half, it's a simple 2-chord strum with heavy dark synth backbeat. Thematically it's about struggling with being an artist and wanting a better world.
8 years ago I released The Empire, a concept album about Skyrim. It was originally an RPM Challenge, recorded in February, but I didn't finish in time. I came back to it later that year, finished the lyrics and vocals, and left some tracks instrumental. The Wolf Queen is my fav song from The Empire.
The Wolf Queen, by Jacob Earl
from the album The Empire
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
8 years ago I released The Empire, a concept album about Skyrim. It was originally an RPM Challenge, recorded in February, but I didn't finish in time. I came back to it later that year, finished the lyrics and vocals, and left some tracks instrumental. The Wolf Queen is my fav song from The Empire.
Yesterday I dropped my 60th album JUST THIS ONCE. The first track, Twenty-five is my fav; one of my best songs to date. It is a quintessential sad bop. Synth and bass-driven with an achey lead guitar and clarinet coda, it is about fading memory and nostalgia. Notably there is no chorus, just verse.
Twenty-five, by Jacob Earl
from the album JUST THIS ONCE
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yesterday I dropped my 60th album JUST THIS ONCE. The first track, Twenty-five is my fav; one of my best songs to date. It is a quintessential sad bop. Synth and bass-driven with an achey lead guitar and clarinet coda, it is about fading memory and nostalgia. Notably there is no chorus, just verse.
6 years ago I released my mini instrumental album White Fux. When I wrote Chop Off The Head, I recorded 20 songs, and 5 of the songs were outtakes. They somehow didn't fit on Chop Off The Head, and I had no lyrics for them, but I thought these brackish glitchy tracks deserved a release of their own.
White Fux, by Jacob Earl
from the album White Fux
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
6 years ago I released my mini instrumental album White Fux. When I wrote Chop Off The Head, I recorded 20 songs, and 5 of the songs were outtakes. They somehow didn't fit on Chop Off The Head, and I had no lyrics for them, but I thought these brackish glitchy tracks deserved a release of their own.
11 years ago I released Before The Flood, my first of two cassettes based on Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy. Oryx is about the titular character from the first book, Oryx and Crake, narrated from the perspective of the obsessive Snowman (Jimmy). @dangerously.ca helped me weave a great rap vibe.
Oryx, by Jesse Dangerously; Jacob Earl
from the album Before The Flood
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
11 years ago I released Before The Flood, my first of two cassettes based on Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy. Oryx is about the titular character from the first book, Oryx and Crake, narrated from the perspective of the obsessive Snowman (Jimmy). @dangerously.ca helped me weave a great rap vibe.
18 years ago today I released In Reel Time; probably one of my worst albums. It was a very depressing time in my life (more than usual) and I was struggling with my songwriting and production. I decided to re-record 24 Views of Mount Fuji, originally on my solo debut Tigers. It's a glitchy version.
24 Views of Mount Fuji, by Jacob Earl
from the album In Reel Time
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
18 years ago today I released In Reel Time; probably one of my worst albums. It was a very depressing time in my life (more than usual) and I was struggling with my songwriting and production. I decided to re-record 24 Views of Mount Fuji, originally on my solo debut Tigers. It's a glitchy version.
Today is the 3 year anniversary of my album New Echoes. I wrote and recorded this album while suffering chronic pancreatitis. It's about physical and emotional pain. The title track summarizes my feelings:
"So far away from it now
I'm like a piece of myself
Always looking in
To remember the guilt"
"So far away from it now
I'm like a piece of myself
Always looking in
To remember the guilt"
New Echoes, by Jacob Earl
from the album New Echoes
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Today is the 3 year anniversary of my album New Echoes. I wrote and recorded this album while suffering chronic pancreatitis. It's about physical and emotional pain. The title track summarizes my feelings:
"So far away from it now
I'm like a piece of myself
Always looking in
To remember the guilt"
"So far away from it now
I'm like a piece of myself
Always looking in
To remember the guilt"
A few days ago was the 17th anniversary of my album We Have Lost Contact; part of a series of 3 mini albums released in 2008. The title track is one of the simplest songs I've written, and also one of my favs. I've recorded several versions and the original is by far not the best, but it was first!
We Have Lost Contact, by Jacob Earl
from the album We Have Lost Contact
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A few days ago was the 17th anniversary of my album We Have Lost Contact; part of a series of 3 mini albums released in 2008. The title track is one of the simplest songs I've written, and also one of my favs. I've recorded several versions and the original is by far not the best, but it was first!
6 years ago I released Chop Off The Head. I recorded 20 songs and pared it down to 15. Secret Skin was one of the first and favs. It's a great glitch-rap synth uke bop that I originally wanted @dangerously.ca on but it didn't pan out. But I love my lyrics and delivery on this song, so it worked out.
Secret Skin, by Jacob Earl
from the album Chop Off The Head
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
6 years ago I released Chop Off The Head. I recorded 20 songs and pared it down to 15. Secret Skin was one of the first and favs. It's a great glitch-rap synth uke bop that I originally wanted @dangerously.ca on but it didn't pan out. But I love my lyrics and delivery on this song, so it worked out.
8 years ago today I released my mini album, The Joy. With only 4 songs and clocking in around 15 minutes, it is one of my shorter albums, and probably one of my least favs. The standout track is Underground, a sparse minimalist electro beat with repetitive mantra-like lyrics and a looping uke riff.
Underground, by Jacob Earl
from the album The Joy
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
8 years ago today I released my mini album, The Joy. With only 4 songs and clocking in around 15 minutes, it is one of my shorter albums, and probably one of my least favs. The standout track is Underground, a sparse minimalist electro beat with repetitive mantra-like lyrics and a looping uke riff.
7 years ago I released my shortest album, ANXIETY. It's a concept piece about struggles with mental health and embracing neurodivergence. Each of the 10 songs is only 1 minute long for easy digestion. One of my favs is Insomnia; autobiographical, as I used to suffer a lot with chronic sleep issues.
Insomnia, by Jacob Earl
from the album ANXIETY
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
7 years ago I released my shortest album, ANXIETY. It's a concept piece about struggles with mental health and embracing neurodivergence. Each of the 10 songs is only 1 minute long for easy digestion. One of my favs is Insomnia; autobiographical, as I used to suffer a lot with chronic sleep issues.
4 years ago I released my album BLOOD BLOOD, a collection of cover songs. It includes my interpretations of tracks by Arab Strap, Young Fathers, Charlotte Cardin, Songs: Ohia, Okkervil River, and more. One of my favs is my ukulele version of Blood Of A Young Wolf by Canadian hip hop artist Buck 65.
Blood Of A Young Wolf, by Jacob Earl
from the album BLOOD BLOOD
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
4 years ago I released my album BLOOD BLOOD, a collection of cover songs. It includes my interpretations of tracks by Arab Strap, Young Fathers, Charlotte Cardin, Songs: Ohia, Okkervil River, and more. One of my favs is my ukulele version of Blood Of A Young Wolf by Canadian hip hop artist Buck 65.
6 years ago I released the double single Ghost Stories: two tracks originally composed circa 2015 and co-written with my friend Damn Selene, who wrote the lyrics and did vocals while I produced the music. This became the first single for my album Chop Off The Head. These ditties are short and sweet.
Ghost Stories, by Jacob Earl and Damn Selene
2 track album
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October 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
6 years ago I released the double single Ghost Stories: two tracks originally composed circa 2015 and co-written with my friend Damn Selene, who wrote the lyrics and did vocals while I produced the music. This became the first single for my album Chop Off The Head. These ditties are short and sweet.
8 years ago I released Reincarnations, a redux of a serial electronica blog I originally released 2009-2013. The concept is love through the ages in different reincarnations. Byzantium was about the philosopher Philo, imagining him falling in love and having a tryst while writing engineering works.
Byzantium, by Jacob Earl
from the album Reincarnations
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
8 years ago I released Reincarnations, a redux of a serial electronica blog I originally released 2009-2013. The concept is love through the ages in different reincarnations. Byzantium was about the philosopher Philo, imagining him falling in love and having a tryst while writing engineering works.
Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of The Post.Script Project; a weekend in a studio with my best buds helping me create my first "solo" effort. Winter was recorded with me on bass, Ozzy on drums and guitar, and Jennifer on vox. She did about 4 or 5 takes, and Dave strung them all together expertly.
Winter, by Jacob Earl
from the album The Post.Script Project
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of The Post.Script Project; a weekend in a studio with my best buds helping me create my first "solo" effort. Winter was recorded with me on bass, Ozzy on drums and guitar, and Jennifer on vox. She did about 4 or 5 takes, and Dave strung them all together expertly.
Recently I wrote about my serial album Horizontals, originally released in blog format 2010-13. The 3rd track, Choke, came 15 years ago and is maybe my fav song I made during this time. It was one of my first forays into rap-adjacent music and I love my vocals, beatmaking, and live instrumentation.
Choke, by Jacob Earl
from the album Horizontals
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Recently I wrote about my serial album Horizontals, originally released in blog format 2010-13. The 3rd track, Choke, came 15 years ago and is maybe my fav song I made during this time. It was one of my first forays into rap-adjacent music and I love my vocals, beatmaking, and live instrumentation.
Today is the 3-year anniversary of my album GIFTS; a dark and grieving reflection on giving and receiving. Promises, Promises is a plodding, dirge-like waltz, underpinned with lilting ukulele strums and wailing clarinet.
"Wanting the Rapture didn't bring it
Hope doesn't come just 'cuz you sing it".
"Wanting the Rapture didn't bring it
Hope doesn't come just 'cuz you sing it".
Promises, Promises, by Jacob Earl
from the album GIFTS
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Today is the 3-year anniversary of my album GIFTS; a dark and grieving reflection on giving and receiving. Promises, Promises is a plodding, dirge-like waltz, underpinned with lilting ukulele strums and wailing clarinet.
"Wanting the Rapture didn't bring it
Hope doesn't come just 'cuz you sing it".
"Wanting the Rapture didn't bring it
Hope doesn't come just 'cuz you sing it".
Yesterday was the 2-year anniversary of YAWN. The album tag-line is "An exploration of dark nothingness". I got very sick in 2022 and also lost my heartdog. When I came out the other end, my depression and grief consumed me. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, with its angry riffs and sad lyrics, sums it all up.
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, by Jacob Earl
from the album YAWN
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Yesterday was the 2-year anniversary of YAWN. The album tag-line is "An exploration of dark nothingness". I got very sick in 2022 and also lost my heartdog. When I came out the other end, my depression and grief consumed me. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, with its angry riffs and sad lyrics, sums it all up.
Road 44 came out 23 years ago today. At 6 songs, it's a seemingly short album, but packs a wallop with over 30 minutes of blistering wall-of-noise concept pop. Fairytales is an early piece we composed together; at least 2 demo versions exist, and I still love the lyrics and driving bassline I wrote.
Fairytales, by Sonora
from the album Road 44
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Road 44 came out 23 years ago today. At 6 songs, it's a seemingly short album, but packs a wallop with over 30 minutes of blistering wall-of-noise concept pop. Fairytales is an early piece we composed together; at least 2 demo versions exist, and I still love the lyrics and driving bassline I wrote.
5 years ago I released Dark Dreams, a short album of new versions of older songs. Wild Life was originally released in 2008 on my album Old Habits Die Hard. The first two stanzas are tattoed on my arms as a memento mori to my uncle who passed away of Cancer in 2007. The song is about living for now.
Wild Life, by Jacob Earl
from the album Dark Dreams
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
5 years ago I released Dark Dreams, a short album of new versions of older songs. Wild Life was originally released in 2008 on my album Old Habits Die Hard. The first two stanzas are tattoed on my arms as a memento mori to my uncle who passed away of Cancer in 2007. The song is about living for now.
A year ago I released D4N13L, my 56th album; an autobiography of grief and sickness. It took me a year and a half to make and I almost shelved it. The final track on the album is Curtains Drawn, a minimalist soundscape with spoken word style vox, about all the time I spent in the hospital last year.
Curtains Drawn, by Jacob Earl
from the album D4N13L
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A year ago I released D4N13L, my 56th album; an autobiography of grief and sickness. It took me a year and a half to make and I almost shelved it. The final track on the album is Curtains Drawn, a minimalist soundscape with spoken word style vox, about all the time I spent in the hospital last year.
It is the 12th anniversary of Horizontals: A serial blog I started in 2010, and released as an album in 2013. Gods In The City is my fav song; I love the atmospheric synths, the crisp vox, and the dark sentiments about spirituality, relationships, and gentrification. Originally released March 2011.
Gods in the City, by Jacob Earl
from the album Horizontals
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It is the 12th anniversary of Horizontals: A serial blog I started in 2010, and released as an album in 2013. Gods In The City is my fav song; I love the atmospheric synths, the crisp vox, and the dark sentiments about spirituality, relationships, and gentrification. Originally released March 2011.
13 years ago today I dropped a rap-glitch album March Hawk. It's thematically about living and growing up in Ottawa. The standout track was my first collab with @jessedangerously.bsky.social - Hintonburner. It's a smokin' good brackish beat I made from an old sampler record, and our lyrics are fire!
Hintonburner (feat. Jesse Dangerously), by Jacob Earl
from the album March Hawk
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
13 years ago today I dropped a rap-glitch album March Hawk. It's thematically about living and growing up in Ottawa. The standout track was my first collab with @jessedangerously.bsky.social - Hintonburner. It's a smokin' good brackish beat I made from an old sampler record, and our lyrics are fire!