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
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
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
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!
17 years ago I released Old Habits Die Hard, the 2nd in a series of 3 albums in 2008, about death and growing up. It is lyrically, compositionally, and production-wise a turning point in my music that still holds up today. Thus I don't have a fav song, but the title track encompasses the mood aptly.
Old Habits Die Hard, by Jacob Earl
from the album Old Habits Die Hard
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
17 years ago I released Old Habits Die Hard, the 2nd in a series of 3 albums in 2008, about death and growing up. It is lyrically, compositionally, and production-wise a turning point in my music that still holds up today. Thus I don't have a fav song, but the title track encompasses the mood aptly.
My new 59th album DELICATE BEAST is out today! My fav track is Calamity. It's a dark song about loneliness and regrets, drenched in a Southern goth country vibe. The album began with this song, and I love how it formed over 6 months into a cohesive story. I especially like the clarinet on Calamity.
Calamity, by Jacob Earl
from the album DELICATE BEAST
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My new 59th album DELICATE BEAST is out today! My fav track is Calamity. It's a dark song about loneliness and regrets, drenched in a Southern goth country vibe. The album began with this song, and I love how it formed over 6 months into a cohesive story. I especially like the clarinet on Calamity.
10 years ago I released the cassette version of After The Flood with @jessedangerously.bsky.social. Adam is a song I wrote and brought a demo of to Jesse, who promptly suggested I give up vox duties to the real rap legend. The result is Jesse doing vox with me doing minor backing vox, and it rocks.
Adam, by Jesse Dangerously; Jacob Earl
from the album After The Flood
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
10 years ago I released the cassette version of After The Flood with @jessedangerously.bsky.social. Adam is a song I wrote and brought a demo of to Jesse, who promptly suggested I give up vox duties to the real rap legend. The result is Jesse doing vox with me doing minor backing vox, and it rocks.
It has been 3 years since I said goodbye to my dog Jelly Bean. GIFTS was a hard album to make; like a love letter to her. The final stanza of the last song, The Long Nap, sums it up:
The long nap is a twisted road
I had to shoulder that load
Time for you to sleep, my Bean
Time for the forever dream
The long nap is a twisted road
I had to shoulder that load
Time for you to sleep, my Bean
Time for the forever dream
The Long Nap, by Jacob Earl
from the album GIFTS
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It has been 3 years since I said goodbye to my dog Jelly Bean. GIFTS was a hard album to make; like a love letter to her. The final stanza of the last song, The Long Nap, sums it up:
The long nap is a twisted road
I had to shoulder that load
Time for you to sleep, my Bean
Time for the forever dream
The long nap is a twisted road
I had to shoulder that load
Time for you to sleep, my Bean
Time for the forever dream
The Holy Fire is 3 years old today! The tagline is "20 songs about spiritual and existential angst". It's a b-sides album recorded over 15 months as outtakes from Silly Little Sacrifices and Drumz And A Baalloonn. But Didn't You Just Want predates them; I started it in 2020; a sparse synth bop gem.
Didn't You Just Want, by Jacob Earl
from the album The Holy Fire
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Holy Fire is 3 years old today! The tagline is "20 songs about spiritual and existential angst". It's a b-sides album recorded over 15 months as outtakes from Silly Little Sacrifices and Drumz And A Baalloonn. But Didn't You Just Want predates them; I started it in 2020; a sparse synth bop gem.
Tranced turns 26 years old today. I wrote these songs over half a lifetime ago. The Choice I Will Not Make is one of the earliest songs I crafted, some time in 1998. It's a lament of youthful indecision. I originally wrote it on acoustic, but eventually brought it to the band and played bass on it.
The Choice I Will Not Make, by Divinity Burst
from the album Tranced
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June 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tranced turns 26 years old today. I wrote these songs over half a lifetime ago. The Choice I Will Not Make is one of the earliest songs I crafted, some time in 1998. It's a lament of youthful indecision. I originally wrote it on acoustic, but eventually brought it to the band and played bass on it.
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of After The Flood, my 2nd concept album with @jessedangerously.bsky.social about Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy (along with Before The Flood). Eve is one of my fav songs I've written. I play it on ukulele these days, but the original is all programmed synths.
Eve, by Jacob Earl
from the album After The Flood
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of After The Flood, my 2nd concept album with @jessedangerously.bsky.social about Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy (along with Before The Flood). Eve is one of my fav songs I've written. I play it on ukulele these days, but the original is all programmed synths.
7 years ago today I released IF THE DUST WAS YOUR FEELINGS, I GUESS I WAS ON MY OWN; a musical autobiography. Shuffled is a collab with @jessedangerously.bsky.social and @roborobb.bsky.social - they came to my home studio and we laid down this total bop, with Robb on lyrics/vox and Jesse on uke/vox.
Shuffled (feat. Robo-Robb & Jesse Dangerously), by Jacob Earl
from the album If The Dust Was Your Feelings, I Guess I Was On My Own
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
7 years ago today I released IF THE DUST WAS YOUR FEELINGS, I GUESS I WAS ON MY OWN; a musical autobiography. Shuffled is a collab with @jessedangerously.bsky.social and @roborobb.bsky.social - they came to my home studio and we laid down this total bop, with Robb on lyrics/vox and Jesse on uke/vox.
Another track from my new album FAM: Wrestling Demons. Clocking in at six minutes, the longest song on the album, and one of the best. It's about death of family. Funerals and wakes and tears of anger and joy and love and despair. It's understated, with dirge-like acoustics, shakers, and harmonica.
Wrestling Demons, by Jacob Earl
from the album FAM
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Another track from my new album FAM: Wrestling Demons. Clocking in at six minutes, the longest song on the album, and one of the best. It's about death of family. Funerals and wakes and tears of anger and joy and love and despair. It's understated, with dirge-like acoustics, shakers, and harmonica.
Today I released my 58th album, FAM. It's sad and a bit angry, but really a beautiful love letter to my chosen family. Relatable Cacophony is a song about a waking dream, a nostalgic memory about someone who never really existed. It's achingly good, one of my best songs to date, simple and acoustic.
Relatable Cacophony, by Jacob Earl
from the album FAM
jacobearl.bandcamp.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today I released my 58th album, FAM. It's sad and a bit angry, but really a beautiful love letter to my chosen family. Relatable Cacophony is a song about a waking dream, a nostalgic memory about someone who never really existed. It's achingly good, one of my best songs to date, simple and acoustic.