May It Never Falter Tracklist
Following his 2023 musical diary, May It Never Falter sees glaive face reality once more during a trip to Iceland, reflecting on his losses, how he’s grown, and most importantly himself. With an upbeat medieval theme soaring throughout the tracklist, moody songs like “joel” and “By Birthright” stand out as glaive reflects on the people he’s lost, whilst other notable tracks dive into his homicidal thoughts, although not out of the ordinary.
“For God and Country,” boldly expressing glaive’s religious beliefs, begins the album on a slower, sunrise-aesthetic build up before welcoming the electronics into the album, which fluctuate throughout with a mix of a bit of a mad one reminiscent instrumentals, such as “ik” and “Knock, Draw, Release.” Nearing the end, “Nobodys Fault / Accept My Own” brings out the medieval theme of the album, making final references to his music throughout 2024, before the album ends in salutations to Iceland.
Production for the “no singles” album began in April 2024 when glaive, photographer Tommy Pointer, and the producers for January 2024’s Alaska-made a bit of a mad one took a two-week visit to Iceland. Throughout this trip, lyrics would be subtly tweeted as teasers and progress updates, but no snippet would come out until the following month. He would begin a more formal rollout amidst August, where he planned to—although didn’t follow through—post three snippets a week. Releasing the eighth snippet in late September, he would surprise release “Live & Direct,” his first official release with a feature, on October 4, contradicting his original statement. He touched more on this on a podcast recorded that day, where he first claimed the album would release on the 11th. This unusual announcement would be followed by a series of tweets, including a thread with “The Big DILF,” who was granted the privilege of deciding on the final release date.
“May It Never Falter” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
i hope you all are enjoying the album we made in iceland
some thanks are in order
firstly thank you @jeffhazin1 , @_johncunningham and @ralph_castelli for producing the entire thing i truly feel more love with you all then i do anywhere else , its like breathing air as i think all art should
be and i hope you know how much that means to mesecondly, i love @tommypointer he “creative directed” or whatever this entire album we met at a mexican resteraunt and we did all this together and it means more to me than you will ever know so thank you for everything
thirdly, thanks to my manager(s) i know me not wanting to do this one with a major label made this whole process just annoying and frankly fuck em but we did that @cbegss @dan_awad
ps thank you @ragnheidur.gudjons for being in the cover you had no idea what it was for lol i hope you liked it and thank you @omermosseri for drawing the crest we used for literally everything its literally tattood on my hand till i die so yeah
i hope everyone that listens understands now more why i do this, that ive been making music for almost half a decade now and i only keep doing it because its the only thing that actually matters, i will sacrifice relationships for it i will let everything go as long as i get to continue doing this.
we are in alaska now making a start on the next one so just know it may not seem like it but i work my ass off sometimes.
May It Never Falter
for real
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What was the album previously titled?
By Birthright. glaive revealed this on a Twitch stream in May 2024: however, he announced that he was changing the name in June.
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Where did the album's original title come from?
glaive spoke on the title after he revealed it on a Twitch live stream:
It’s called By Birthright, because of, um, because my dad when we were talking about, uh, or not my dad, my mom, we were talking about, like, uh, like, like, not feeling like you deserve certain things and she said that, she said that anything that you believe you, anything that has happened to you, you deserve, because it is, it is yours by birthright. It is yours by birthright and she told me that.
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Who is seen with glaive in the album cover?
glaive is with the Icelandic model Ragnheiður Gudjonsdottir.
