Shut Down (Instrumental)

We’ve had to take a step back from making records and playing shows due to many factors, not least of which the cost of living crisis. However, something emerged in recent weeks from trying to process the darkness, dread and sense of doom that pervades us all at present. Given the rapid escalation of global events, we felt compelled to share it at very short notice though it is itself an ominous piece.

And so on March 6, 2026 we released Shut Down, featuring the late Mike Ruppert—speaking prophetically back in 2009—who gave us his blessing to use his speech not long before he died in 2014.

For us it is therapeutic—even cathartic—to walk toward the fear and embrace it, which is what we hope this track will help people do in this moment. If what Mike is forewarning does come to pass, we’ll have assisted with the emotional preparation and some may then be a bit more ready for what comes next.

Lastly, the photograph on the cover is from New York City on 9/11. I (Seth) first came across Mike Ruppert’s work in the early 2000s through his peerless, holistic investigation of 9/11. I was living in New York on 9/11 (Brooklyn, thankfully) and my autistic brain has never been able to let go of not really knowing what happened that day, though I am quite satisfied that I know why. Mike’s Crossing the Rubicon is an incredibly important book in terms of a broader understanding or mapping of our epoch in my opinion, especially as it predates AI and even Internet 2.0.