By Grace Medley power46 Bandcamp user-743933328 SoundCloud power464646 Twitter power464646 Tumblr and Kal-la-kal-la kal-la-kal-la SoundCloud kal-la-kal-la Tumblr kal_la_kal_la Twitter kal-la-kal-la.com Other.
Cover art by Monckat monckat Bandcamp YouTube YouTube achrananth Tumblr Achrananth Twitter monckat.com Other.
Released 9/16/2023.
Duration: 4:12.

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Tracks that The Ballad of Moro and San references:

• Gold Pilot by First Turn Fold
• A Romance of Protons and Neutrons by Clark Powell
• Jane Dargason by Clark Powell and Robert J! Lake
• Bird Versus Bee by Robert J! Lake
• Dogfight by Team Dogfight
• Sunsetter by Toby Fox
• Courser by Seth Peelle and Alex Rosetti

Artist commentary:

Grace Medley:

I reread Homestuck earlier this year. I was all hells of out of practice music-wise at the time, so I figured each reading session should be accompanied by a thirty-second musical warmup. For the Jade: Enter session, I decided that should be a drum and bass theme for Jade and Bec's entry. Honestly the whole thing sounded pretty haphazard, but I still wanted to turn it into a full track.

Enter Kal, who's been a close friend of mine for seven years, and we've basically spent that whole time trying to find a good excuse to collaborate. Back in the Weird Puzzle Tunes days, I was working on a track of hers called Prospitian Barn Dance which never saw the light of day but I think honestly sounded pretty cool. It had a real lo-fi bedroom-produced electronica sound to it, which I honestly adore. We've tried to collab by my count at least three more times on totally different projects since then, but it's never happened.

UNTIL TODAY.

Monckat:

This art is pretty straightforward as things go. Bec and Jade as Moro and San sounded like a compelling image to chase, and an interesting challenge to mimic an art style I’d never attempted before. I think it turned out pretty well!

Give Big Bec a pat, OR ELSE.