By James Roach hames Bandcamp jamesroachmusic SoundCloud YouTube YouTube hamesatron Twitter.
Cover art by Homestuck.
Released 9/13/2021.
Duration: 3:19.

Listen on SoundCloud or YouTube.

Read artist commentary.

Tracks that please support The Trevor Project references:

• Endless Climb by Buzinkai

Flashes & games that feature please support The Trevor Project:

• Something Beyond The Sky
• [S] Seer: Ask | 3D Animation

Artist commentary:

James Roach: (SoundCloud)

I wasn't certain how to approach this one. I knew if I was going to use the theme from endless climb it wouldn't feel right accepting any money for it. These things don't exactly pay well to begin with tbh, so i thought I would use the platform i've been given to try and do something... even a little positive.

at first the song was just going to be called "play the rain" because naming it something stupid, while keeping up with tradition, seemed like it would be in bad taste. at some point while i was working on it i started looking into various charities i could donate the proceeds to, and it hit me that i could just ask to make the title in the credits a link to the charity.

suicide is something that is hard for me to talk about. its very personal. i tend to internalize feelings in order not to.. bother anyone. a few months ago i called a suicide hotline when i hit a really low point and i think just the act of calling made me feel... in charge somehow? feelings are fucked up. don't be afraid to talk to someone. even if it is a stranger at the other end of a call. take that step. you're not bad for feeling that way.

so anyway. endless climb was one of the very first homestuck songs that really drew me in, and doing a cover of it all those years ago really got me back into taking composition seriously. it could easily be argued that this song changed my life for the better.

if you want to know more about the trevor project, or just suicide prevention in general visit thetrevorproject.org