"The Night" Single, feat. Mabelle

Available now on all major streaming services, including Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music!

Check out the streaming service links here:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/martinrajchel/afterglow

Grab a copy of the album over on my Band Camp page: https://martinrajchel.bandcamp.com/album/afterglow

In the night’s fading twilight, the Protagonist takes his final steps away from the city—a symphony composed of ideals, where reason and order conduct the lives within. Amidst the structured and systematic harmony, he hears a clear dissonance, a longing for something more resonant with the expected harmony of life. 

The Protagonist’s journey home begins and leads him away from the refined melodies of abstract thought into the raw, unfiltered soundscape of those whose lives play out in the unresolved chords of faith, doubt, and existential struggle. 

The Protagonist becomes part of a larger ensemble, immersed in the chaotic and strangely beautiful counterpoint between belief and uncertainty.

As the night deepens, so does the Protagonist’s introspection. The rhythms of existence, now steady, begin to lull him into a state of sleep—a soft cadence resolving to a deeper surrender followed by a final cadence that resolves in acceptance. In this afterglow, the Protagonist confronts the limits of his own understanding, embracing the idea that not all melodies are meant to resolve, and that some dissonances are eternal.

The Protagonist’s journey ends with a gentle crescendo fading into the night that echoes the eternal cycles of creation and decay, of life and death. As the music fades, so too does the light, leaving us with the lingering question: Is this the final note, or merely the beginning of another movement in the infinite composition of existence?