As we approach the digital release of Volume One (I Left You Before You Could Leave Me) Reimagined, I want to take a moment to formally mark this moment—not only as a return to familiar songs, but as a reintroduction to the narrative and emotional landscape that shaped them.
The album will be available on all digital platforms this Friday, October 24 at 12:00 AM (EST). For those in earlier time zones, the album will be available to stream beginning Thursday, October 23 at 9:00 PM (PST).
While the music itself remains at the core of the project, the visual presentation has also undergone a meaningful transformation for a limited time —one that reflects the deeper layers of this reimagined work.
The updated album cover, recently unveiled, was not a last-minute change, but a deliberate artistic decision. At the heart of the design is the image of a solitary man walking forward with his head bowed. He moves through darkness beneath a night sky speckled with stars—an atmosphere that reflects the overarching tone of the album: quiet grief, longing, and the complexities of unfinished connections.
Surrounding this central figure is a butterfly, formed entirely from fragmented memory shards. These pieces, intentionally broken and reassembled, contain visual echoes of the themes explored throughout the album’s tracks—moments of closeness, of distance, of rupture, of reflection. Each shard is a window into a story once lived, now reinterpreted.
The butterfly serves as a powerful visual metaphor. It represents transformation—how beauty can emerge from fragmentation, and how time can reframe the meaning of even our most painful memories. The contrast between the dark expanse of the night and the delicate complexity of the butterfly captures the tension that runs through the album: the interplay between loss and hope, absence and presence, endings and the echoes they leave behind.
For those who purchase the physical CD edition, they will get a different cover design altogether. The CD cover embraces the tones and textures of Autumn—imbued with the warm, melancholic hues of yellow, orange, and red. At its center is a transparent close-up of a man’s face looking upward, his gaze meeting the sky as if searching for meaning or clarity. Beneath him, a smaller version of himself is seen walking away, carrying suitcases in both hands—a quiet, symbolic departure from a world once familiar. Where the digital cover leans into abstraction and memory, the CD artwork is rooted more firmly in season, transition, and departure. It speaks to the personal choice to let go, to move forward, even when the path ahead is uncertain. CD is now available for Pre-order and is ready to ship after November 7, 2025.
Volume One (I Left You Before You Could Leave Me) Reimagined is not just a revisiting of past material; it is a reframing. A chance to see these songs—and the stories within them—with new eyes, in a different light, and perhaps, with deeper clarity.
Full Track Listing:
01. I Left You Before You Could Leave Me (Reimagined)
02. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Reboot)
03. Follow Your Heart (Reboot)
04. I Underestimated How Important You Are In My Life (Reboot)
05. I Lost Myself For A While (Reboot)
06. If You Love Something, Set It Free (EDM Mix)
07. Dancing Under The Moonlight (Moonlight Mix)
08. I Left You Before You Could Leave Me (Alternate – Reimagined)
09. Our Secret Place (Ethereal – EDM Mix)
10. Let Me Not Be The One You Spurn (Symphonic Remix)
11. Something Up Your Sleeve (Reimagined)
12. I Left You Before You Could Leave Me (Alternate – Dreamwave Mix)
13. Follow Your Heart (Reboot – Digital Dream Mix)
14. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Reboot – EDM Mix)
15. I Left You Before You Could Leave Me (Alternate – Definitive Mix)
I look forward to sharing this with you on October 24.
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Album Cover For Digital Release (for a limited time)
Album Cover for CD Release
