Discography
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Has That Demon Always Been Standing Behind You? (2026)
“Has That Demon Always Been Standing Behind You?” was released on March 11, 2026. It is the first single from the upcoming acoustic album First Place Loser. What began as a lullaby written in response to childhood trauma became a quiet, off-center acoustic song about what stays with us.
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Dagmar’s Sorrow (2025)
“Dagmar’s Sorrow” is a 2025 single inspired by the Arizona frontier story behind Bone Haus Brewing’s folklore. Recorded at Lava Lake Studio with Ari Leopold, the song follows a mother’s grief after an act of kindness brings sickness, loss, and a darkness that cannot be prayed away. Built from acoustic folk, Americana, and desert blues, it is one of I Am Hologram’s quietest and heaviest recordings.
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None Of This Matters (2025)
Released April 23, 2025, “None Of This Matters” is a stripped-back alt-folk single recorded at Lava Lake Studio in Phoenix, with Tyler Jones adding banjo and lead guitar from New Mexico. The song moves through real places and road memories: the Badlands, Bozeman, Ruidoso, Globe, loss, regret, and the strange work of carrying on anyway.
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Here I Lay My Burden Down (2025)
"Here I Lay My Burden Down" from I Am Hologram, released on January 13, 2025. Inspired by a poignant gravestone inscription in Nebraska, the track delves into themes of resilience and liberation. Collaborating with Bentley Monet of Snailmate on drums and Ari Leopold on bass, the song was recorded at Lava Lake Studio in Phoenix, Arizona. This release marks a significant evolution in I Am Hologram's artistic journey, inviting listeners to embrace life's chaotic beauty.
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Seven Commercials For My Soul (2024)
Seven Commercials For My Soul is a 2024 I Am Hologram album built around mortality, memory, grief, blame, love, damage, and survival. It moves between dark humor, ghost songs, confession, and jagged rock storytelling without trying to smooth out the edges.
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Working Class Weirdo (2023)
Released May 5, 2023, Working Class Weirdo is a 14-track sequel to the 2016 acoustic album Idiot Savant. Built as a psychedelic acoustic record meant to be heard in one sitting, it moves through folk songs, noise, bass solos, satire, road fragments, family memory, and odd American stories.
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Gazing Through A Mirror, Darkly (2023)
Gazing Through a Mirror, Darkly is a raw and introspective exploration of love, loss, and personal growth. With tracks ranging from the biting humor of Never Kiss a Hooker on the Mouth to the haunting Why Did Adrienne Lose Her Head?, the album delves into the vulnerabilities of human relationships and the fragility of connection. Balancing sharp wit with somber reflection, it captures the beauty in life's fleeting moments and challenges listeners to confront their own truths. This deeply personal yet universal collection serves as a fragmented mirror, reflecting the raw essence of the human spirit.
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Nui Loa (2022)
Nui Loa is a 2022 live improvised album recorded in Phoenix two weeks after a head-on car accident. Every loop, rhythm, and melody was built in the moment, turning the record into a snapshot of instinct, recovery, impermanence, and survival.
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Calculating Mythological Equations (2021)
Calculating Mythological Equations is a 2021 live improvised record made with no backing tracks or prerecorded parts. A one-man psychedelic jam band recording, built in the moment.
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The Milk Bar Symphony (2021)
The Milk Bar Symphony is a 2021 live improvisational recording made with the full I Am Hologram one-man-band setup.
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Ephesus/Sardis (2021)
Ephesus/Sardis is a 2021 single recorded live at a Tap Room in Phoenix. A one-man-band recording built in the moment.
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Derelict Starchild (2020)
Derelict Starchild is the full-band version of the original acoustic song from Idiot Savant, expanded with piano, strings, and didgeridoo.
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Not All Of Us Are Human (2019)
Released August 16, 2019, Not All Of Us Are Human is a 12-track I Am Hologram album recorded at Lava Lake Studio. The record moves through alternative rock, psychedelic textures, noise, isolation, transformation, digital life, space, mortality, and the question of what still counts as human.
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Idiot Savant (2016)
Idiot Savant is a 2016 acoustic I Am Hologram album built around stripped-down folk, blues, addiction songs, love songs, nervous humor, and small hard truths. It includes “Uncomfortably Numb,” “Dope Sick,” “Derelict Starchild,” “My Scorpio Heart,” and “Saint Christopher.”
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The Omni Zot Variable (2016)
The Omni Zot Variable is a 2016 live I Am Hologram recording captured by Joe Dagger at The Fountain Space, his Phoenix house. Built as one long piece with the full one-man-band setup, it documents the project as it sounded in that room, on that day.
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Rejecting The Program (2016)
Rejecting The Program is the 2016 debut album by I Am Hologram. Built from psychedelic synth-folk, alternative rock, nervous energy, vulnerable vocals, and unraveled stories, it marks the starting point of the project’s recorded catalog.
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Frequency 432 (2016)
Frequency 432 is a 2016 EP recorded live in the studio, one-man-band style. The release includes “Modern-Day Hymn,” “Funeral Music For Elizabeth,” “You’ll Never Know,” and “How Aliens Say Goodbye.”
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Inclined To Shadows (2016)
Inclined To Shadows is a 2016 live-in-studio I Am Hologram release recorded at The Record Parlor by Joshua “Schmitty” Schmidt. Recorded with no overdubs or punch-ins, it captures the full one-man-band setup: acoustic guitar, voice, effects, keyboard, and drum machine performed live with hands and feet.
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The Anomaly (2014)
The Anomaly is the first studio album by I Am Hologram, released August 7, 2014. Recorded mostly in Richard Nihil’s apartment and mixed by Jeromy D’Amico, it documents the earliest version of the project: overdubs, foot-controlled instruments, unfinished directions, and songs that would echo through later releases.
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