Griefbloom

Pull The Strings

August 7th, 2026

9 tracks

41:59

Griefbloom

Scheduled for release on August 7th, 2026.

Eternal Eclipse

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5:54

Ego Death

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1:56

From Winter to Winter

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Can’t believe it’s happening The warnings were true Your time is nearing Far too soon From the first time I saw you I felt so much better Countless moments of joy Nothing else could suffice Storm clouds gather over Every single ounce of pain At once You’re still alive For now Time wanes like a flame on a wick The reality Of the situation Hits me harder than I’ve ever felt before What can I do? Desperation takes hold Dormant fears of old Everything crashing down When a switch could be flipped And the rug could be ripped from under I’ll never press my face to you again You were my everything All I could ever need Kept me going through times that would have seen The end of me My love for you was the key My love, you were everything Can’t believe it’s happening I’ve cried so many times imagining This is not goodbye I know you will walk beside me

4:36

Eternal Eclipse

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This saccharine remembrance Been spending too much time Hours pass like seconds Yet feel like years Easy to get lost Clock keeps ticking Right now, there’s only where I go when I Float in the void Timeless, trying to remember We have no choice in those moments We’re either prepared or we’re not And if we aren’t, the mechanism engages And erases the ability to process My recollection is getting hazy Where will you be when that is gone too? Entire years of life now choke me up To gaze upon pictures you carefully took These mementos are all I have But I can’t bear to look, I can’t bear to go there Heavy on my heart You were the most stalwart support I ever had What is left in your wake? The test I never prepared for: To show love in actions To push through the sadness To keep going for your family To find joy in the small things Appreciate the beauty of the world Feel the presence of love in everything Move mountains for what really matters Show up every day to do the work This is all too much I don’t know if I can do it Missing you forever Living to honor you And prove to you somewhere beyond That I am strong That you did not fail That this is all Part of a beautiful grand plan That this is all Worth it in the end

5:54

Thereafter

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Words escape me As the air is gone from my lungs Hollow, hanging body Soul dragged down to Hell Living in this prison Couldn't go on If you find yourself wondering Just read the note It tells all Utterly useless And alone Mind saturated Couldn't pick up the pen To write this note But you deserve to know It wasn't easy To know you would hurt But I had to go My absence is not a void Now there is room for joy Celebrate my ended pain Remember my name My absence is not a void Now there is room for joy Celebrate my ended pain Remember my name God, what time is it? Lost track of things again Crowds turned to empty streets It's night and I'm alone Walking through the graveyard Can't see myself here Would rather go in flames I'll let them know How the stars sway Beckoning me home To what comes thereafter I feel tonight, the time has come My absence is not a void Now there is room for joy Celebrate my ended pain Remember my name My absence is not a void Now there is room for joy Celebrate my ended pain Remember my cursed name

5:50

Halo Aflame

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Shared dreams of yesteryear So mortal, so sincere Then burned up and disappeared The ashes rain upon nothing There was a pulse, but not for long There was a hope, we held on And when it all came to a head We maniacs brought the end History - but a blink of an eye How cruel it was to all who tried There was never a right place to be In this world, there is only one certainty Nothing stays the same And the peace will end one day Margins over mental states Wellbeing is the cost to pay There will never be equality It was not planned from the beginning A world without you and I is fast approaching (Say it ain’t so - I won't let go) The interim stage of this oligarchy will bring catastrophe Whether we invented him or not He looks on in disgrace Party to the diseased swarm This is really who we are So we look for escape routes And we look to the heavens We look at each other in disgust How is this the way it came to be? How is this the end I saw? So we look for escape routes We look to the heavens We look at each other in disgust How is this the way it came to be? Who will save us?

4:36

Lost Guardian

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Falling upon the Earth With a force unheard of Archangel has perished His halo - calcine I watched as my father learned from his mistakes And as I made my own, I plummeted Into desecration Craters left in wake Archangel won’t save me Left a void agape The guidance that I thrived on The humor I failed to learn The personality of a good-natured anti-saint The capsule in the earth Unlocked and birthed A newly-reformed Definition of hurt Redacted dishonor rules the world And how am I to exhume you from the dirt This world wasn’t prepared So wisdom-barren The archetype is but a fossilized curse And what will we believe When all of our idols Are so horribly disfigured Not the demonized But the ones we realize are so very like us Patronize me Or my eyes shall bleed This world is burning Father, show me Where to go Where is my conscience? I watched as my father learned from his mistakes And as I made my own, I plummeted Into desecration Craters left in wake Archangel won’t save me Left a void agape The guidance I thrived on The humor I failed to learn The personality of a good-natured anti-saint I need you to feel strong I need you to go on But we mortified you But we crucified you

5:53

Stained

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I'm holding onto those early memories Those years they passed Far too quickly And I found myself in a whole new world of pain Life changed abruptly I saw into the void My inner child was stoned to death My inner love for love itself Only survival remains Only redemption is pain More of the same Day after day Down the drain Hell is closer now Down the drain Hell is closer now This hellscape is my room My check-in time is soon The air around me boils My skin cracked long ago I miss the urgency I still pretend to see The good in all those things (It rains, it pours) Nostalgic for your abuse Grief blooms Into meadows anew Sickness hues The shade transforms my view Wishing you the best Hope that I may suffer more Seeking closure in the form of a noose This is for you My wisdom is secure In the knowledge that I am impure (It rains, it pours)

6:33

As Eden Burned

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1:53

All the Heavens Wept

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Hear my cries See my pain If you're watching, I need you here again Like always Like always What is the limit of love What is the surface tension Can I reach through the veil If I'm destined for Hell? Will this message ever find you? Clearing all of the trees in the forests of eternity Building pyres to darken the sky If I can't have you anymore No one shall see the sun (No one will feel the warmth) This anxiety cripples The air dwindles from my lungs I don't know where to turn If you are out there somewhere Hear me now Time is running out for me Desperate waves of sound Echo from my mouth Emptied out, I've found The answer now Heaven's ashes falling like snow But I have so much left to learn I will press on for you

4:48

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June of 2025 saw the release of A Farewell, which was truly a farewell to the old incarnation of Pull The Strings. Seeking a new direction, project founder Alan Brucke recruited the aid of his friend Gabriel Yadon to reimagine what the project could be. And thus, the seeds for the third full-length album from Pull The Strings were planted.
Several attempts to begin writing the new material ended in stagnation, until late October 2025, when the band decided to try using extended range guitars instead of more traditional instruments. This approach completely altered the direction of the songs for the better, and was immediately inspiring to the band.
The concept for the album was initially non-existent, and early vocal takes for some of the demos were about various disparate topics. Then, Gabe pitched his own ideas for lyrical themes, based on his experiences with grieving the loss of loved ones to cancer and Alzheimer's disease. This set the tone for a new lyrical direction, focused on the process of healing from painful loss, and the observation of its inevitable nature.
Griefbloom is a completely new sound for Pull The Strings, which has historically been quite progressive and unorthodox. Now, the band sounds as fresh as ever, with one highly apparent difference being the vocal style employed. Gone are the wretched croaks of previous releases. Instead, vocalist Alan Brucke utilizes a full-throated, agonized scream. Paired with the introduction of Gabe's highly melodic and intricate instrumentation, Pull The Strings sounds like an entirely different band - one fully convicted of its new artistic direction.

Credits

Written and recorded by Pull The Strings
Gabriel Yadon - Guitar, Bass, Keys, Programming
Alan Brucke - Vocals, Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Trumpet, Additional Programming
Guest viola on ‘Ego Death’ by Corrina Yadon
Guest cello on ‘Stained’ by Joelle Medina
Lyrics by Alan Brucke
Mixed by Gabriel Yadon
Mastered by Alan Brucke at Hanging Puppet Audio
Cover artwork by Serpens Codex
Layout by Alan Brucke
This album is dedicated to Greg, Becky, Patrick, Travis, Kim, Madeline, and Tiny

Griefbloom

Pull The Strings

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