Stories Behind

Album Five

Nine new songs – connected by time, truth, change and memory

Cover concept for Riven Earth Album Five
Album Five · work in progress

The story behind the album

Nine songs, many perspectives

Album Five is still in progress, but a common thread is already beginning to emerge. The nine songs revolve around time, truth, change, closeness, farewell and memory.

It is not a concept album in the traditional sense. Each song tells its own story, yet many of them ask related questions: What remains? What changes? What do we think we know – and how quickly can certainty disappear?

The result is an album that feels personal rather than built around one large narrative, while recurring ideas connect the songs beneath the surface.

Album
Album Five
Status
Work in progress · 2026
Songs
9
Themes
Time · truth · change · memory
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Chapter 01

The themes of the album

The song titles already reveal a wide range of perspectives – from searching for answers to the feeling that time keeps moving whether we are ready or not.

01

I Wanna Know

The desire for clarity – and the question of whether clear answers are ever really possible.

02

On The Wings Of Time

Time as motion: it carries us forward, whether we are ready for it or not.

03

In This Town

A look at places, people and the stories that become attached to them.

04

All Things Have To Go

Letting go is part of life – things, times and sometimes people disappear from our everyday world.

05

Lies About The Truth

Truth and perception begin to blur. What is fact – and what is merely a convincing version of it?

06

Too Close

Closeness can offer security or cross a boundary. Sometimes the distance between the two is surprisingly small.

07

Every Picture Tells A Story

Pictures preserve moments, but never tell the whole story. Memory adds, changes and interprets.

08

Sitting By The Fire

A quiet moment to look back, sort through thoughts and briefly step outside the constant movement.

09

Time's Slippin' Through My Hands

Time returns at the end – no longer abstract, but immediate and personal.

Chapter 02

What connects the songs

Several songs deal with the passing of time and the attempt to hold on to experience. Others turn towards truth, closeness or farewell.

This mixture is part of what makes Album Five interesting: the songs do not have to tell the same story in order to speak to one another. An idea appears in one song and returns from a different angle in another.

Perhaps that is the common denominator:

Nothing remains unchanged – but much of it remains in memory.

Chapter 03

An album in the making

This story is deliberately not a final retrospective. Album Five is still being developed, and arrangements, recordings and the final running order may still change the way the songs are perceived.

Nine songs form the foundation.

Time and change return throughout the album.

Truth and memory are viewed from different perspectives.

The story of the album will continue to grow as the record is completed.

Album Five is not finished yet – and that means its story is still moving too.