Not to be confused with the song of the same name, Viator (Song)
Information[]
Viator is the second album from Jack Stauber, released on September 18th, 2015 at a length of seventy-four minutes and forty-two seconds. This album's main musical genre is folk and acoustic music, with elements and styles such as nostalgia, fear, and comfort. The album cover consists of the outline of Viator Man's face on a beige background. The album contains the following thirty-five tracks:
- On (0:19)
- Pressed Flowers (7:40)
- Baby Teeth (2:38)
- Hip End Lover (1:52)
- Naked Polly (2:00)
- Soda Pop Heart (2:40)
- The Claw (0:47)
- Christ Potion (3:02)
- I Want Those Cars (2:07)
- Gnocchi (0:09)
- Water Hose House (1:01)
- Bald Rainbow (2:28)
- Bermuda Barb (0:31)
- Blessed Act (5:15)
- Gretchen (0:31)
- Benny Tucker and the Ant (1:04)
- Squares (1:04)
- Sweetia (4:15)
- Ten Cent Fence (0:31)
- Catapults (1:36)
- Little Dipper (1:16)
- Apricot (2:16)
- Mists (0:57)
- Red Press (3:37)
- Mara (0:53)
- The Walking Song (2:29)
- Lake (2:35)
- Ivory (3:01)
- Rotten Apple (2:29)
- Bacon and Eggs (1:56)
- Stutter (1:14)
- TV Shell (3:01)
- Vanilla (3:28)
- Lifeline (1:08)
- Viator (2:34)
History[]
Pre-Release[]
Viator is Coming
Viator is Coming
Viator was first revealed on August 16th, 2015 where Jack would upload Christ Potion early onto Soundcloud as a single. He would then announce the album under the description of the single, including its release date. Six days before the album's release, Jack would hold a Viator release show on September 12th, 2015 where he would perform select songs from the album, including The Diverge from Finite Form, as well as two unreleased songs called Habanero and Amateur Replicate. Two days later on September 14th, 2015, Jack would upload a short teaser for Viator titled Viator is Coming, revealing The Walking Song.
Release & Post-Release[]
Viator is Here
Viator is Here
Viator would officially release to the public on September 18th, 2015. For its release, Jack would upload a promotional video titled Viator is Here, revealing a few songs on the album with animations and loops alongside them. Jack would also upload the full album onto YouTube on the same day as the official release.
Exactly two years later for the album's anniversary, Jack would select three tracks from the original album to be remastered into Jack's more current and traditional music style, the chosen tracks being Baby Teeth, Lake, and the final segment of Pressed Flowers called I Won't Row. The tracks would be featured on a special anniversary EP called Reviator, which is still yet to have an official release outside of social media uploads.
Later, in the summer of 2018, Viator CDs would be distributed and released with the public opening of his merchandise website. However, the CDs would be infamous for selling out very quickly, notably not being restocked since, making the CDs very rare and sought after by many fans. A month later for the three year anniversary of Viator and the one year anniversary of Reviator, Jack would upload the mp3s of the Reviator tracks onto Patreon.
Notes[]
Viator is a noticeably more personal album for Jack Stauber, as the album features themes and ideas that are connected to Jack and his mindset while writing the album where, as revealed in an interview with NewRetroWave, Jack was going through loss while writing the album. Jack would notably say that doing so helped him go through said time period a lot, claiming that he would write a song almost everyday. The album notably features many mood swings and theme changes, with some songs being upbeat, saddening, unusual, and nostalgic sounding. Because of this, the album has been seen as very interesting by fans for more its deep meaning and its portrayal of Jack's mindset while writing the album, with Viator becoming a well liked and appreciated album by fans.
Trivia[]
Note: The facts listed are only facts about the album itself. For trivia facts about the songs, please visit their respective pages.
- The term "viator" on the album refers to a traveler, notably being referenced on Jack's former website layout.
- Viator is the longest album that Jack Stauber has released.
- Viator features the most tracks on it out of every album released by Jack Stauber.
- Viator features both the longest and shortest song that Jack Stauber has made, with the longest being Pressed Flowers and the shortest being Gnocchi.
- As revealed on Bandcamp, the songs on the album were written and recorded over the course of May, June, and July of 2015.
- On Bandcamp, Jack claims that the best way to listen to the album is by listening to it in the supine position with your eyes closed.
- It is commonly speculated that Grins Hells and Gut Shells are two songs that were written during the time period of Viator's creation, likely being planned to be featured on the Viator album but were eventually omitted for unknown reasons.
- Calm Fast Living Water from the 2019 album Micropop has been confirmed to be an unused song recorded around the creation of the Viator album, which can be heard with the song's more acoustic folk sound and Jack's younger sounding voice.
- Some of the figures seen in the 2016 music video Whisper feature similar looking faces to the Viator Man.
- The Viator Man would make a cameo appearance in December 2017 in the music video for Epoch Elliptic where they are seen dancing to the song.
- The Viator cover art is the only studio Jack Stauber album to not have the album title on the cover or the Jack Stauber name.
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