suprise we're back single + artist update

6 files changed, 52 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/album/beyond-canon.yaml b/album/beyond-canon.yaml
index 88a33672..93809339 100644
--- a/album/beyond-canon.yaml
+++ b/album/beyond-canon.yaml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     [[artist:horizon]]<br>
     [[artist:david-ellis|David Ellis (A Lunatic's Daydream)]]<br>
     [[artist:polysaw]]<br>
-    [[artist:sean-gorter|Sean "Flare" Gorter]]<br>
+    [[artist:sean-flare-gorter]]<br>
     [[artist:xauric]]<br>
     [[artist:erik-scheele]]<br>
     [[artist:alex-votl]]<br>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 ---
 Track: Surprise, We're Back
 Artists:
-- Sean Gorter
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
 Duration: 5:21
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/surprise-were-back
@@ -311,26 +311,14 @@ Track Artwork:
   - Carapacians
   - The Theseus
   - Earth
-- Label: Composer-release art
-  Directory: composer
-  File Extension: jpg
-  Date: April 13, 2025
-    # via date on Apple Music server where this artwork was downloaded
-    # https://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/0/Music211/v4/42/d3/ae/42d3aeee-0a86-c914-afec-ab22f6c94aec/artwork.jpg
-  Artists:
-  - Sean Gorter
-  Source: >-
-    [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/album/surprise-were-back-single/1808249803)
-  Tags:
-  - Dirk (archetype)
 Referenced Tracks:
 - End of Act
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i> ([SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back))
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> ([SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back))
 
     Surprise, bitch. Bet you didn't see this album coming.
 
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i> ([YouTube](https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI))
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> ([YouTube](https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI))
 
     It's a great privilege of mine to contribute music to Homestuck^2. We're glad we can finally show you what we've been doing.
 
diff --git a/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml b/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml
index c0c766ef..4fa570c8 100644
--- a/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml
+++ b/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 ---
 Track: Martini Cardamom
 Artists:
-- Sean Gorter
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
 - PoisonedElite
 Duration: 3:58
 URLs:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Art Tags:
 - Rose's mom
 - 'cw: alcohol'
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i>
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i>
     Hey, it's your local pianist extraordinaire Flare. The basic seeds of this track belong to PoisonedElite, who left behind a minute-long demo of harpsichord and strings. Imagine my surprise when her MIDI was handed down to me and there were the beginnings of an electronic drum track I didn't get to hear in her exports! So the concept was set, orchestra with electronic rhythmic backing.
     Mom always seemed like quite the intimidating figure to those who met her. Perpetually drunk, with an endless, seemingly vindictive collection of wizard paraphrenalia, Mom was more living myth than parental figure. While most might soften those figures over time to be more relatable, not Hussie, and not Mom! She handles a massive Sburban monster with ease, demonstrates martial arts and weapons expertise, and catches the romantic attention of Dad without so much as breaking a sweat. All I could think of putting this track together was "classical badass." So here's to you, Ms. Classical Badass.
     <i>Nights:</i>
diff --git a/album/gristmas-carols.yaml b/album/gristmas-carols.yaml
index 12bdd066..2b622c53 100644
--- a/album/gristmas-carols.yaml
+++ b/album/gristmas-carols.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 ---
 Track: Twelfth Perigee's Eve Sarabande
 Artists:
-- Sean Gorter
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
 Duration: 1:52
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/twelfth-perigees-eve-sarabande
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ URLs:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Sarabande
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i>
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i>
     I had actually written out an entire Troll parody of Michael Caine's line in The Dark Knight talking about working for the local government in Burma, but when I tried recording over the music I realized it ruined a perfectly good jazz arrangement. Now all that's left of Troll Michael Caine is this stupid throwaway intro.
 ---
 Track: You're A Mean One, Mr. Slick.
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 ---
 Track: End of Act
 Artists:
-- Sean Gorter
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
 Contributors:
 - Kal-la-kal-la (choir)
 - OneDragonArmy (choir)
@@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Were your closest friends a part of what you've loved so long<br>Would you play with them a Session of your own?<br>Are they standing right beside you as you sing this song<br>Don't you leave them through this season all alone
     And we'll meet you for another happy holiday<br>When the twilight stars you built upon have gone astray<br>Take your chances, take yourself along and get away<br>For your Ultimate Reward awaits you, don't delay
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i>
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i>
     Imagine me, young Flare, sitting at a piano when all of a sudden - BAM! Musical inspiration strikes! The melody always struck me from the beginning as rather festive-feeling, even if it didn't use the standard musical tropes for Christmas music, so I took this idea and set out to make the most Christmassy electronic music I could make.
     The lyrics also only rather obliquely reference Homestuck; it's never mentioned by name, I chose the most mild-sounding aspects of the story to directly reference, and not once is conksuck or shit lets be santa dropped. But most importantly, the lyrics are for you, dear Homestuck reader, as a reminder that though the year has come to a close, though the act is ending, the future still holds many more in store for you. Your story continues on, so be its hero!
diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml
index 5d4ad7d3..3b2d9b5e 100644
--- a/album/lofam4.yaml
+++ b/album/lofam4.yaml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     [[artist:rhyselinn]]<br>
     [[artist:riki-tsuji]]<br>
     [[artist:rilez]]<br>
-    [[artist:sean-gorter|Sean “Flare” Gorter]]<br>
+    [[artist:sean-flare-gorter]]<br>
     [[artist:seijen]]<br>
     [[artist:serialsymphony]]<br>
     [[artist:slogbait]]<br>
@@ -3692,7 +3692,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 ---
 Track: Blanc
 Artists:
-- Sean Gorter
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
 Duration: 5:00
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc
@@ -3707,7 +3707,7 @@ Art Tags:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Black
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Sean Gorter:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)
+    <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)
 
     The base idea for this song's groove came about in late 2011 when I noticed the repeated piano riff was just an E-flat blues scale [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] messed with, and I started laying it over a Latin-style chord rhythm and liked what I heard. I thought to myself, "this must be what it sounds like when the Midnight Crew just jams", and before I knew it I had a remix idea in my head. Something I've always loved about the original mix I did, poorly executed as it was, was how it took an idea we know to be so dark within the Homestuck universe and turned it into a light, relaxing, foot-tapping piece, something the Crew might have done in happier times.
 
diff --git a/album/surprise-were-back.yaml b/album/surprise-were-back.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc7ac04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/album/surprise-were-back.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Album: Surprise, We're Back
+Date: April 13, 2025
+Artists:
+- Sean "Flare" Gorter
+Cover Artwork:
+- File Extension: jpg
+  Artists:
+  - Sean "Flare" Gorter
+  Source: >-
+    [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/album/surprise-were-back-single/1808249803)
+  # https://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/0/Music211/v4/42/d3/ae/42d3aeee-0a86-c914-afec-ab22f6c94aec/artwork.jpg
+  Tags:
+  - Dirk (archetype)
+URLs:
+- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mvLegOtO4gIizdIUrdKMIa-64UNAFp3nw
+- https://open.spotify.com/album/6srFYGJusHo1gMqSbspYTc
+- https://music.apple.com/album/surprise-were-back-single/1808249803
+Color: '#f0d29a'
+Groups:
+- Fandom
+---
+Track: Surprise, We're Back
+Directory: surprise-were-back-single
+Always Reference By Directory: true
+Duration: 5:23
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:surprise-were-back
+URLs:
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSU_TPrzwIw
+- https://open.spotify.com/track/5dMsYprp4r1dofd9PyNMiC
+- https://music.apple.com/album/surprise-were-back/1808249803
diff --git a/artists.yaml b/artists.yaml
index a9861942..50cf7ad3 100644
--- a/artists.yaml
+++ b/artists.yaml
@@ -12189,9 +12189,16 @@ Artist: Sean Burnes
 ---
 Artist: Sean Evans
 ---
-Artist: Sean Gorter
+Artist: Sean "Flare" Gorter
+Aliases:
+- Sean Gorter
+- Flare
 URLs:
 - https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions
+- https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Kbb7r1p46Ur6Vd0v73Tlh
+- https://music.apple.com/artist/1549344053
+- https://youtube.com/@flaremusic
+- https://lnkfi.re/flaremusic
 ---
 Artist: Sean Leeming
 ---