Subfloral

Subfloral is an album by Brandon Vivian. It is their first album, and is followed by Digital Industry. The album collects several of Vivian's older songs, ranging from 2007 to 2011, with the majority being composed in 2008.

Originally released on Bandcamp on March 23, 2011 at the price of $5, it would later become free to download in 2013, with the release of Circuit Knife. Unlike all subsequent albums, it was not also published through Tunecore when it was released on Bandcamp, and wouldn't be until November 5, 2018. As the year-long contract with Tunecore was not renewed, it was removed from stores on November 5, 2019. The most recent release was instead through DistroKid, on July 4, 2020. This current release differs in several ways from the original release. The track order was changed, and the "2" was dropped from the titles of "Haunted 2" and "Sadness 2", so as to avoid confusion due to the relative obscurity of "Haunted 1" and "Sadness 1". Three songs, "Digitropical", "The Moon Song", and "Consequential Boulevard", were dropped from the album, with "Outrun the Sun", "Fortune Teller", and "Night Station" being included instead. New album art was created for this release, and the Bandcamp listing was also updated to reflect these changes.

Trivia

 * The title is a reference to the Vivian Video game Journey Into the Mines, which many of the songs on the album were originally created for. In the game, the hero discovers a tunnel into an abandoned gold mine while digging to expand his flower garden, thus making the entire game set underneath these flowers, or, "Sub-floral".

Releases

 * Bandcamp
 * Spotify