Fuzzy chiptune pads dissolving into something that sounds like nostalgia trying to hold itself together. One Year Older is a Homestuck fan album from 2012 that pulls from the webcomic's emotional core without leaning on any single composer's style.
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Sunrise opens with this gentle warmth that October immediately complicates, pushing into weirder territory. Cancerous Core hits with unexpected intensity, all distorted synths and urgency, while Mother strips everything back to piano and ache.
The bonus track Mother (Piano) is the same gut punch but slower. Flying Car floats in this space between hopeful and doomed and just... stays there. Worth it if Homestuck music ever made you feel something you couldn't name.