Flowers For Analog isn’t just the name of the newest Marc With a C album, it’s the last entry in a trilogy that began with the albums Thanatophobia and Please Believe In Yourself, Alright? by the genderfluid songwriter.

A misdiagnosed type of cancer gave way to Marc Sirdoreus losing their short term memory — at first. A few years later, these moments of confusion became ”dementia-like symptoms” that inarguably made creating, recording, or functioning very, very difficult. Once Marc learned about the works of William Utermohlen, a painter who chronicled the internal impacts of his Alzheimer’s Disease through self-portraits, Marc felt that the best course of action was clear: do that same thing sonically.

While most Marc With a C albums since 2010 have been recorded digitally, Flowers For Analog was begun on a cassette four-track recorder and finished digitally for each individual song. Classic tones abound, beats go out of sync, tapes spool out before songs are finished, yet the album remains singular, melodic, and focused – with a partial return to the lo-fi Marc With a C roots. If you got the ears to pick up on it all, it can be an emotionally devastating ride. There’s still some trademark sarcasm on display, most evident in ”The Last Song, Part Two”. Often, moments of hope will arise (”The World’s Gonna Kick The *** Out Of You”), just to deflate during anything that follows (the quietly sharp ”Closuresque”)

Lyrically, the final installment of the trilogy specializes in coded messages to those estranged from the narrator of the songs. Flowers For Analog is every bit as personal as it sounds. Around 80 vinyl copies will be self-released through the Marc With a C webstore/Bandcamp, with pre-order beginning 1/19/24, and full release on 3/1/24!

While the Marc With a C nomenclature will celebrate its 25th anniversary in December of 2024, in their personal life, Marc learned that no one alerts you when you’ve become chronically ill, and is ”tired of being strong”. We’ll let the record do the rest of the talking, communicating, and remembering.