No Binoculars Before the Maze
Brian Fowler- Guitars,Bass,Vox, Octave mandolin,Mandolin Sloan Leavens -Lead Vocal,Bass,Keyboards, Guitar,Producer Jim Dunn- Drums, percussion
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Brian Fowler- Guitars,Bass,Vox Sloan Leavens -Lead Vocal,Bass,Keyboards, Guitar,Producer Jim Dunn- Drums
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AGE I “Plague Unit (1349)
The Black Death devoured the kingdoms of Europe.
Amid the funeral pyres rose a young plague doctor named Erasmus, barely past twenty, wearing a long coat, leather gloves, and the bird-beak mask stuffed with herbs.
Every day he saw bodies piled higher than the cathedral steps.
Every night he begged the heavens not to take him.
The sky was the only untouched thing leftpure, blue, mocking.
Erasmus believed that if he could understand the sickness, he could save people. But as the dead multiplied, he began noticing something else:
the plague behaved like it was guided.
Villages fell in perfect spirals.
Patterns appeared in the spread, as if drawn by an unseen hand.
One night, as he burned another row of corpses, he whispered:
“This is not God’s hand. Someone is orchestrating the fall.
The plague was not random.
It was a testa first attempt.
And Erasmus, unknowingly, would become the seed of a future catastrophe.
AGE II “Project Fear (The Present Day)
Centuries passed. The world changed, but fear did not.
Governments and corporations discovered what the ancient plague masters learned:
Control the fear, and you control the people.
Enter Project Fear, a covert global program built on psychological warfare.
Erasmus’s journalsrecovered from a monastery in Franceformed the foundation.
What began as a medieval observation had become a modern playbook.
Green tides poisoned coastlines.
Birds fell from the sky with the same dead-eyed stare Erasmus described.
Citizens signed dotted lines without reading them.
Screens whispered the new religion of compliance.
Most people didn’t notice the shift.
They were too distracted, too divided, too tired.
But some began to see patternsspirals of events repeating across decades, just like 1349.
A man named Alden, a historian obsessed with plagues, discovered Erasmus’s symbol hidden inside government documents, weather reports, and financial systems.
He realized Project Fear wasn’t about power.
It was about preparing the world for something approaching
AGE III “Ball of Confusion (The Future)
When the meteor finally appeared in the sky, humanity spun into chaos.
Time began to blur.
People saw moments from their past and future happening simultaneously.
The entire world became a ball of confusion, perception shattering doorways into other realities.
Alden was one of the few who understood what was happening.
The meteor wasn’t just a rockit carried the same force that shaped the plague, manipulated history, and influenced human fear.
It was a cosmic intelligence, drifting through the galaxy, learning through destruction.
Earth was simply the next host.
As cities crumbled and the green tide swallowed the oceans, Alden found himself standing beneath the same untouched sky Erasmus once stared at.
In that final moment, time foldedand the young plague doctor from 1349 stood beside him, separated by centuries but united through the entity that had shaped both their worlds.
Erasmus whispered:
“Fear was the infection. We were never fighting a disease.
We were fighting the mind behind it.
The meteor struck.
Earth shattered into particles of glowing emerald light.
Humanity ended.
But consciousnessinfected, reshaped, and evolvedwas carried into the stars.
The plague, the fear, and the confusion were all chapters of one cosmic design.Band/artist history
New project w/ James Dunn- Secret Saucer,Spaceseed,The Jupiter 4
Brian Fowler- Spaceseed, The Jupiter 4, Col. Bruce Hampton and Sloan Leavens- The Jupiter 4, Spaceseed,White Cat Incident,Secret Saucer
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Playlist 9 Dicembre 2025 featured
No Binoculars Before the Maze “Project Fear (10:06)
COUNTRIES YOUR MUSIC HAS REACHED
Your project has officially received airplay in:
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Netherlands
BelgiumYour musical influences
Henge, Amon Duul 2,Nik TurnerWhat equipment do you use?
Brian Fowler- Lead Guitars,Bass,Mandolin,Synth,Programmin, vocal
Sloan Leavens -Lead Vocal,Bass,Keyboards, Guitar,Producer,Synth
Jim Dunn- Drums,Percussion
(C) NBBTM
Recorded in Buford Georgia
credits
released November 23, 2025
Plague Unit: The Past
Welcome to the Plague Unit
What will be our fate?
Leather bird beak mask
Lives Fading Fast
Smoke is Rising from the burning fires
Endless Bodies in the Funeral Pyres
We want to save the sick
Leave this place where death is thick
1349 was a bad year
Kings and Queens, Rats and Fear
The only thing not infected is the sky
I scream to the heavens why?
Can I heal them of the plague
And not catch it I beg
I am too young to die
Plague Doctors never cry
Project Fear: The Present
Project Fear, Roll it out
Glad your hear, there’s no doubt
It’s a new kind of religion
Project Fear, make sure the gangs all here
Suffer equally,Project Fear
Sign the dotted line, and you can join us here
We’ll take you to the promised land
And there be will no more war in the sand
Future wars will be fought in mind
We know what’s best for all mankind
See the green tide
Watch the birds fall from the sky
They all had the same strange look in there eye
Like they knew that they would die
The sunlight,The fertilizer sand
project fear is hear
Living on borrowed time
If you don’t watch out
We’re gonna take your mind
This is not the work of God’s hand
But the fall orchestrated by man
Washed away like the emerald tide
Project fear is deep inside
Ball of Confusion: The Future
Stranded on a ball of confusion
Spinning round just like your mind
Perception opens many doors
Flying thru space and time
Stranded on a ball of illusion
Humanoids construct ill fate
Too bad the meteor is coming
Earth rejoins the particles of spaceAnything else?
Plague Unit"
Themes: Historical reflection, pandemics, societal decay
This song takes us to the Black Death of 1349, reflecting on plague doctors and the fears that gripped societies during pandemics. The "Plague Unit" could represent the medical or governmental response, which often struggled to cope with the scale of such disasters.
The "leather bird beak mask" and the imagery of "funeral pyres" evoke the iconic look of historical plague doctors, who were thought to protect themselves from the disease through their long beaks filled with herbs. This symbolizes both the hopelessness of trying to fight such a pandemic and the dehumanizing nature of mass death.
The line "1349 was a bad year" grounds the song in a historical context but also suggests that such fears of death, contagion, and societal collapse are timeless.
"The only thing not infected is the sky" can be interpreted as a metaphor for nature or the universe, which stands indifferent to human suffering and folly. The narrator's desperation to save others but their own fear of "catching it" highlights the human fear of mortality and isolation.
“Project Fear
Themes: Shock and Awe,Lies and Deception
Project Fear warns of a manufactured system of control, a “new religion built on manipulation.
It shows a world where nature collapses and people lose their free will.
Wars move from battlefields into the mind as humanity is guided by deception.
The lyrics question whether fate is divine or engineered by those in power.
“Ball of Confusion"
Themes: Existential confusion, societal turmoil, cosmic insignificance
"Stranded on a ball of confusion" evokes the feeling of being trapped in an illogical, chaotic world. The song reflects on the confusion and lack of clarity in modern life, with "spinning round just like your mind" implying the disorienting nature of contemporary existence.
"Perception opens many doors" might hint at the complexities of reality and human perception, with individuals constantly trying to make sense of the world in the face of overwhelming forces.
The line "Earth rejoins the particles of space" suggests an inevitable return to the cosmos, possibly hinting at an apocalyptic end or the cyclical nature of life and death. The "meteor coming" could represent impending doom, either personal or planetary, tying into the theme of existential crisis.
The song's reference to "humanoids construct ill fate" may imply that humanity is responsible for its own downfall, whether through environmental destruction, political corruption, or existential denial.
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Excellent Tune
April is the next session
These are advance tracks to let folks hear a sample. It will be a full length lp. Hopefully released in Jan 2026
MERRIE Lockwood Art
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