Steal Deck Oath
Steel Deck Oath is a sound journey shaped by military service, survival, loyalty, and the emotional weight carried long after the uniform comes off. Rooted in the atmosphere of Crown of Permission, this piece honors the promises made on steel decks beneath pressure, hierarchy, silence, and sacrifice — and the complicated reality of what remains afterward.
The sound moves like memory across open water: restrained, heavy, disciplined, and deeply human beneath the surface. Atmospheric textures and slow-building tones create space for reflection on duty, endurance, identity, and the cost of constantly holding everything together. Steel Deck Oath is not a patriotic performance or glorified retelling. It is a reckoning with what service asks from the body, the nervous system, and the self.
Created by Sound Alchemist Julie Jewels Smoot, this work continues a trauma-informed approach to listening rooted in emotional honesty, nervous system awareness, and non-directive presence. The piece honors veterans and survivors who understand the tension between loyalty and loss, belonging and isolation, strength and exhaustion.
Some oaths are spoken aloud.
Some are carried silently for years.
And some continue echoing long after the ship is gone.Available listening through Julie Jules Smoot Sound Alchemist
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