Nottingham alt/emo band Pillow Fort will release their debut album Indefinite, not Forever on October 2 via their own label Cushion Castle, and the campaign will be accompanied by a fully playable Game Boy Advance (GBA) rhythm game.
The announcement continues a recent trend of musicians using retro game cartridges as a physical format for music releases.
Band founder Ryan Crick confirmed the release schedule and the tie-in project, saying that the album will arrive October 2 on Cushion Castle and that the team developed a GBA rhythm title to accompany the record.
Crick described the game as containing all ten tracks from Indefinite, not Forever, reworked into GBA-style tracker arrangements and transformed into playable levels.
According to the band, the game’s mechanics are modeled on mainstream rhythm franchises: the gameplay is intended to feel similar to Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, converting each track into timing-based challenges.
Pillow Fort plans a digital release of the game to coincide with the album, plus a limited physical production of 30 Game Boy Advance cartridges for collectors.
Crick originally formed Pillow Fort in Leicester before relocating the project to Nottingham, and he has overseen the majority of the tie-in’s creation.
He has handled development, music adaptation, and art direction for the GBA title over approximately the last 18 months, integrating the game into the album’s themes of growing up, change, and moving on.
Musically, Pillow Fort recently released the single "Robots Vs Wrestlers" and previously issued the song "Codename Kids Next Year." The band has indicated additional singles will precede the full album release on October 2.
This release sits alongside other recent retro-cartridge music projects, such as Party Cannon’s N64 cartridge album, highlighting a niche intersection between indie music and vintage gaming hardware.
For fans of retro handhelds and rhythm games, Pillow Fort’s combined album and GBA title will be available digitally at launch with a strictly limited physical cartridge run for collectors.
The announcement continues a recent trend of musicians using retro game cartridges as a physical format for music releases.
Band founder Ryan Crick confirmed the release schedule and the tie-in project, saying that the album will arrive October 2 on Cushion Castle and that the team developed a GBA rhythm title to accompany the record.
Crick described the game as containing all ten tracks from Indefinite, not Forever, reworked into GBA-style tracker arrangements and transformed into playable levels.
According to the band, the game’s mechanics are modeled on mainstream rhythm franchises: the gameplay is intended to feel similar to Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, converting each track into timing-based challenges.
Pillow Fort plans a digital release of the game to coincide with the album, plus a limited physical production of 30 Game Boy Advance cartridges for collectors.
Crick originally formed Pillow Fort in Leicester before relocating the project to Nottingham, and he has overseen the majority of the tie-in’s creation.
He has handled development, music adaptation, and art direction for the GBA title over approximately the last 18 months, integrating the game into the album’s themes of growing up, change, and moving on.
Musically, Pillow Fort recently released the single "Robots Vs Wrestlers" and previously issued the song "Codename Kids Next Year." The band has indicated additional singles will precede the full album release on October 2.
This release sits alongside other recent retro-cartridge music projects, such as Party Cannon’s N64 cartridge album, highlighting a niche intersection between indie music and vintage gaming hardware.
For fans of retro handhelds and rhythm games, Pillow Fort’s combined album and GBA title will be available digitally at launch with a strictly limited physical cartridge run for collectors.
