Half Ahead

A one-person record label.

WHAT THIS IS

Half Ahead is a record label that I – Piotr Nowiński – run for my own songs. I write them and put them out under a few different band names depending on what they sound like. The label is what holds them together.

The name "half ahead" comes from an engine order. "Full ahead" was never available – there's a job, a house, a family – so this runs at half. Half ahead is still ahead, though.

HOW IT'S MADE

Every lyric is mine, written by hand. The voice, the instruments and the arrangements are generated with AI from my direction, sometimes even pieced together from multiple takes. Final mastering is then made manually.

ROSTER

Small Mercy

A mix of heavy and punk, with emo vibes and a more serious approach to lyrics.

smallmercy.com

RELEASES

Running Out of Band-Aids
Running Out of Band-Aids
Small Mercy · Album · 2026
Blissfully
Blissfully
Small Mercy · Single · 2026

PERSONAL PROJECT

Half Ahead is a personal project – find the rest of what I do at piotrnowinski.com.

piotrnowinski.com