In 2023, during a year-long break from touring, in an attempt to regain my sanity, I stopped using a smart phone for 6 months, and wrote this album. I recorded it in my living room, with help from my wife, Pearl Rachinsky. I wanted to make a natural sounding folk-rock record. Simplicity and immediacy felt very important to the process, so I knocked out the tracking in about 10 days, playing every instrument on the album myself, save for one guitar solo (John Calvin Abney - The More You Say, The Less It Means), and Pearl contributed some bgv's on one song (Ain't Much I Can Do About It). Lyrical themes include digital life vs actual life, a bit of "What the hell is up with the world?," and a whole bunch of "What the hell is wrong with me?" Tracklist • The Future Is Coming Fast• Gentle Violence• One Man Holds the World Hostage• Sobo Interlude• The More You Say, the Less It Means• Will the Heavens Catch Us• Blue Dream Carolina• Silver Silver• Ain’t Much I Can Do About It• No Time• Bixhoma Interlude• Visitor
