Driving Song
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Frankestein’s Lament
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These Scars
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Follow You Home
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Lovestruck
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Long Gone
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Nobody Cares What We Think
Yesterday, NPR ran a story that utterly blew my mind. It’s not that the news was bad, or unexpected, but in how cavalierly its contents just pissed all over what most people think it means to be a democracy. The story was about the 1 million+ comments the FCC received concerning the proposed dismantling of […]
Just to Win the Fight
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1734092368 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=200520517] Fear is in the air Carried on the breeze A glowing ember To a grove of trees We fan the flames And sing proud songs Never asking If we could be wrong ‘Cause when we welcome lies Just to win the fight The truth becomes […]
The Pain of Being Finite
A few months ago, as I was finishing up writing a bunch of new songs for the next Sci-Fi Romance record, we got some big news. We had another baby on the way. Then it turned out we had two babies on the way (Just goes to show, kids, the only 100% effective form of […]
Fear and Loathing Unto Creativity
It’s been awhile. How have you been? I’ve been writing songs. And I recently had the jarring experience of being really excited about them, recording a few quick demos, and then suddenly hating all the songs when I listened to the demos. It’s been a few weeks now, and I don’t hate my new songs […]