This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“feels like riding in a car on a day in May and passing every house you've ever lived in, every creek you've ever dipped your toes into. feels like looking into a puddle and seeing tadpoles and realizing that life can happen anywhere. it's as if all my friends have gathered me into a room, and they're saying: 'you made it. welcome home. we missed you.'”
“You are dropped in an alley in the middle of a 70s blaxploitation film. The drugs start to turn on you & pretty soon you don't know what kind of film you are in.”
“Swim. I'm in Austin at the moment, living here in a very hot climate. Swimming is something you need to do to cool down and enjoy the sun. Whether it's just paddling, dipping, diving or doing some laps; you should 100% get out there.”
“Delicate is the perfect title… fragile yet powerful… the kind of album that gets into every part of your brain, heart and soul. I'll be on this one for a good bit now.”
“Go outside! Life is so much better when you have real air and real sun and all that good stuff. Maybe even go camping! But if you can't go camping... just make sure you go outside at least one time when the sun in shining.”
Things kick off with a Hayes Carll tune that hits closer to home if you've recently started anew in a new town, and before things close of with The Supremes, you'll hear: a dope "Paint It Black" cover, Molly Burch, Jim Ford and a bunch more.
“This album doesn't really bring anything “new” to the table that I had already carved “I <3 OTIS” into, so I will just get out my pocket knife and add a double underline.”
“The next time you travel, don't stay in a hotel, hostel, Air BNB, or whatever. Just see what happens. Yeah this might seem silly since you can book a cheap place in minutes now. Fuck that. The stories you'll come home and the people you'll meet will be well worth it.”
“The 'Benjamin Button on college trip to Aspen' cover pulls you in. The 'every track could be a last song of the night slow jam' holds you close.”
“While I almost hesitate to suggest this, because I often wonder if I’d be happier if I could just settle for mediocrity, I think we could all benefit from disrupting the complacency in our lives.”
