Tell us about:

Your latest single you have released:

“‘Bit Late” is about leaning into love as a reprieve from a world on fire. 

Your first single and how you felt when it was released:

When “All Done” was released, it felt like it closed a chapter of a particularly trying time. 

Your favourite song that you have created that is an album track:

Probably, “That Much of a Life,” the last track on the album. It is very different for me from a songwriting perspective. 

Your favourite song to play live:

The second track off our album, “Unabashed & Hardy.”

The song that was the longest to write and why?

Those songs didn’t quite make the album. Still writing them. I have a couple that have been going on for a few years. Sometimes I get this rush of creativity, write a verse and a chorus, then get stuck after leaving it too long. I have been debating with one song in particular, if I should just leave it like this, short and sweet, yet something continues to claw at me to squeeze out a bridge or another verse, something!

Your most emotional track:

Likely the album’s title track, “All Done.” I have graciously received feedback from folks who have welled up with tears stating the song tapped into some past challenging experiences and offered hope and comfort in acceptance. 

The best lyric you have ever written:

“Proxy wars stir more than dust, infrastructures turned to rust, trickle-down money good for nothing but the boom and bust.” This is from my favourite song to play live, “Unabashed & Hardy.” 

Describe the feeling you get when you walk on stage to do a show:

The good-tingling enjoyable side of the stress response. That fun feeling one might have experienced as a child when anticipating going to a friend’s birthday or going on a ride at an amusement park. On stage, that feeling of pure excitement is often followed by a wave of a paradoxical calm engendered by interconnectedness with the audience. 

The hardest track to play live:

Probably that track, “That Much of a Life.” I tune my guitar differently and then incorporate a series of harmonics that can be pretty delicate to play consistently. 

Essential items you always take on tour with you?

Coconut oil, floss, cologne, and lots of underwear. 

Describe your fans in three words:

Loved. Beautiful. Sexy. 

A song by another artist or band you wish you had written:

Time Moves Slow – BADBADNOTGOOD with Samuel T. Herring

What we can look forward to from your band this year:

The album release, a live performance film, and a music video for “‘Bit Late.”