"Feels Like Home" was written and recorded when I was 19. I'm sort of surprised the quality is as good as it is. I was listening to a lot of Denison Witmer when I wrote this and I think it shows. Enjoy.

Feels Like Home

My band, "Kevin the Robot" at 17. Man, I loved playing music with these guys. There's something even more special about playing music when you're young. Everything is new. Discovery pushes the envelope of creativity.

Justin Newell - Rhythm guitar, computer noises.
Patrick Murray - Bass
Alecks D'Avignon - Drums
Joseph Del Castillo Flores - Lead Guitar

Quarters

"Don't Include Me" was written and recorded when I was 18. This was the first song in which I borrowed an element from country music as the hook. The chorus and "pedal steel" slide line are my personal favorites off this track. There's a moment where the one of the slide guitars harmonizes and partially distorts that always made me really proud.

Don't Include Me

If I remember right, I was 20 when I wrote this song. I was listening to a lot of Sufjan Stevens and trying to get better with my acoustic playing. I was pretty proud of the dueling line thing that happens in the second half of each verse. Still am. This song was a bear to play live. It's still one of my favorites. The reprise of "Glory to God in the highest place" has to be one of my favorite musical moments I've written.

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