Challenging myself to write something under the 40-minute mark (a divider that I used to see as the deciding point of what made an album an album), Letting Go was born out of the chaos of finishing high school, beginning college, & everything in-between. Though my previous album, XP, was also built upon the ability to be vulnerable & honest, I’d have to say that Letting Go masters this technique with the additive of specificity. This album touches on the difficult subjects of youth (& our cultures’ treating of it), conversations / making friends, God Himself, music & my relationship with it, desire, sexuality, my oldest friends, repression, death, my love-life, moving on, etc. with the bookends of pride & humility (also serving as consistent themes). That being said, the theme of relationships, with myself & others, cannot be under-stressed. It amazes me that this project is finally able to see the light of day given that there were so many times I didn’t believe that it ever would. I think for that very reason, amongst many others, the extreme vein of religiousness is present. Furthermore, I can think of no other Person to dedicate this album to then to God – He who placed the pen in my hand & the notes in my throat. None of this, none of any of my craft, would be possible without Him.

Letting Go

Typewriter Key Jam

GODMOUTH

Barefoot Beaches

One Last Dance

The Cut

Push The Poison In

Swimming Pools

Eyeshadow

Licorice Twist

Sulphur On My Filthy Tongue

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