about the record

“Life with my son is real fun.

For this album, my efforts to make music that documents or evokes moments of grace and gratitude focused more tightly on our time together. In finding inspiration there, the music sometimes became busier, sometimes more pensive. It’s all reflective. There are moments here when you can literally hear us at play, but more often I’m trying to musically articulate the feeling of ‘I’m so glad we’re doing this, right now, together.’

A throughline of the compositional process (and, frankly, of my life) is also the passing of my parents, one suddenly, one slowly, both too early. The absence of their perspective and guidance informs my daily life and relationship with my son. This is unavoidably present in the music, to be sure, but its presence is also a kind of offering.

I realized early on that an album this personal actually required collaboration; M. Sage, Lake Mary, and Zander Raymond all agreeing to contribute really buoyed me. On top of that, track five is actually all Andrew Cs, an interludinal ‘postcard’ from someone whose work I so admire.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you hear the joy in this one.”

—NM