Signing off for 2022. What a year!
Releasing ‘Mechanical Clouds’ has been a joy! To release music mostly written 12 years ago is surreal. This whole experience has exceeded my expectations and I love that folks can finally sit with the record on a rainy day and let it become a grumpy part of their lives.
And I have so many people to thank! My beautiful wife and partner-in-crime Maddie for her support and brains. Ross Robey at KMG distribution for being a champ and helping to grow this army of strangers! Ryan Vaughn of Backline Creative and Head Bitch Music for his friendship and help! Kiel Feher for bringing these drums to life and Yan Perchuk for capturing these vocal takes. And of course my live band! Brad Dickert, Alan Sosa, and Adal Jamil. You gentlemen are amazing with your friendship and super kind to keep hopping on the Johnny train.
2023 is gonna be a doozy. I consider the entire release of Mechanical Clouds to be a bit of a soft boot following Covid. We didn’t play a show and we were a bit quiet on socials (with the exception of the IG feed monstrosity). Well, things are picking up next year.
We have a new record… album 7. We will start releasing in the spring. Around that same time, we’ll finally be back onstage here in Los Angeles. The next record is being mixed by yours truly as we speak. And if course I’m trying to squeeze in time to demo album 8.
There is so much work that goes into releasing music and being present on social media, it’s mind-boggling. Luckily, we do what we do for the love of the art. And we always love the challenge of bettering how we get it out there.
Thank you so much for joining us on this journey! The best part of all this is hearing from you all. Next year is going to be a blast and I’m so pumped to have you along for the journey!