Recorded in 1999, this album contains the first songs I’ve written that I wasn’t ashamed of. Most were co-written by Rob Veith, who also plays guitars on the album. The idea was to put down songs in varied musical styles (though mostly acoustic), in a somewhat rough and retro setting.

I met Rob in 1994 in Ecuador. A few years later I was attending Trinity Western University near Vancouver, BC, while Rob was just across the border in Bellingham, WA. Together with my brother Dan we formed IF, a somewhat occasional and ill-fated band dedicated primarily to recording some of Rob’s songs. I moved to Germany, where I worked stacking newspapers for a while. In the meantime, I wrote occasional lyrics, influenced greatly by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Larry Norman. I set some of these lyrics to music, and sent others to Rob to see what tunes he could come up with. I returned to Canada for a bit in 1999, and we put the album together in a couple of weekends, recording in my brother Dan’s basement studio.

 

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