15/03/2024
Congrats on an awesome releases Spoken!
We finally made it to this day. My bands new record is out. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for that. This was the hardest record I’ve ever had to make.
In December of 2022, I flew to NY to start recording guitars. 5 days in, I got a call that my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer. I decided to track my vocals and the rest of the guitars from home so I could be with her, and for the next 6 months, we tracked, mixed, and mastered the album. Those happened to be the last 6 months of her life. I can’t put into words what it was like to be in the studio tracking for the day, being excited about what we were doing, only to leave the studio to help my dad take care of my mom each day, as the joy and excitement I had earlier would be ripped away from me, seeing the state my mom was in. It was brutal. So many highs and lows. It was so exhausting. This record is very bittersweet for me. I’m incredibly proud of what we accomplished, but with each song comes a painful memory attached to it. I can remember exactly what was happening with my mom on specific days we recorded each song. About 2 weeks after she passed, we got the final masters for the record. I still can’t make it through the whole thing without getting teary eyed and a huge lump in my throat. She was my biggest supporter, next to my dad, and I wish she could’ve heard these songs.
I only thought it was right to somehow put her on the record. I asked the guys and they were cool with it. So what you hear at the end of the record is my mom. It was a voicemail she sent my dad out of the blue one day while he was at work. Despite the health issues she battled the last 14 years of her life, she never gave up and was always thinking of everyone else before herself. Anytime I hear these songs or when we perform them, I’ll always think of her. She is now forever immortalized on a record, which is pretty cool.
I hope this album meets you where you’re at in this exact moment of your life. Whatever you’re facing, know that there’s hope in Jesus. He’s the only lasting hope in this world. Thank you all for your love and support all these years. Means more than you will ever know.
This one’s for you mom🖤
