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Since finishing Introspection Blues, I again started but didn't finish several projects. As before, I just wasn't feeling them, and as before, I really just didn't have anything left I wanted to say. I got thinkiing about when I first learned to play guitar and starting writing, and realised that back then I just wrote to write, and not specifically to tell my story. I wondered what it would be like to just write a collection of songs for no reason other than just to write good songs. I didn't want to write total bubblegum (I just can't write songs I have no connection with), but nor was I trying to rip a vein open and tell my life story. I just wanted to write good melody and cool lyrics that meant soemthing to me without being about me. And once I had established that, the songs started to come easy. By the time I had maybe three of them done, I was hearing the overall sound and getting a handle on how it would feel. I wrote quiety, and sang in lower keys than usual. I used lines I didn't feel comfortable using before. I allowed myself to go somewhere new. Or maybe it was somewhere old, and sadly forgotten. I hope I won't make that mistake again. This is my favourite album I have done. I know that's easy to say when something is all new and fresh and shiney, but I really think it's true in this case. I am very proud of these songs.