Opening with the alluringly melodic which recounts the last words of a beloved, continues in 's pattern of thematic recurrence. These songs are abstractions about longing, loss, empty affection, and failing trust set to minimal soundscapes with elegant piano melodies as the foundation for layers of sedative-like lap steel, liquid percussion, and subdued, -esque cornet. Written in the studio with touring bandmembers , , and and produced by is a more collaborative effort than his previous , allowing coherence and synchronicity to come from a place of sustenance. ~ Travis Drageset