The Before Songs

These songs were written around 2009 and released in 2024. A couple weeks before releasing this album, I got this overwhelming urge to I needed to share all the old songs I had written in my mid-twenties.

I always carried so much shame that these songs weren't perfect. That they showed the inner messiness I was trying hard to hide. That individual lyrics needed work, that my voice needed to grow, that my guitar was shit. I've re-written these countless times over the years to "fix" them.

And then a beloved friend passed and a train hit me that asked me to honor all those pieces that were actually really wonderful. Creativity saved us in those years and my friend knew that in ways I'm just beginning to understand.

I'm so excited for these 16 original songs to live outside me. I’d love if you enjoyed them too ❤️