We recorded this and a couple others at Nathaniel Rateliff’s home studio in Denver back in March. Patrick Meese from the Nightsweats produced it along with Mark Anderson and the song turned into a much more lush, full product than I’d imagined it would. I love it. We were lucky to have Mark Shusterman (also from the Nightsweats) come and play organ on it as well.

It was Dani’s first time in a real studio and she was a little nervous, hell I was nervous too but everyone there was very kind. They’ve all known Alex for a long time. Patrick and Mark know their shit and the ideas they had for the tunes were thoughtful and well articulated.

I’d written the song a few years before when I was living off Vine in Reno, MELK used to do it as a “Maggot Brain” type instrumental thing. Watching it go from a stream-of-consciousness scrap of lyrics about boozing too much to this fully fledged tune that I recorded 3 months sober was a little overwhelming to think about at the time.

Songs that you record on your phone in your living room have a weightlessness to them; I was worried that being in a real studio with real players would expose the tune for being the kinda hackneyed “whoa is me I drank too much again” jag that this song might just be. Now that we’re 3-4 months removed from it all, I’m glad I didn’t fuck with lyrics to make them feel more substantial or… smarter. This all works. Shit, it’s basically just one chord anyway.

This tune is a product of the cool folks that made the Denver experience so pleasant; so calm. Thanks to Dani, Alex, Patrick, Mark Anderson, Mark Shusterman, Andy, Kate, and Nathaniel for everything.