Written as a response to the Covid pandemic and the Russian war on Ukraine and reflects a concern for the frailty of human existence and the futility of war.

Through the voices of the everyman, the songs explore our responses to an increasingly fragile world.

"I think's it's an amazing collection. The eerie, subtle, sweeping backdrops add a very different feel, cinematic and modern, while the songs still have the colourful elements of 20th-century roadside USA. And they're story songs, so fascinating to sink into alongside the low-key, beautiful music. Fantastic guitar (obviously!) but great keyboards, all with the sense of creating a scene rather than simply playing a song. One Of These Days, The One That Slipped Away, Cincinnati Rain, all mysterious, as if someone was sitting at a crossroads watching the world go by. I could imagine the band on stage with a softly changing backdrop of technicolour images. Inspired production. A triumph!"

Nick Dalton.

Humanity on its knees. Ruin and corruption everywhere you look and, with all faith lost, a feeling that ‘nothing human remains. It does, of course. We dig deep and, out of despair, find hope.  

References the Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson and Jimmie Rodgers. The story of an old guy's younger days, the friends who shared his early experiences, their dreams and aspirations and the way fate and destiny ultimately led them down different roads. Time passes, memories remain.