… are going to be nuts.

This week I completed the artwork for my new album “I Don’t Believe You” and submitted my masters to manufacturing. Strangely, I found that a very difficult thing to do. I’ve spent the last 12 months of my life writing the album, tens of thousands of dollars recording it, months of deliberation & worry over the artwork, thousands of dollars on merchandise and the setting up of a tour, and now it’s all out of my hands. All I can do is cross my fingers and hope that it all works out. That’s a terrifying feeling I’ll tell you. I’ve driven myself into the ground for this album and in two weeks I will have a physical copy in my hands that I’m praying people will buy. FUCK. What’s even more crazy is that three days after the album arrives on my doorstep, I’m getting on a plane and flying to Europe to begin a six-week tour promoting the album. FUCK. On May 31st the album will be released, and then it truly will be out of my hands. FUCK.

I don’t want to sound too dramatic as I usually hate it when people say stuff like this, but it was a monumental challenge writing and recording this album. For a start, I had no choice but to ask my fans to help me pay for it, which in itself was something I was pretty embarrassed of doing. I was moved to see the support I received throughout my Kickstarter campaign and will never forget how important that was in the making of this album. I got to record my songs with my dream producer, an absolute dream band and I feel that this really was the best album I could have made. On top of the financial problems, last year was a very up and down year musically, and at one point I almost gave everything up and went home. I’d had enough for some reason, I was sick of what I was writing, sick of the industry and really couldn’t figure out what my purpose was. The term “singer-songwriter” is so overused now that I just didn’t want to be a part of it anymore.

This time last year I had some kind of epiphany where it all just clicked. I finally figured out what I was supposed to be doing. That is when the writing began for this album.

I really hope that people react to what I’m about to release. The songs are extremely honest and represent things that have happened to me over the last year (excluding “Bar On A”). It comes out on 31st May in all major digital stores, and will be available for physical purchase from my website. I appreciate every single person that listens to my music, without you I don’t really know why I’d be doing this. So thank you. 

See you soon,

Greg