20/20 Vision: A Retrospective
Calling it a "Retrospective", you may think, "Hey, it's another greatest hits album!" Or, "Hey, it's a bunch of remastered songs!"
B.O.R.I.N.G!!!
This is a fresh new catalog of songs. The "Retrospective" reference in the title is in relation to the benefit of hindsight. It's been a long time since we put out any fresh material - and so, I'd like to be able to really dig deep into truths I've accepted and patterns I've observed over the last several years - the most recent few of which have been quite the calamity.
FULL STOP.
I began this latest journey under duress from the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally, the idea was to build an album that was a retrospective of the turbulent times of the pandemic and look through the rear-view window to explore how we got here (there, wherever...). All through the lens of fear that the pandemic might never end.
It did. So, let's just move along then.
So, here we are. Just another day with you in paradise - or so it may seem... The fear still lingers, and the clock keeps tick, tick, ticking away towards the next unknown, the next calamity - or, the great beyond.
That is what has become the fuel for the next album. Or rather, albums.
Let me introduce you to "Legacy (Part 1): On Death & Dying".
“On Death and Dying” is the album I never expected to write. When the pandemic hit, like many others, I was forced into solitude—and with that came reflection. I started to think not just about what I had left to do, but what I had left unsaid. What did I want to pass on to my son? What truths have I learned through mistakes, through love, through fear?
This album became my way of documenting those truths. It’s about living in the face of uncertainty, about who you choose to be when the end feels closer than the beginning. The music draws on the bands I grew up with—Def Leppard, Van Halen, Bon Jovi—and adds the urgency and soul of modern rock from artists like Foo Fighters and Daughtry.
Songs like “Life Is An Echo” and “Into the Light” carry the messages I want to be remembered for. “Burn the Boats” is about letting go of the past. “There and Back Again” is a cautionary tale. All of it is from the heart.
This is part one of a two-album series. The next chapter, “On Life and Living,” will offer the other side of the story: a collection written not out of fear, but from courage, purpose, and joy.
