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Two years ago, Kane met Malcolm and that was it.

Kane Ritchotte—an admired drummer and multi-instrumentalist in Los Angeles (once of Portugal The Man)—was in the process of preparing his first album as a solo artist when a chance encounter with a newly transplanted Alabamian, Malcolm McRae, derailed his plans. Malcolm had only recently fallen in love with a young woman and followed his foolish heart, dropping everything to move to Los Angeles. Well, his heart was mistaken. The relationship was a disaster.

But the music that followed wasn’t.

Within a week of meeting, the two realized that the music they made together transcended what either was doing alone.

Camping out at the legendary Sound City Studios with their producer Tony Berg, they carefully crafted a sonic vocabulary for their shared vision. Most of all, it had to express a point-of-view; musically and lyrically. This triumvirate of Ritchotte, McRae, and Berg made the album in a wonderfully liberating vacuum; one with no pressure, no deadline, and no interference. Instruments were passed like joints. Each song became an atlas. What emerged in the process were two distinct styles and philosophies; The combination was to bring us something…more.