The Next Record

Spent some much-needed alone time with Will on Friday night. He and I haven't hung out together, just us, with no outside bullshit, in so long.

He played his new record for me and it is so beautiful. Now, without a doubt, I am biased, like a proud mommy, or at least the way a best friend should be, but listening to it down to the cellular level, it's just a really good record. Cohesive, thematic, and meticulously crafted. It's not one song with a lot of crap splattered around it, like most albums put out by the major labels these days.

And oh, my goodness, can the guy write a hook like nobody's business. Every song you hear, you think to yourself, "I know this song!" But wait, you don't, but you will, and then you find yourself hours later singing one of the choruses and wondering how you know it already.

I can't wait for it to come out, and I can't wait to be able to say, "I knew Will when..."