From the band: "The album was inspired by Collier's own first year of marriage. "My
wife was given three months to live after a damaged nerve caused
gastrointestinal paralysis," he says. "She was essentially starving to
death. I felt alone as I took care of her and watched her suffer. On
drives alone, I just wished there was some kind of music I could blast
that could help me feel something. I was so numb. I quickly learned that
there's not a lot of music out there for widowers. So I wrote some."
Fortunately, his
wife made a remarkable recovery, and the rest of the album was written
to process a complicated, tangled web of emotions. "I want this music to
provide catharsis and comfort to those spouses who lose their marriage
and find themselves in a caregiver role. It's not the romantic, happy
life you envisioned. There can be a lot of grief and anger because of
that – and then guilt over feeling sad and angry. I want those people to
know they're not alone.""