As I write this, I'm not sure this song will ever make it onto an album. It feels too ambitious. We've just finished recording (an album which I think will be called "Somewhere in Between", a fitting title for many reasons). Even after we'd decided on the songs for the album, I was still writing regularly. And I think some of the songs I wrote in the time leading up to the studio sessions might be some of my best songs (at least, to me). That being said, the album songs tell a cohesive story....

Gus Gus is the story of a mouse searching for meaning in life. Written by Jason Lenyer Buchanan.

This song was birthed during a car-ride home from our trip to Arkansas in April 2025. We were probably half way home on our second day of the travel, stopping somewhere in Nebraska. We'd gotten fuel (and snacks) and were back on the road, when we saw ducks in a pond on the side of the road. I must've said something like "Oh, look at the ducks!" And my wife, Hope, responded, "I'm as docile as a baby duck". And the game was afoot. Clearly, my wife is not docile. After we laughed about this for...