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OUT NOW: "Redshift", my debut album
A road-trip album to soundtrack back-road drives in the Midwest
Nothing's scarier than silence in "We're All Going to the World's Fair"
An analysis of a slow-burn, coming-of-age horror that asks the most important spiritual question of our times: “What if the internet's a demon we summon…
WATCH: "A Cross on a Gravel Road" (Music Video)
WARNING: Ghosts in the mirror are closer than they appear
Mike Viola’s “Paul McCarthy” is an open love letter to classic rock
An album review (sorta), but mostly a look at the craft of veteran songwriter/producer operating at the top of his game
On making peace with "the unsatisfying grunt labor" of writing, according to author Rick Bass
Thoughts on the spirituality of working at your craft, and fighting for what makes you feel free
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Deep Dive 01: Kill the part of you that cringes
Let he who has not been cringe cast the first ironically detached subtweet
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Introducing Random Patterns: a new and expanded Okay Lakes newsletter
Same great Okay Lakes taste, now with longer lasting flavor
WATCH: “Cracks” (Live, Solo) at The Hideout
A stripped-down, live, solo version of "Cracks" from our debut show last August
NEW SONG: "Redshift" 🔭 OUT NOW
Hear the title track off the album (out next week!)
NEW SONG: "Cracks" ❄️ Out Now
Listen to a simple, windswept tune about the brutal beauty of Chicago winters
My debut album "Redshift" comes out 2.23.23
Watch the new album trailer and get the details on the album release show
LISTEN: "A Cross on a Gravel Road" 🌗 Out Now
An anthem to soundtrack late-night drives on the back roads
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LISTEN: 'Redshift' (Debut Album)

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