Stream it, download it, read the lyrics, order it on CD. The Flood is here.

5. The Flood: If an apocalyptic street preacher laid eyes on the woman of his dreams just as the heavens opened up.

4. Fiction: If The Louvin Brothers had sent a singing telegram to Roy Orbison in order to complain that Only the Lonely wasn’t sufficiently cynical.

CDs are being manufactured. Just 4 weeks until “The Flood” gets released! 3. Symmetry: If, instead of dying at the church, Eleanor Rigby had said “fuck it” and thrown a kegger.

2. July: “If, on a teen-aged summertime joyride, you find you can’t keep your mind from turning to the inevitably approaching autumn and by extension your eventual demise.”

With the release of The Flood looming on the horizon, I had planned on posting detailed previews of each song, providing fascinating insights into the process of composing and recording the album. But as I started writing I realized that too little of what I was talking about would make any sense to someone who [...]