There’s something both thrilling and mildly unhinged about deciding to make a new album. You sit down with a blank slate, a few tangled emotions, and a nagging sense that this might either be your best work or a very elaborate therapy session disguised as art. Either way, you go in.
It’s been a while since my debut, and life—ever the pushy creative director—has made it clear that I’ve got more to say. Or maybe more to feel. Either way, the songs started arriving, uninvited but insistent, like old friends showing up at your door needing to talk. So here I am again, crafting melodies and mining meaning, song by song.
This new project is called Chasing the Sunlight. And let me be upfront: it’s not about hope, or golden-hour dreams, or skipping through meadows with a ukulele (though I wouldn’t knock it). The title came early, and as titles go, it’s been less of a label and more of a mirror. It wasn’t until I wrote the title track that the weight of it hit me.
Chasing the Sunlight is about the quiet tragedy of pursuing what was never meant to be caught—illusions, unattainable ideals, that shimmer of something we think we need… while often overlooking what’s already in our hands. It’s about the detours we convince ourselves are the destination. Sometimes, those chases shape us. Other times, they just leave us a little more tired and a little less whole.
I’ve finished three tracks so far, and I’ve added a cover of Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House—a song that always felt like a sigh from the soul. It fits here. It belongs in this sonic journal of hope, disillusionment, beauty, and self-deception. You can check it out in the Music section if your heart’s in the mood.
This album is taking me somewhere I didn’t quite expect—into themes that are raw, reflective, and, I hope, a little resonant. It’s about the quiet revelations we have when we realize we’ve been running hard toward something that was never real, or never needed to be chased in the first place.
Thanks for sticking with me as I walk this line between creation and confession. I’ll keep you posted on the progress. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll all stop chasing sunlight long enough to appreciate the warmth we’ve already got.
Stay tuned. Stay grounded. And, if you can help it… stop running toward the glow.