I found MCIS in the basement of my stepdad’s house. I would listen to it on repeat, summers at a time. It raised my head far enough above the water to keep from drowning in the misery of a delusional opioid addicted mother, a father who didn’t care to be around, and the crushing weight of raising 6 siblings while my stepdad worked away the afternoons. This beautiful music also kept me from losing it for six years in the navy. Now, I listen to SP to drown the world away while I trudge towards… something.