at 12 years old i knew exactly what i wanted to get. Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness. My dad is a creative and I’d been hearing Bullet with Butterfly wings on the radio when he was in the studio photographing something or in the darkroom while processing film hearing Siamese Dream. i just got my first boombox and as part of the deal I got to pick out a CD.  

The whole way home i absorbed the artwork, the lyrics of the sounds i was getting ready to digest. That evening i lay in bed listening..not just that connecting with the emotion of every piece of music. i shared it with my best friend at the time. both of us forever hooked and connected thru these lyrics and melodies.

Fast forward some years and im out of college and a friend of mine gets into some trouble. we write back and forth, graphics, lyrics and songs from this album that help bring peace to his days without music. Over the years my best friends i have made, have a connection to SP that has been this forever bond.

Fast forward to this evening where another friend and I are swapping music trying to find something new and worth in this day & age of pro tools. Our conversation slips to SP and coming up short on anything new that can compare to the genius and magic of the music within those 2 discs that changed our lives so long ago. He introduced me to a semi recent interview that was absolutely amazing. It was so good to hear Billy talk about the music, the creative process. To hear Disarm again (on an amazing adult sound system) literally brought all the tears and feels.

It is and always will be my forever album that really connected me to SP and am so thankful I was where i was, when i was, to have the experiences i have had with these songs in my ears and life.