March 19 - Song for the Julian Calendar

A couple of songs into Full Force Galesberg and the first thing that is striking me about this record is how much fuller the sound is than what has come before. Not just that there are more instruments, but that this album's exploration of the folk space is lending itself to different musical cadences and concordances better than previous multi-instrumental tracks. There's been a lot of growth here and it lands the band in a very interesting place.

Unsurprisingly from the title, this is in many ways a song of faith. John's faith is different from whatever it is I feel, but I have an appreciation for his explored and tested certainties. If faith is evidence of things unseen, John feels like he has a duty to test every aspect of that evidence even as he accepts it. The result is a faith he has thought about and talked about and examined and quizzed. I often wonder what that's like. I sometimes wonder if I already know.