perfectly soundtracks the fleetingmoments of summer, with sbacking vocals elevating the song’s disarming pop-punkpoolside folk rock. Of the track, Christian says, isco-produced with three of Hutson’s longtime collaborators: winner , GRAMMY-nominated songwriter &producer and GRAMMY-nominatedengineer & multi-instrumentalist . The album also features guest vocals from , and - another frequent collaborator whoseuniversally lauded new album credits Hutson as producer andco-writer.
is firstrelease since 2022’s , which saw him earnwidespread critical acclaim. Produced by and , it wasthe follow up to his dazzling 2020 debut, ,praised by as Recorded inthe depths of winter at Brooklyn’s , the close-knit talents from Los Angeleshunkered down to craft a brilliantly constructed and tenderalbum. A captivating, breezy charm permeates every track of , with each song hookedaround Hutson’s warm, earthy vocals and dexterousstory-telling.
Whether fragile finger-picking folk orrousing, beachy power pop, these songs are informed by asense of creeping melancholy about the place Hutson hasspent most of his life; in the lead up to the writing andrecording of the album the sprawling, inscrutable city ofLos Angeles had become haunted in his mind. A move to theEast Coast, and the “eyes up” ity of New York, wasrequired to refresh his memory banks. heexplains.
takes itsname from a real life “town” set deep in the woods ofParke County, Indiana, near where Hutson spent some of hischildhood.