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The Halflight Podcast - out January 10th. Subscribe now everywhere you listen to podcasts. 

Nirvana’s Nevermind, Pearl Jam’s Ten, R.E.M’s Out of Time, Stone Temple Pilots Core, U2’s Achtung Baby, Alice in Chains Dirt, all came out my freshman year of high school. Me and my friends all belonged to Columbia House because we could get CDs for cheap. When they arrived, I’d peel the cellophane off, press play, and pull the little booklet out of the tray and start scanning through. Those booklets opened up another world; lyrics, photos, art, lists of people to thank... Seeing these things changed how I thought about music, it brought reality into the imaginary - these were real people, and these songs were coming from somewhere. Album liner notes made it possible to connect deeper.

Since then music has become a way for me to process my experience of the world around me. The six years leading up to 2020 were especially troubling for me; The political landscape of a changing America, and the way the evangelical church responded was disorienting and discouraging. All of this was of course driven home by the pandemic, the tragedy of George Floyd, and the political fallout of that years’ election. I once again turned to music to sort out my thoughts and feelings, and the result is my most recent album, Halflight.

My name is Joe Day, and these are the audio liner notes for that record, which came out in August of 2021. In each episode, I’ll zoom in on one song track with a guest - songwriters, authors, friends new and old, and who knows who else. We’ll explore the lyrics, see where they take us, and maybe find a few surprises along the way.

So, grab a copy of Halflight from my Bandcamp page (20% off if you use the code `podcast`), and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and join me on this journey through the album.

See you soon...

I'm @joeday on Twitter and Instagram.
The Halflight Podcast is produced, edited, and scored by Jason Waggoner.