Statement from Michael's social media pages:

"10 years ago today my big brother Liam took his own life. Since then, I’ve been working on an album that’s dedicated to him, and is largely about his death and how I’ve felt since. It’s also dedicated to my grandmother, and my uncle Mike who passed more recently. It releases today, on my Bandcamp page. Streaming services will come later.

With the heavy subject matter that it covers, and the challenge of saying all I want to say about it in one standard length record, this is probably the most I've ever obsessed over a creative work. Despite the subject matter I’ve tried to keep the music sounding light, hopeful, and even spiritual even though I’m not the most spiritual person myself. My brother was though, so I thought about his mindset: what he believed would happen to him, and where he wanted to be.

I hope the album resonates with people who’ve also lost someone, or have struggled with anxiety, depression, recurring thoughts of death, or feeling lost and sidelined in life. I hope it also encourages some to talk about their feelings, particularly men who make up 80% of suicides globally. I only ever saw my brother cry once, and that was the day before he died.

I’ve kept the album mostly secret during this time, having only shared some of the songs with a couple family members, so I’m quite nervous to finally release it out into the world. I wish I could have finished it sooner, but it took as long as it needed to take. Not just because of the heavy themes, but also because of health and financial issues I've been struggling with for some time, and the numerous other projects I’ve been working on. And even with how long it’s taken, and how many hundreds of hours I’ve poured into it, I still feel like there’s so much more I could do—so many more stories to tell.

In my eyes this album will never be perfect. As I grow older though I'm learning to tell myself that no matter my imperfections, no matter where I feel I am in my life, I am enough. Maybe this album is enough, too."