Everett Parker - Outbound Travelin' Crazies (2021)

If the debut album Irrevocably Human (2013) for the most part was made out of fictional stories in acoustic Americana garb with injustices and death in focus, the sequel Outbound Travelin' Crazies takes a more multi-instrument oriented and personal stand with more or less self-experienced themes - without pretending to be some kind of self-help template in the service of kitchen sink realism.

This collection of songs is sometimes a celebration of life, sometimes a glance through hopelessnes, sometimes about moving on through life, sometimes about monsters in the woods and sometimes just the most obvious and clichéd Carpe Diem bubble written.

In the end, however, it is with honest intent and creative desire that this album has been created. Carving it myself has been the point and something interesting and fun to do with time. The fact that it is now being published for public listening is of course nothing more than a hunt for attention - and that it hopefully can inspire others to create something themselves.