Paul Otteson is a Madison-based songwriter who delivers literary inspired, artfully crafted songs in an intimate chamber folk style. Front man of the band Faux Fawn, Otteson is a tireless creator; having released several solo and full band albums over the past 15 years to great acclaim. After a multi-year hiatus, he returns with his most personal effort to date. "Alright, I Get It, Alright" is a reckoning along the passage of midlife and a meditation on the chaos there within. Written entirely in the span of one month and recorded in the same year, this album lives in a space of soft reflection; with hope-filled melodies to warm the heart and poetic verse to soothe the soul.
John Everett Hardin has performed under many names in his 20 years as a working musician. Multiple bands and three iterations of his given name, each time changing between album releases in what he describes as “subconsciously calculated self-sabotage.” With To The Terrible Blood, Hardin releases his second full-length album as Bright Arcana. Perhaps because he doesn’t consider Bright Arcana to be a sobriquet for himself, but the name given to the ark through which his songs are delivered, Hardin finally finds what he considers “the closest thing to a sense of identity” for his music.