"Only Passing Through" has its roots a 2012 songwriting challenge, in which I successfully wrote 40 songs in one year. 10 of the album's 12 songs come from that project. I've changed a lot between then and now; I finished and released an album (2013's "Someone Else's Songs), changed careers from office work to full-time musician, began and ended a four-year relationship, and moved 4 times. I had a friend describe it as a "sad" album, but I'm not sure that's accurate (apart from "Ship In a Bottle". That one's pretty sad). I think the lyrical tone is more hopeful and reflective, like an attempt to understand and make peace with my place in a world that will exist long after I'm gone.