Iconic songwriter Harlan Howard believed that songs exist in the air all around us. That’s how these new Skydiggers songs began — in the air. It began with some off days during a busy November tour, with a revisit to the Tragically Hip’s Bathouse Studio. The creation would begin when each song was first played in the studio’s kitchen by Josh with a guitar and Andy’s voice — many of these songs heard by the larger group for the first time. What followed was instinct. What unfolded is a magical euphoric reflection of the chemistry that these musicians have developed over years of beautiful nights in the nation’s most beautiful soft seaters and the country’s most gin soaked bar rooms. Together, the soundscapes and voices capture the emotions of characters at moments of catharsis — characters travelling to places that reside on the other side of boundaries never before crossed. These are voices from our lives and imaginations that exist on the roadside of life’s journeys — voices that lift us when we feel the threat of doubt, and encourage us when we are weary.