Listening in on these tough and tender acoustic solo demos, recorded from 2006 to 2007, makes for one of 2014's most unexpectedly intimate archival exhumations.
"When I first read about Crush Songs, I mistakenly believed it to be a concept album about love. I don’t think I was far off. As in real-life romance, there are moments of suffering, hopelessness and frustration in Crush Songs, but there are also glimmers of hope—the idea that love may indeed exist, despite all evidence to the contrary...We all like to believe we are completely self-sufficient but at the end of it all, we’re all searching for a human connection, something to make it all feel a bit more worthwhile. Albums like Crush Songs, that manage to evoke these sentiments in a way that isn’t sickly, cringe-worthy or trite, are always my favourite kind." - The Talkhouse