Ross King takes you, song-by-song, on a deep dive into the story of creating his newest record.
The story of writing and recording "Walk in the Valley" includes several scriptures about the solidness of our souls in Jesus, a peek into a few "rough drafts" of verse 1, a brief bit of discussion on deconstruction, and a word on the creative process, among other things.
The story of writing and recording "Older" includes an amateur exegesis of Matthew 18, another guest co-host, some real-talk about pro songwriting, a bone-chilling tale about losing important computer files, and much more.
The story of writing and recording "Golden" includes an amateur exegesis of Job 23, an explanation of "topline" songwriting (at the least the way Ross does it), a very vague and not-crazy-at-all discussion on curses, and a brief discussion on what's wrong with the way Christians do "testimony," among other things.
The story of the writing and recording “Villain” includes an amateur exegesis of both Luke 10 and John 17, our first guest co-host(ish), Ben Backus saying “spooky” a lot, and much more.
The story of writing and recording “All My Heroes Are Underdogs” includes a lot of honest talk about the biblical character David, a little bit of admiration for country music formula songwriting, Ross nervously sharing some of the complexities of raising non-white children, and much more.
The story of writing and recording "Believe in the Desert" includes an amateur exegesis of Psalm 42, an attempt to add some appropriate drama to the idea of "disappointment," a passionate GIF texting kerfuffle (for a good cause of course), and much more.
The story of writing and recording "The Show" (and "Introducing the Show") includes some talk of John the Baptist, a 20-year-old "bell" that can't be un-rung, and the swallowing of a possibly demonic fly, among other things.
The story of writing and recording "Things That I'm Afraid Of" includes an amateur exegesis of Psalm 23, the brilliant use of a floppy disk as a musical instrument, the beauty of a one-man-Joel-Rousseau choir, and much more.
The story of writing and recording "Build the House" includes an amateur exegesis of Psalm 127: 1-2, discussions on the way we seek and use power, and some bragging on the greatness that is Aaron Shust, among other things.
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