"Oh man, here and there, all this forced time off whirl-winded me. I wasn't sure if I was a musician or a soccer mom or a bed bug," he admits. "But sometimes… it almost felt like a blessing. I realized certain junk isn't permanently within me, that there's peace to be found relatively close by, that some degree of – I don't know – grace is attainable, even if it kinda comes and goes."

With a deeply rooted guitar style – seemingly flecked by Rev. Gary Davis, Bill Frisell, Ali Farka Touré, and Marc Ribot – Paul was Invited to travel to Kenya last September to participate in a collaboration between Western and African musicians. Now firmly back on the road again, he also guested on guitar for Sproule's tour last fall and followed that with his own UK dates.
When asked how he managed to create such a forward-leaning, positive album while dealing with what many would regard as a career and personal crisis, he replies. "Well," we all live with hardship and crisis. But maybe it's the price paid for being surrounded by and involving oneself with only what feels authentic and important. I get to play music, even if – yeah – on occasion it's just at home. But I sometimes wonder if fishing for more doesn't rip something from someone who – for better or worse – wants or needs it more deeply."