Hot on the heels of the news of the latest album from Josh Ritter comes this, the second song released from “I Believe In You, My Honeydew.” It’s a song that has previously seen the light of day – well the twilight of the day at least, as in 2023 we said: “Another new song, ‘Truth is a Dimension both Invisible and Blinding‘, also not on the new album (which might suggest that the album after next isn’t too far away ) is a story song which balances a student of astronomy’s insights into the nature of truth in an infinite universe with equally weighty observations on the loss of Tanya, the only woman he’ll ever love, to Neil. It’s funny – but not trivial.”
Of the track, Ritter shares, “I don’t remember writing this song. I hardly ever do. I remember beginning with the daydream of a night drive through the desert. I arrived at a lookout and, here, looking up at the stars from the parking lot of my mind, I caught a glimpse of something thoroughly unexpected. TRUTH revealed itself to me for an instant. The song was done when I woke up from the daydream. I recorded this song in one take. Thanks to Sam Kassirer for realizing that it was the one, and to Rich Hinman for the glorious solo. I released this song previously on an EP, lest something should happen to me and it be forgotten. Now, I’m doing my best to make sure that it won’t.”
