Jeremy noted that Monday was the last day of mixing for his new record, so I contacted him wondering if the disc was going to be delayed. Indeed, it will be, but only by a week to May 15th.

I still haven’t heard any of it, and neither had Derek when he and I talked about it on Thursday night. But whenever either one of us asks anyone about it, whoever has heard it has rave reviews. We can’t wait to hear it.

Also, Jerry recently turned 31, and Kierstin’s entry in honor of her husband is worth reading:

eli and i are proud of him for so many reasons. beyond the fact that he’s pouring his heart into a new album full of brilliant artistry and heaps of perseverance (and he’s doing it all to take care of us, his family), we are proud of him for being such a caring husband who rarely fails to love his wife well, no matter the extent of patience it requires. and we are proud of him for being such a dedicated new father who handles every middle of the night diaper change without a complaint, and tears up at the sight of his son’s tiny face. not every man has that depth of sensitivity.

Yeah, we like that Casella guy, too, Kierstin.

Sean H wrote in to let us know that Infuze Magazine has interviewed our man Andrew Peterson. They discuss recording records with friends, who AP thinks his target demographic is, and some about his upcoming project:

You’ve mentioned on your website about wanting to pull together another studio record this year. Your last record, The Far Country, was obviously very thematic. Do you find you’re writing about something in particular at this point in your life?

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately, because that thematic element to my last few records was helpful in the writing process. With Love and Thunder, the theme of suffering, the long, hard journey of faithfulness, and ultimately redemption in the depths of our pain — that theme kind of crept out during the making of the album. Not all the songs deal with those specific things, but the comments I get from people about that record seem to be peppered with references to those issues. It’s also very reflective of that time in my life.

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As for subject matter, right now they’re a lot like the songs on my other albums: stories, scritpure, family, Christ. Hopefully they’re the kind of songs that will still matter to someone in fifteen years. I’m in this for the long haul.

We certainly hope so, AP.