Over the past month this album has been the soundtrack to my life. As I slave away in studio, shedding both blood and tears, the melancholy atmosphere of Parallax embodies my fragile, overworked emotional state. "The Shakes" is the first song on the album, and I'm posting it here because I couldn't decide which song I liked best. Every song on this album is filled with surprises, so I encourage you to listen to it all the way through.