leftovers

I've surprised myself by releasing a new album in the year 2025! My last actual collection of new songs was back in 2019, and my - how so much has changed since then! I'm counting "The White Tomato" as my fourth album, and they are all so different yet I do believe my sound and songwriting has stayed true to myself throughout. With four albums under my belt of songs I've written, performed, and produced, I definitely have favorites over the years but I am so proud of this new work because I believe so many of the songs are very strong both lyrically and musically, and really am excited for people to hear it. I'm trying to get back into writing more, too, so here I spill the tea on all nine tracks on "The White Tomato" plus the one exclusive non-album track (so far) of the White Tomato era!!! Before we begin, you need to know a couple of things, most importantly, that I have an alter ego named Mannifred LaCroix. Manni, as he is affectionately known, p...

  Civil Twilight by Devin Tait I'm tripping out over here that it's 2025 and I have released a new single today! As detailed in my previous blog, when I was younger, I told myself I would not allow myself to still be playing a pop star by the time I was over 28. Well, that was quite awhile ago but I'm still doing what I love, chasing my dreams, and making music that I want to hear. "Civil Twilight" is a song that came about very quickly, about a year ago. I first decided I liked the title one day when going down a Wikipedia hole and reading about civil twilight, which is "the brightest phase of twilight, the illumination of the lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon." When I wrote the lyrics, I was actually imagining the music video at the same time, but it remains to be seen if I'll ever actually shoot that video. The video being released later today is a lyrics visualizer, meaning it includes t...