Johhny Deleware
The captivating On God’s Time isn’t so much a meditation on mortality as an embrace of our ephemerality. The collection looks to death as a means of putting life itself into focus, as a lens through which to understand the meaning and purpose of our dwindling days on this planet. The songs here are firmly rooted in the spiritual realm of the cosmic drifter, full of larger-than-life characters navigating their way through a world of tragic beauty and infinite wonder, and the performances are loose and raw to match, guided by instinct and tracked live and in the moment. It’s a moving snapshot, a timeless exploration of love and loss and gratitude and regret rooted in the promise that our impermanence isn’t a curse, but rather a gift. Delaware says, “Life is wonderful and painful and a lot of times it’s not easy, but it’s not supposed to be easy. We’re all on a mission to do what’s in our hearts before they stop beating. That’s the only journey that matters.