Less than three months ago I wrote a review of Noah Gundersen’s ‘Swim’, the second single from his then-forthcoming album, and in that review I proposed that Gundersen was doing something new in his lyrics. I noted that he was writing from a more contented and hopeful perspective, drastically opposed to the tone and theme of his earlier albums WHITE NOISE and Lover. The review also referenced that newness in Gundersen’s life mirrored that in my own: we had both been married over the past year.
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Paul Frank Spencer
Paul Frank Spencer is the owner of By Grace For Glory Publishing and author of Marvelous Light. He earned a BA and BSBA from the University of Pittsburgh and still lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Keep up with Spencer's reviews and creative writing at www.bgfg77.com.
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