Released 13 years ago yesterday, this is a very unique concept album from Derek Webb. Maybe a bit ahead of its time, this album is a bit of a sci-fi story about someone who is so enamored with his computer and disenchanted with his life, he desires to upload himself to the computer and discontinue his human life. He seems to succeed and finds it's not exactly what he hoped for, and is able to get back to his human life. The music is a very unique and somewhat disconcerting collection of vocals, nylon string guitar, electronic beats and other elements, plus brief bits of discordant shape note choral singing. (If you do some research, you can also find a related side-project where the computer tries to become human along with a short narrative story to go with the album.) This is not an album I listen to often, but it's definitely a unique, ambitious concept album that is an interesting listen, and may even seem a bit more relevant today than ever before.

Release Year: 2012
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