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Good to Know You is a collection of songs and stories that deal with the shifting, fickle nature of time and how it stands to inform identity. Casting backwards and forwards, Northern Michigan songwriter Jack M. Senff weaves together small moments of his life in an attempt to examine and explore the greater themes of love and loss, family, change.
Having taken a year away to appraise and reassess, Senff sheds the Boy Rex name in favor of his own. After several albums chasing a certain sound, a specific color, Good to Know You shifts the palette to something softer, quieter, and perhaps that much truer to the integrity of his work. Self-recorded in various bedrooms and living rooms, this album hopes to capture all the warmth and intimacy his songs have to offer.
Good to Know You was mixed and mastered by Senff’s old friend Mike Kenway (William Bonney, In Ghosts), and features the impressive talents of Brian Morgante (DEADHORSE, Flesh and Bone Design), Shannon Lee Stott-Rigsbee (Tyler Daniel Bean, Adrian Ardvark), his wife Em Randall, and Arthur Shroeder (After Ours). This record is at once an encapsulation of everything that came before, and the first notes of something bright and new dancing just over the horizon.
credits
released September 6, 2019
All songs written by: Jack M. Senff
Produced by: Jack M. Senff & Brian Morgante
Additional production and consultation provided by: Em Randall
Recorded between:
Casa Rumpus in Traverse City, Michigan
Dunk’s & 942 in South Bend, Indiana
Brent’s Mid-Century Wonderland in Erie, Pennsylvania
Mixed and mastered by: Mike Kenway
Layout and design by: Frank & Brangus Design
Photography by: Tommy Green
Jack M. Senff (nylon guitar, electric guitar, bass, vocals)
Brian Morgante (electric guitar, piano, organ)
Arthur Shroeder (drums, percussion)
Shannon Lee Stott-Rigsbee (violin)
Em Randall (harmony vocals)
A special thank you to Em, always, for everything; to Sean and Morgan for believing and trusting; and to Brian for coming into my life when he did. I love you all so much. Thank you also, of course, to Mason (forever), Eric, Emma, Sco, Dunk, Peggy, Deb & Chuck, Austin Carter, Ely & Kelsi, Pat & Mandi, Kyle & Selina, Mikey, Rachel, my Blk Mrkt #FITFAM, Aymen, the Warners, the Falconers, the Greenes, my Vermont friends, and everyone else near, far, wide who’s ever gave a shit. I couldn’t do this without you.
supported by 49 fans who also own “Good To Know You”
can't believe it took me so long to find out what Midwest emo is all about. powerful, makes me nostalgic or feels like I'm having deja vu when I listen. all the tracks r certified bangers wish these guys could reform in some iteration worn__path
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supported by 43 fans who also own “Good To Know You”
absolutely beautiful, crossing the lines between midwest emo and math rock with killer riffs alongside complex drumming patterns really gets me going, not to mention the most relatable lyrics from uncomfortable anxiousness to uncontrollable desire for love and prosperity, love this so effing hella neonicotine