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I hope he's not too embarrassed by this, but I've been listening to Mike LeRoy's (FatherOfTheMan (Vito Salutation) on here) album Friends Are Benefits and I can't really think of words to describe it. It's really beautiful (there's one). I'm sort of in love with it (sorry for embarrassing you Mike). I'm not friends with him or anything so don't take this as "Listen to my friend cause he's my friend" or something. And I know I'm probably building this up to silly proportions. But if you just open yourself up to it, it'll do something for you.

It's been a long time since I've heard new music that I responded to like I have with this. I know he's shared his music on here before, and lots of people had good things to say about it. But this is for those on here who haven't heard it (and all of his other albums), and if you have then maybe you could listen to it again and appreciate how great it is. I wish I could write more articulately, more eloquently about how it makes me feel. It just makes me happy to be alive, which is easy to take for granted.

https://mikeleroy.bandcamp.com/album/friends-are-benefits

Mike Leroy is very good at arranging and producing. It's impressive.

Aw jeez, thanks so much. This really is my best album and it brings me back to a time in my life I really miss. It means a lot that people even listen to this, nonetheless actually love it. Really needed to hear this so, thanks so much...