Recorded with my musical partners David Kendall (drums, vocals) and Mike Budd (bass), this is probably my most “progressive” album, with two 8-plus-minute epics (Your Last Song, and the title track), a guitar-based instrumental and songs with several extended musical passages. This is offset by the more “accessible” Show Me and Right Day, and the acoustic-based Be Better Be Bold and October Wind.

Recorded at Dave’s DJK Studios and my Portland home studio between 2020 and 2023, Dave and I co-produced and mixed Across the Light. Steve Turnidge at Ars Divina/UltraViolet Studios tackled the mastering and sequencing, while Grace Jensen created the album artwork based on my concept of a silhouette precariously walking across a tightrope of light. Portland keyboardist Asher Fulero cranked out the synth solo on the title track and Hailey Kendall-Bray contributed backing vocals to Right Day.