20 years of THE VOLUNTEERS. Released March 23, 2004. This album represents as many facets of whatever it is that I do as well as anything I've done. I still clearly remember making it in various spaces from Portland to NYC, in between dadness & tour stops, sometimes literally on the road. The vocal for Stay was improvised (after weeks of mumbling melodies to the OF SINKING SHIPS tape as I drove, shoutout to Chad & Hopesfall) directly into my laptop mic after an amazing Ottobar show. Backing vocals by audiences & 4 generations of my family, priceless help from Ian Love, Will Quinnell, D Sardy, Rohner Segnitz, Shara Worden, Darren Doane & endless others along the way. The art (also by Rohner) still looks gorgeous. The liner notes by Geoff Rickly still feel perfect. Even got Pitchfork to tone down the snark for a second! Oh, and the fact that they somehow made up that I was from Portland is especially strange considering I'm living in Eugene 20 years later. What a ride. Thank you for all of it. Let's keep volunteering.