Eric Bachmann

In 2009, Eric Bachmann, who writes, records, and performs songs mainly under the name Crooked Fingers, would have scoffed at the idea that he’d be releasing a new record in a few years. Or, it’s unlikely he’d have scoffed at anything, really, because he’s not the kind of guy who flounces about with words like “scoff”-“you’re full of shit” seems entirely more likely a response. Lucky for us, however he’d have described it, he would have been wrong. All of which is maybe the long way around to saying that Bachmann did what he could to prevent this new Crooked Fingers record, the first since the 2008 release of Forfeit/Fortune, from ever coming out. And again, lucky for us, he failed.