The lyrics kick off heavy and deep immediately, really putting the emphasis on a therapy-like introspection of any cold winter day, secluded and lost in thought. Noah seems to run through every thought, feeling, and event that one could in the 4 minute track. Despite the gravity of the content, the instruments behind the vocals play emphatically and add the slight bit of light that this track carries.

Noah's writing is on full display with this track. This guitar heavy track is one of my favorites. Simplistic, with a fast paced delivery, it dances between self-awareness and blissful ignorance of things that cause us pain. While Noah is speaking of his own "Stick Season", I feel that after listening to this song, we can all recall times in our life when we experienced our own Stick Season.

The blend of a guitar strum and drums are so well done on this track. Pairing with one of Noah's best vocal displays, this track is beautiful from start to finish. The hook and chorus are so masterfully carried by the bands background. I am grateful that this track is over 4 minutes long. Songs of this caliber often times run short, but Noah managed to create a longer song filled with character from start to finish.

I could see this track being a lot of folks favorite, or a top 3 track. It is upbeat, lifted in emotion, and as catchy in the chorus and hook as most other tracks so far. The writing is simplistic enough to let most sing along while still carrying a story throughout. Possibly my favorite aspect, about 2:30 in the energy noticeably grows and builds, but does not quite fall off like you might expect.

Noah Kahan can sing. This song is one of the best displays yet to prove that. A starting sound that is nearly entirely acoustic, with only a subtle guitar strum to support his vocals, this is a perfect track to just absorb, and let Noah sing to you. While the band builds as the song goes on, you get the full feel of a very complete and personal track.

The melody of this song is as catchy as the lyrics or strum of the guitar. This song is artistically written, covering a topic of a change of the old guard. Noah's writing ability makes any song worth listening next to lyrics, but this one deserves it.

This song kicks off much like others so far, a slower pace to begin that allows Noah to paint with each word. One of my favorite lines so far, so poetically written:

"We didn't know that the sun was collapsing, till the seas rose and the buildings came crashing."

Reading it here does not do justice to the singing ability Noah has, but it stood out as a favorite line when he sung it.

I do not know how personal this song might be, how much it might be from personal experiences of Noah, but the topic of this song is heavy and I think many with various types of family or friends that have faced some sort of addiction will resonate.

I often say that there are two types of songs; those to listen to, and those to hear. Noah has such a unique ability to create in both worlds. This song is a great example. You can let it play and hear it for the audibly beautiful sound that he created. Or you can listen and follow a story and ride along with his emotions next to him.

"No thing defines a man, like love that makes him soft." I think that line along gives a great synopsis of this track. So much to be taken from that one line, and as the song goes on, as the strums continue that one line lingers on your mind.

There is a lot of space for reflection at the end of this song, with nearly 2 minutes of mostly empty space not different from a cold winter day with time to fill but nothing to fill the time... except for our thoughts and memories.

This song is simply beautiful for anyone that has ever gone through any spell of not feeling their best. I assume that to be everyone, but if not, great for you. Another track that requires some attention to appreciate its beauty, the lyrics for this one deserve center stage. The background vocals and subtle strumming allow for just that.

By this point, I should not have any surprise to the value of just Noah's vocals. Maybe I am even under appreciating how impactful his vocals are. For over two minutes of this song his singing is the only real audio outside of a guitar strum and yet the song still feels complete. There are a few other instruments that chime in periodically to add emphasis, but this song is purely and authentically Noah Kahan and his gift of singing.

A seemingly out of place song for this album, this track is a refreshing level of upbeat to break from the reality of life that this album has covered so well. It reminds me of those rare and hopeful days in the dead of winter where the sun shines exceptionally strong, the snow finally melts back for a day and maybe even clears out for blue skies.

In a twist of the word as it seems, the use of homesick here seems to refer to the idea of staying and not leaving home as being sick, instead of longing to return to it.

Sit still long enough, truly still, with no screens, and you will start to have the very thoughts and considerations Noah covers in this track. The delivery of the lyrics are what stood out for me on this track. The pace of delivery a bit faster in parts more akin to speaking to ourselves without the friction that speaking causes us to slow down.

This is the closing track from the original release. The spirit of this song, the essence seems to feel like a summarization of much of the album as a whole. The changes in speed and intensity, the build about 2 minutes in, seems to be calling for the curtain on the project and as the last minute or so is mostly instrumentation, the final chance exists for reflection and closing of thought.

The slowdown and speed up about a minute and a half in is so well done. As great as this song is lyrically and in story, it is that build and triumph of the drums that stands out to me the most and makes this song whole with the closing anthemic life supplied by the strongest display of Noah's vocals yet.

Easily a top track for this project, the chorus and hook for this track is catchy regardless of if you relate. The upbeat nature, despite the content and telling the story of being arrested, is refreshing enough to carry this track through.

"I dial drunk, I'll die a drunk, I'd die for you" is already a clever writing scheme, but how it is delivered truly makes this song a gem.

This song seems to cover, at least in idea and mind, the idea of getting out of where he is. Though as with previous tracks, and the theme of the album as a whole, it seems to all be in theory and never likely to be practiced.

At the close of the song, in the final minute, the thought of actually leaving is trumped by the memories of everything he has ever known.

Noah has a bit of a different overall vibe to this song that is hard to place. This track kicked out another to make its way into my top 3 for this breakdown.

It's a heavy spirit, a true feeling, likely a real emotional driver that carried through the creation of this track. The flow he uses in this song is notable and I like how it sounds over the instruments.

Anyone close enough to their mom to have a healthy fear of her knows the gravity of involving one's mom in any situation. This song seems to address the fears we face, and somewhat playfully reserves the greatest of all fears for "calling your mom", in a quite fitting way.

I know that Noah did not write all of these songs himself, and I want to use this song to thank and appreciate all of the other writers who have helped on this album.

Quite possibly the most optimistic song of the entire project, this track was a refreshing change of pace but also did not veer too far from the nature of this project. I feel this song is primed to be on a movie soundtrack of a coming of age movie, and it will be perfectly placed in doing so.

This is a great track and the band gets a special shoutout for the play on this one. They have done their best to not over shine Noah, and while I will not say they did here, it was nice to see them have a special section in the middle of this track to shine.

Serving as an extended version of the closing track to the original release, at about 2 minutes and 45 seconds we get the same orchestral play that carried us to a close in the original version.

However, in this extended version we get two audio clips from residents of Stratford, Vermont, where Noah grew up. The ode to the hometown, the final anthemic close to the track and as a listener you finally feel a true completion to the album, the project, and the isolation of winter.