Super XX Man - Volume XII: There'll Be Diamonds

Musician Scott Garred was a member of a trio indie pop band Silver Scooter in Texas back in the mid-90s. During his days with the band, he begun Super XX Man as his solo side musical project and has released several home recorded cassettes. As time goes by, Garred has now evolved this solo project to his very own bonafide band, now comprise of his wife Michelle, Ali Wesley, Kelly Dachtler, Josh Woods and Bob Ham.

On October 21, the band will release their twelfth Volume XII: There'll Be Diamonds, through Tender Loving Empire.

A quote by Garrerd on this album, "my most sonically ambitious album to date."

Songs are marked by washes of feedback, dark atmospherics and pointillist lyrics that chronicle the lives of the people Garred works with at the Oregon State Hospital, the oldest psychiatric institution in his home state.

It's a pronounced shift in focus for Garred who has used the other volumes in his ever-growing discography to sing about friends and family, love and loss. Garred is as much a storyteller on this album as he is an empathizer reiterating how people cope with life at the State Hospital. On Volume XII, Garred sings about a woman who plays guitar until her fingers bleed, a man so lonely he only wants to go to parties and meet girls, and the 'guilty except for insanity' person strolling down a corridor wearing his new state-issued sweats. The album's closer, "Cautious like a Panther," has this same person strutting his stuff down any trendy thoroughfare in Portland.