I started writing the songs on this album as the pandemic began winding down; the titular song 'What Did You Miss' pointed the way forward, with its final verse: 'I've been writing it down/song by song/as a personal history' when imagining this collection of songs as memoir, and how the wisdom that comes with growing older becomes a north star, whether one is celebrating life's joys or navigating life's inevitable losses. From the first verse of 'Paint + Turpentine' about sitting in the dark of the Birchmere Music Hall watching Guy Clark teach a master class in songwriting and story telling, to coming to terms with how later life turned out in 'Girl and Her Dog', to inventorying what matters in 'The Saving Things' to discovering the wisdom in words and phrases that we usually roll our eyes towards in 'Say It Anyway', it is my hope that these songs allow the listener to come away not only with a musical sketch of my life from young adulthood on, but also an affirming reflection of their own life as well'.
Track Listing:
1. What Did You Miss - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2. Paint + Turpentine - Mary Chapin Carpenter
3. New Religion - Mary Chapin Carpenter
4. Girl and Her Dog - Mary Chapin Carpenter
5. The Saving Things - Mary Chapin Carpenter
6. Hello My Name Is - Mary Chapin Carpenter
7. Bitter Ender - Mary Chapin Carpenter
8. The Night We Never Met - Mary Chapin Carpenter
9. Home Is a Song - Mary Chapin Carpenter
10. Say It Anyway - Mary Chapin Carpenter
11. Coda - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Year of Production:
2025
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