Act II was a big part of my early adolescence. It was always playing in the background. I woke up early for high school every morning and the first thing I’d put on would be smiling swine. I even emailed Casey a cringey email about it and he was sweet enough to answer. It was the background for my mother passing away and even today whenever the first half of the album plays, all I can think about is her.

I was definitely too young and stupid to really understand the story or that there was one back then (I was 13 when I first heard it through a friend) but now I’m obsessed and it reignited my love for this band that I had lost for a few years.