On Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing, Tod incorporates seminal moments from his hard-fought journey into 10 bare, honest songs that strike a powerful punch. While written over various time periods, the confessional, intimate tracks were recorded in just six hours. “These songs are timestamps of my life,” Tod says. “They’re a list of fragile events. Some were written a decade ago and some were written right before I started recording, but for 10 different reasons — whether they were too painful or too personal or too pretty — I didn’t want to sing them as soon as I wrote them.”

Tod is ready to share these songs now with fans and the larger music community. While Glory centered on Tod’s experiences with addiction, sobriety and redemption, Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing finds him learning to live with the moments of stillness, after a lifetime of constant motion. Devastation is still never far away on the album, especially on “Still Search For You” written about the loss of bandmate Nicholas Ridout to addiction, and “Mercy Bark” which shares the heartbreaking decision to put his beloved pet out of his misery. “Tears Worth the Gold” pits the rise of a dream career against the heavy toll it takes on a marriage, while “Terrified to Try” bares the fear of having to do things a new way.

“I am damn proud of this record and all that it means,” says Tod. “I hope that it inspires you to live in truth and face the mirror you’ve been avoiding.”