Jensen McRae - It Wasn't Supposed To Be Like This...

In 2021 I shot a live performance video for a song I wrote called ‘Adam’s Ribs.’ It’s one of my favorite pieces of art I’ve ever made, and for all of 2023 I have been thinking about it as I have trudged a winding and thorny path to my next record. Album 2 isn’t ready - yet - so consider this era 1.5. Playing live is one of my favorite things to do, so I thought I’d try to capture the magic of some of the live sets I’ve played on the road in the last year and a half. The only difference is, very few of you have heard any of these songs in their entirety. They’re brand new (well, new to you), and I performed them live, in studio, with just me and my guitar. There is something so surreal about recognizing that you’re at one of life’s rare dividing lines—to know you are enduring something that has a Before and an After and you will never be the same. This project is about that—about splitting in two, accepting that half of you is gone, and trying to rebuild the rest from scratch. It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This… 00:00 Intro 00:40 Fever Dream 04:05 Sing For My Supper 06:31 God Has A Hitman 10:14 Colma, CA 14:01 I Don't Miss You Recorded at Speakeasy Studios in Burbank, CA Engineered & Mixed by Paul Redel Assistant Engineer: Leif Eisemann Director: Mitchell Abraham Production Co: Dojohouse Executive Producer: Danny Pollack Associate Producer: Wade Davis Production Manager: Jesse Rojas Cinematographer: Michael Morones Assistant Camera: JT Boehme Editor/Color: Mitchell Abraham Production Assistants: Noah Zaidspiner, Janessa Bizarra, Lucinda Larnach, Iza Icaza MUA: Bryan Mendez