Arlo McKinley shares thoughts on every song on new 'The Mess We're In' album

“If we got these songs down correctly, it was going to be better, at least in my eyes. I think this album is light years … it’s different from what ‘Die Midwestern’ is. It’s what I wanted to make. I don’t think ‘Die Midwestern’ was rushed in any way, but it was just a new experience. The first time I ever worked with a real producer. My first time in Memphis. I’m just meeting all these people. I think we did it in seven days. This time, I did it in the same place, same musicians, same producer, but I was down there for 14, 15 days, or something like that. It was more comfortable in a lot of ways. We took our time with it more, but it was more comfortable, the whole thing about it,” he said. 

McKinley took time for his hometown newspaper to go through “This Mess We’re In” and discuss the album song by song. 

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