Leaving: 4 Short Stories

TRACKS CD 1 In Medford (Cory Gray) Art Garfunkel’s Old People (Peter Broderick) CD 2 Emaline (John Askew) A Solider’s Things (Rauelsson) RELEASE DATE 9/16/2014 Adam Selzer, who led the band Norfolk & Western and also has toured and recorded with M. Ward, has written a collection of four short stories, entitled Leaving. To accompany this book he recorded readings of each story and enlisted the talents of Peter Broderick, John Askew, Raul Pastor-Medal, and Cory Gray to provide musical score to one story each. These compositions magnify the mood and tone of the stories, providing an enhanced avenue for the reader to experience the narrative. One can either choose to read, listen, or listen and read along to these compelling stories which render sparse language, surprising bursts of gallows humor, and a sense of compassion for the lost souls that inhabit his stories. A man facing financial ruin and domestic turmoil spontaneously jumps in his car for a disaster-laden road trip t