What happens when you end up with more songs than you need when writing for your next record? In Leeroy Stagger’s case, what you do is release them as a “secret record” for your fans ahead of the “big album release” in September. If the songs are that good, why not release 2 albums in one year?

This is the thinking that led to Leeroy Stagger’s 12th studio album, ​Me and the Mountain ​(out May 17th, 2019)​. ​It was written, for the most part, during a three week singer-songwriter residency at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta.