Second Thoughts is the spiritual sequel to the eponymous Witness Protection debut album, released in 2020. It revisits many of those same themes from another perspective in a conceptual sequence. The number of tracks is not accidental - seven is significantly symbolic in many cultures and spiritual systems. It is also a nod to the Italian Progressive Rock album as a genre, my favorites of which coincidentally contain seven songs each. The choice to record this album in English and Italian was an intentional decision from the start, as an homage to 1970s Rock Progressivo Italiano. Each song represents a specific “day in the life” as the protagonist strives to survive, reject and eventually embrace that which is the human condition. It is an existential reflection upon denial, hope, nostalgia, grief, joy, fear, and acceptance.

Written by Kyle Fulford Nov-Dec. 2021
Recorded by Kyle Fulford
Drums recorded by Cesare Valbusa
Saxophone recorded at Airtime Studios by David Weber
Mixed and Mastered by David Weber, Nov. 2022
Additional mixing effects by Kyle Fulford

Personnel:
Kyle Fulford: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Mellotron, Percussion and Drum Samples, String Arrangement, Ukulele, Modular Synthesizer, Voice.
Cesare Valbusa: Drums
Delores “Lola” Visentini: Voice (6)
Donata Greco: Flute (4)
Kurt Baer: Alto Sax (1)
Tadhg O’Meachair: Piano (2)

“Second Thoughts” image by Aprell Kirk used with permission
Additional graphic design by Patricia Jazmin Cantu Reyna
Italian lyric consultation by Leonardo Cabrini
“The Shadow of Time” contains an interpolation of “Adagio (Shadows)” by New Trolls (1971)

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