What better way to close out a year as disappointing as 2011, a year in which the population of humans on Earth reportedly passed the SEVEN BILLION mark, than with a depressing li'l dirge about traffic? Inspired by over three years of living in Southern California and trudging through interminable traffic jams where at least half of those seven billion people, simply by existing, seem to be forcing me into wasting time I'll never get back, when I'm perfectly capable of wasting that same time on my OWN thank you very much, I just had to write this song as a letter to humanity, for humanity's intervention to curb its appalling addiction to more humans.

Musically inspired by The Decemberists' "Castaways and Cutouts" album, this is my personal favorite song on my forthcoming album GOLDMARK AFTER DARK - I honestly don't think any other song I've ever written has come out of the studio sounding so bloody good, and I owe it all to Gary Potterton on guitar, Paul Olguin on bass, Paul Revelli on drums, Henry Salvia on keyboards and accordion, Joe Goldmark co-producing with me, and Garth Webber recording, engineering, mixing and playing tambourine.

Happy 2012, everybody! Let's all move forward and enjoy the apocalypse together! WOOOOOO!