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On 'Sundays,' Andrew Combs seeks a roadmap to redemption

In the aftermath of an early-pandemic breakdown, Combs sought solace in a regular songwriting routine. The result is a beautiful, intimate album that grapples with personal and existential questions.
Andrew Combs' new album, <em>Sundays</em>, is focused on hopefulness in the wake of hardship.

There's a popular parable of uncertain origin that pairs a simple premise with a seemingly simple question. Inside all of us, the tale asserts, are two wolves: one nourished by good things like truth and love, and the other emboldened by evil, greed and hatred. These wolves are forever at odds, with whichever grows stronger seizing control of our spiritual lives. Armed with this knowledge, which wolf do you feed?

Of course, we'd all like to think we're letting our good wolves feast, but real, grapples with these questions and other existential quandaries, in the process outlining the struggle to live with integrity in a world that demands otherwise.

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