Hello everyone! I'm writing because the other night, I had a moment. That's right... A moment. Of clarity, perhaps. Please bear with me: I'd like to share with you what I discovered in this moment. A couple nights ago the three of us were driving with Stephanie Keshe, who works for our label, back to the hotel in Manchester, NH. It was late at night and we were returning from a fantastic evening of playing our music and meeting fans. I was half asleep in the back seat of the rental van, listening to the new album from Mindy Smith (which is absolutely beautiful by the way). I was coming in and out of consciousness, catching random verses and choruses from Mindy. During one waking moment, I looked out the window beside me. I saw a small gray car passing us, a woman probably in her early thirties sitting in the drivers seat. I was thinking, as I have for years now, about Love and Theft, and how badly we want to bring our music to the whole world, somehow offer it as a gift, an inspiration, encouragement, whatever people need it to be to them. I looked at this woman and realized that not only were we seperated by about six feet and counting and two panes of glass, but also by two very seperate lives, which would, in all likelihood, never intersect. This woman was, to me, a picture of the people we want so badly to reach--in that instant, she represented the whole world to me! As I watched her pass us, I wondered: How on earth do we get to her? How do we get into that car? How do we connect with that life we've never met? As she pulled ahead, her dashboard came into view, and more importantly, her radio. And there was my answer. Thus far in our journey as a band, few things have presented more of a challenge, few things have been less predictable, few things, I admit, have I known less about, than the business and art of radio. It has treated us to no shortage of excitement, joy, struggle, and learning experiences. But in this moment in the car, I saw radio in a new and clearer light: Radio is the answer to those questions. Radio is the opportunity to do the very thing we've wanted to so badly for years: to offer our music to the world. The more I learn about radio, the more humbled I am by what I learn. In light of this discovery, we'd like to whole-heartedly thank those of you who have helped us reach that woman in the little gray car. Thanks to those of you who have graciously shared with us the doorway which you possess. It's through radio that we can take our music across those six feet and counting, through those two panes of glass, across that expanse that lies between us and the millions of lives which we may otherwise never have the privilege of encountering. Now more than ever, and with deeper understanding, we are truly grateful for radio and those amazing opportunities which it affords us. -BB



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