A Bad Think - Watch Your Mind (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A Bad Think, the musical project conceived by the prolific singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Michael Marquart, provides listeners with a captivating cinematic musical journey on its eleventh studio album, Short Street. Drawing inspiration from his childhood memories, the GRAMMY® -nominated Marquart has fashioned an exquisitely crafted set of twelve songs that balance soul-stirring lyrics with genre-blending arrangements.
The songs on Short Street evocatively weave personal recollections with introspective reflections, exploring the feeling of loss and longing while offering glimmers of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit. “When I was writing, I was thinking about my mother passing away, and my dad’s and sister’s health struggles,” Marquart explains. “It made me look back in a retrospective way. Personal but also hopefully universal.”
The album’s epicenter is Marquart’s hometown of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Each song is a glimpse into his past, like a snapshot of his youth. “Evening Fog” recounts the tale of DDT-spewing mosquito trucks that used to fill his neighborhood streets. “Pages of the Past” was inspired by a memory of watching an old man flipping through a scrapbook in his basement. “Danny Boy” is a solemn tribute to a childhood friend who died in the Vietnam War. The final track, “Brand New Day,” is an optimistic outlook on the future as Marquart moves forward and holds hope for what's to come. The stunning video for the album’s haunting lead single, “Hammer and the Plow,” is a literal scrapbook of Marquart’s childhood. It imaginatively utilizes Marquart’s authentic old family photographs and videos, mixed with animation, to create a fascinating visual collage while also revealing glimpses of the American Dream in the mid-20th Century. Present-day footage of Marquart performing the song floats in and out of the video, adding more profound layers of reflection and perspective in a song where he sings, “I can’t remember what I’m fighting for.”

TRACKLIST

1. A Bad Think - Falling Down
2. A Bad Think - Bad Weather
3. A Bad Think - The Strong Survive
4. A Bad Think - Midnight Sun
5. A Bad Think - He Might Stay
6. A Bad Think - Sometimes
7. A Bad Think - Sweet Perfume
8. A Bad Think - The Stranger Within
9. A Bad Think - Into The Fire
10. A Bad Think - You Could've Let Me Be



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