Often the artists that are most enduring and universally revered – think: John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty – are so not just because of their music, but because of their unique ability to tell a story. And time and again, those stories about their lives reveal something to us about our own. MSB has spent the last eight years aspiring to nothing less than such hallowed purpose and it’s led him to what is sure to be remembered as a career-defining moment. On the intriguingly conceptual new album, MSB has combed through those songwriting moments that have most shaped him, for a resulting collection that incisively captures the evolution of his singular musical talents.