Alex Maas - Luca

Everything changed for Alex Maas in 2018. That was the year his first child was born-a happy and healthy baby boy-sending The Black Angels' vocalist and multi-instrumentalist into a flurry of emotions he hadn't felt before. There was the joy, of course, and the sheer awe that comes with creating new life. But to a lesser degree, there was also the fear: What world is his son going to grow up into, exactly? And how can Maas protect him from the dangers within it? "When you have a child, you face your own mortality in a lot of ways," says Maas, a Texas native who's lived in Austin for decades. "The world is definitely messed up, but there's a lot of good in the world too.01 Slip Into 02 The Light That Will End Us 03 Special 04 Been Struggling 05 500 Dreams06 What Would I Tell Your Mother07 All Day 08 Shines Like The Sun (Madeline's Melody) 09 American Conquest10 The City