VanWyck - God is in the Detour (Story Edition) (2020)

This 'Story Edition' of VanWyck's latest album 'God is in the Detour' mixes together the songs of the album and spoken word pieces she wrote for a theatre tour that was cancelled due to Covid. It’s an attempt to share the album in a different way now that playing live is not possible.

VanWyck: Now that people can’t come to shows to hear these songs performed, I’ve looked for a new way to share them. Instead of a deluxe edition, or an acoustic edition, I came up with this story edition, a new format, placing the songs in a narrative that I wrote for a theatre performance. During this show I would take the audience along a dream I once had where I travelled to an unknown destination. The songs describe moments on that journey. The spoken word pieces describe the journey itself. By placing the songs in a different framework, a new layer of meaning is added. I hope it’s something listeners will enjoy taking in as a whole.