Fully Involved - Cold Blood (2023) Hi-Res

Fully Involved is the one man project by Californian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mark Berman. In his own words he accidentally wrote a whole album about neurodivergence before he knew he had it. He talks about the ten pop-punk songs that make up Cold Blood, an LP with a liberating sound and telling lyrics: “I’ve willed extroversion // Out of utter desperation // Therapy of immersion // Just to fix my situation” (from opening track Publick Occurrences). Both musically and lyrically it’s a mixed bag of styles and emotions, inspired and characterful, intense but charming.