The song "Joan" is an intimate portrait of a complex woman. Her life is viewed through the lyrics of Walker and it's touching piano soundtrack that continues to paint a picture for the listener. You almost feel as if you know this woman and that is the ultimate task for a singer songwriter. Butch hits the nail on the head as he sings about feeling guilty as he looks through the woman's personal belongings...

"I spotted a box I had not seen before
with all kinds of letters that never got sent
to a guy in Colorado since 1994
and I know its wrong but I sat and opened
in no certain order a letter or two
she talked about blisters and later said that she had to get out
but I couldn't make out the rest of the note
from the blood stains all over..."

Not to lead you to believe that this is a depressing mellow drama of an album — It's not. The majority of the album is upbeat, diverse and fun.

"Uncomfortably Numb" is another vivid painting for me. I just picture someone with headphones riding in a taxi on their way to the airport getting ready to leave L.A. as their weary mind repeats "Gotta get out of Los Angeles, so blind I can't see, gotta get Los Angeles out of me." The guitar riff rages on as the meeter chugs away.

"#1 Summer Jam" to me just shows another layer of Butch Walker that wreaks of his own personal CD collection. After losing interest in metal in the early 90's he got into bands like Jellyfish and this song has that influence written all over it. Fun, funky and quirky he sings "So won't you come back Sunday, Everyday's a Monday now that you're gone, Come back Sunday, kinda think you dug me".

"Letters" is truly that — intimate descriptions about simple, everyday life experiences and they are vivid portraits. The music is a large leap from his days in Marvelous 3 and the rap on Mixtape tells it all as he says "and I'm not the same person from back in the day, in the back of the class that you though was gay, no I can't find the words cause I lost them the minute they fell out of my mouth, and it's love and I'm in it so give me your lips and just let me kiss them."

Well, I for one won't be kissing Walker anytime in my lifetime but I will block out his past from "back in the day" and continue to spread the word that this is a great, eclectic, and accomplished work. "Letters" is a good name for the disc but a better name would be "Paintings" — I'm sure you'll agree when you get the disc.