“My songs are about life from an grown up perspective,” says Steve.  “I write for and about people who have been through a little crap in their lives and can appreciate music that speaks to them as a grown-ass person."

Grown-ass people will certainly appreciate, 8-Track Mind.  This album contains a collection of songs that have been praised as "finely crafted, melodic alternative pop for adults."

The lyrics of 8-Track Mind are well crafted and weave wonderful stories of real issues: stories about getting older and not-so-wiser ["Never Used to Say," "Waiting for One Day," and "Everything"], realizing that the "good old days" weren't so great ["Different" and "8-Track Mind"] but never love. "I wanted to make a pop album that didn't have one damn love song on it", notes Steve.

The songs that even come close to being a love song explore love at grittier, more practical angles, breaking away from the rose-colored hues of traditional love ballads.  Juno explains, "It's about realistic love.  Being in love is never a fairy tale, anyone who is truly in love knows firsthand the hard work involved."  Those sentiments are expressed wonderfully in "She's in Love," "That's What You Fell In Love With" and "Two Kinds of Her." 

Steve adds, "As an artist and writer, I'm always looking for the beauty in the world; but as an adult, I've experienced the reality of the world.  In my music, those worlds collide."