Hey, Kurt

On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s passing, Geoffrey Louis Koch took a pilgrimage to Viretta Park in Seattle — wrote him a letter on the plane, read it aloud at Kurt’s bench, and finally said what young him needed to say.

Awake At The Wheel

March 2020 in Nashville — furloughed from the restaurant, vinyl on repeat, Hannibal Lecter impressions optional. Geoffrey Louis Koch starts playing Facebook Live shows and extends an open invitation to your city, school, or living room when the dust settles.

The Boxer With His Hands Down

Geoffrey Louis Koch closes out 2016 — Election Night as tsunami, a bruising personal year, studio demos, packed rooms and desolate ones, and a Christmas Eve candlelit service that opened the faucet.

Dangerous Labor

Geoffrey Louis Koch picks up his Martin from Glaser’s, heads to the Ryman for Of Monsters and Men, and reflects on songwriting with less fear and less fog — and the dangerous labor of going into very dark places to find the right lines, and coming back out.

If You See Me Around

“The Storm” wins Lyric Finalist in the International Songwriting Competition out of 18,000 entries. And then Geoffrey Louis Koch gets honest — about loneliness, dark nights, bulimia roaring back, and what it actually feels like to have a mental illness that makes you feel dead all over.

The Bud Light Fridge Hum

Geoffrey Louis Koch goes to an open mic at Douglas Corner Cafe in Nashville — plays 29th out of 43, watches a woman from San Diego realize this isn’t a fairy tale, and comes home philosophically tangled about music, self-worth, pick up truck bro country, and how many more times you get up off the mat.