Some context is needed. It has been raining for some time now. How long? Who knows. But Bad Hoo’s DIY ethos still reigns in these waters. The skies look even more foreboding, suddenly. The old waves have crested and crashed, and the surfers of yesteryear have been turfed.

Like all of their previous works, Right As Rain was recorded live off the floor in order to capture the spirit of Bad Hoo’s weird, wild, and sweaty live shows. In the current climate, that spirit is sorely needed. And speaking of spirits, this album is haunted by a diverse cast of figures: ghosts, beasts, demons, rats, larvae, mummies, viruses, devils, shape-shifters, and — yes— our very own collective memories. When they come together, it's a monster revivified.

Right As Rain aspires to reach out to the audience in ways Bad Hoo hasn’t tried before. It is their most cohesive statement. Lyrically, it pokes around in the darker, damper corners of our psyches in search of the right path forward. It finds the crack for the light. Sonically, it aims for the provocative and the intricate — and yet, simultaneously, manages to elicit those old saliva-swinging smiles of satisfaction this band is known for, at least out here on the wet coast.

Really, there’s no doubt in the midst of all this fog: Right As Rain is here now. And the grey skies are gonna clear up. There will be fun again. It’s already here, in fact. We just have to wade through these stinking, murky waters with a smile. And yes, we’re going to get through it — we’re going to continue to live on, albeit soaked right down to the bone with the traces of this bilious, torrential downpour we’re all caught in. Currently.

This album delivers timely music; these here are singular signals of our moment. Tomorrow and tomorrow it will be remembered as something like this. It’ll be a shade of the now. Today, however, you can enjoy yourselves. Do so safely. Please. Don’t wait any longer. Wade in.