Slow Runner 2.0

Let me tell you a story: once upon a time there was Michael Flynn. With his buddy Josh Kaler and a few other friends he made a record called No Disassemble. Somehow it was successful enough to get him signed to a record deal with SonyBMG, and it was decided among all that an alias/band name would fit the eclectic pop sound of that record better than the name on his driver’s license. So Slow Runner was born. It would be the basket into which he could put all his personal creative output, however varied it might be. Slow Runner made several albums and had many adventures, evolving into a true partnership between Michael and Josh. Then about 10 years ago Josh moved to Nashville to start a career as a badass producer and musician, and Michael started releasing solo records under his own name.

In 2016, the name Michael Flynn became ungooglable thanks to geopolitical events and one particularly mischievous retired Army general. Michael noticed that suddenly his name attached to anything made the algorithms of the internet go all screwy. He got tagged in foreign news stories. Posts got buried or promoted depending on the news. Venues didn’t love putting his name on the marquee because sometimes deplorables would show up. Despite plowing ahead with multiple solo records (each of which was, it must be said, utterly spectacular) it became clear that his evil doppelgänger and the issues he created weren’t going away any time soon. Michael would look over at Slow Runner stuff longingly. A simpler time. The solution was obvious.

CUT TO present day (and first person perspective)! So! I’m retiring Michael Flynn as a creative entity and taking Slow Runner out of cryo-freeze, to once again become the vessel for all the music I write and release. This will help more people hear my music without fighting against the headwinds of current events. My plan is to release more music more often. And what better way to celebrate this paradigm shift than with a bangin new jam??? ‘Secret Journal’ is out now everywhere and features both myself and Josh Kaler, just like the SR of old. In fact, while Kaler won’t be a full-time contributor, he’ll definitely be involved in a lot of future Slow Runner projects (in fact he has played on nearly every record I’ve ever made and as long as I don’t annoy him too hard that should continue unabated). Slow Runner remains his baby too. We’ll have more to announce on something special we’re cooking up in the very near future.

So to TL;DR this thing:

—I’m retiring ‘Michael Flynn’ and moving back to ‘Slow Runner’

—Slow Runner 2.0 will evolve with me but stay tethered to its origins

—There’s a new song ‘Secret Journal’ out now

—More cool new stuff coming in the very near future

But Michael, what can I do???

—Find and follow Slow Runner on all your social medias

—Stream the crap out of ‘Secret Journal’ on Spotify to help it dominate and pwn all other songs

—Sign up for the mailing list at my spiffy new website slowrunner.net

—Stay tuned for more announcements coming in hot

I want to say how grateful I am for all the old fans and friends that came along for the Michael Flynn era and the new ones that only just discovered my music that way. The actual music won’t really change, or rather it will change the same way it would have changed under any other name because I’m restless and frisky and that’s just how I was made. Still learning and evolving and falling in love with music every day like anybody else. Thanks for listening.