Stockholm Syndrome Trailer from Derek Webb on Vimeo.

Derek Webb’s new album, Stockholm Syndrome, is now available for pre-order or immediate digital download. I got it earlier today and am enjoying it immensely. The hype around the marketing campaign for it has been pretty entertaining and while I was thoroughly confused it did its job and got me interested. If you are wondering, Derek does indeed use a four-letter word in one of the songs, but I think it was well placed. I do find it amusing that they are having to do an “explicit” version and a “clean” version. I’m excited that Derek is willing to talk about the issues on the record (and on Mockingbird) with an audience that may need to have our attitudes in certain areas significantly challenged. I think it is worth a listen (or 10 or 20) so I won’t get into my thoughts on the issues he tackles right now.