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In line with his unconventional approach to all things, the opening number is a poem, helpfully titled Fear and Fridays (Poem). Over absentmindedly strummed guitar chords, Bryan guides listeners through a stirring stream-of-consciousness manifesto of his values and life experiences, from characteristically self-deprecating psychoanalysis (I am unhinged, unworthy, and distasteful to mostly everyone I meet) to a declaration that every waking moment is enough and xcess never lads to better things. The poem is followed by the relatively upbeat Overtime which catches new listeners up on Zach Bryan 101: an introduction to his beloved rural Oklahoma hometown