"Nine of these 12 titles begin with the words "Life Of" - they were inspired by loved ones, living and departed, as well as anonymous subjects whom Tibbetts encountered while editing this music on his laptop in a coffee shop. The arresting and brief opening track, "Bloodwork," refers to the extensive diagnostic process he and his sister underwent when he became a donor to (successfully) save her life from cancer. As loaded as its subject matter is to Tibbetts, however, it reaches the listener ethereally - it's nearly contemplative, with carefully chosen single piano notes and impeccably chosen guitar phrases ... In sum, Life Of is a testament to its title with the cycles of becoming and disappearing happening in each moment, which is to say, eternally"