Been home from movie tour for a few days and have been thinking about the experience a lot. This whole thing has felt like a spiritual release or something. I will also say that movie theater screens seem much larger when your own enormous face is stretched across them. I recommend sitting in the back if you ever find yourself in this situation.

The Pain And The Power is a film about my life, addiction, recovery, family, and career, but it is also a celebration of 30 years of collaboration. None of this happened without other people. Countless musicians, producers, filmmakers, photographers, directors, designers, managers, labels, publicists, venues, promoters, journalists, friends and absolute weirdos have been making things with me since I started releasing music and putting out videos back in 1998. Some of those people are still in my life. Some I haven’t seen in decades. Many are gone. But the things we made together are out here, still finding people.

This film brought 30 years of those collaborations into one place and it made me feel really proud of all of us. What a fucking gift. I’m so grateful. 💙

My new record The Pain And The Power is out today on PortuGAY at KNIK Records (Secretly Canadian x Portugal. The Man). This is my 12th studio album since 1998 and it doubles as the original motion picture soundtrack to Cai Indermaur’s documentary, also titled The Pain And The Power. 11 new songs, featuring collaborations with Kyle Andrews, Classtronaut, and Endless Atlas — available now on vinyl, cassette, and digital.

This project feels like the culmination of my entire life and career to this point. The film and album are really two parts of the same story…looking back at where I’ve been, what I survived, what I lost, and what it took to become the person I am now. I’ve spent nearly three decades making music and telling pieces of this story along the way, but I’ve never opened the door this wide before.

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