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The Good Listeners’ newest album is accompanied by a documentary sharing the title, Don’t Quit Your Daydream, which premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on April 21.

In it, The Good Listeners, featuring Clark Stiles and Nathan Khyber, create spectacular tracks that are both youthful and wizened, whimsical yet rooted, and in all cases, endlessly refreshing. These artists prove that the size of the act is not a reflection on the quality of music produced.

The documentary begins with an explanation of the journey in making their album, Don’t Quit Your Daydream. Basically, the duo had an idea: gather up some creative friends, rent an RV, drive across the country and record a new album.They would stop in different towns and find odd places to set up their recording studio, finding a local musician and collaborating.

The next day, they’d pack it up and move onward. For one month they would do this in an attempt to find out why, they, like millions of others, risk it all to pursue a life in music.

The result is an adventure full of the most eclectic people and intriguing places one could ever imagine being put together. From setting up a recording studio on a boat while cruising the Louisiana Bayou collaborating with Black, who gives his “Cajun Man’s Swamp Cruise” while playing his music for tourists to jamming with Adrian Grenier (yes, that Adrian Grenier of HBO’s Entourage) in a picturesque barn.

The duo prove that music knows no bounds. It is the universal identifier – with no restriction to who can share it or where it can be created.

The message of the documentary adds an element to the music that is even more profound. The movie ends with a montage of the collaborators reflecting upon the influence music has upon themselves and humanity.

Ranging from moments of heart-wrenching vulnerability to absolute hilarity, this film is destined to be an instant favorite to any person who professes to have even the slightest passion for music.

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