While
Mike Doughty has had a pretty successful solo career for over a decade now, his former band
Soul Coughing has always been something of a sore subject, a topic he explored in his 2012 memoir, The Book of Drugs. Given the toxic relationships described by
Doughty in the book, it comes as no surprise that the singer/songwriter would be reluctant to revisit that period of his career despite the urging of his fans who came along for the ride based on his earlier work. In an effort to reclaim his past work,
Doughty returns with
Circles Super Bon Bon Sleepless…, an album that finds the songwriter recasting his past work in the image he had originally intended, free from the unwelcome meddling of his
Soul Coughing bandmates. ~ Gregory Heaney