news | Wednesday September 10, 2025

Hot Off the Press! No Depression in Heaven Is Here!

Polish your spurs, because No Depression in Heaven by ryan fitzpatrick has kicked in the saloon doors and is available now at a bookstore near you! Dwelling on whether it is best to look backward to a seemingly better past, longing for a way to make things great again, or to stare into the abyss of the future, gambling that entry into paradise will provide release, No Depression in Heaven riffs on our latter-day anxiety, asking how we respond to bad times and what it means to hold onto something toxic because of the comforts it affords.

An excerpt from “Hollow Square”:

“I’m going to fake a grip on that old gospel ship
Extract a scar across the sky
I’m gonna shit out brinks ’til Heaven sinks
As I surge this world’s goodbye

I’ve leveraged circling to total everything
All your debts with me you’ll square
I’m going to make a line that only knows to rise
’Til we’re bailing out the air

I’m going to crack my whip on that new condo strip
I’m renovicting all the sky
I’m gonna cry critique ’til Heaven tweaks
Our mistakes until they’re crime”

Written during country music’s most recent ascent in popularity, this poetry “LP” features ten “tracks” that each tip language out of key. Order your copy of No Depression in Heaven today!