When the five hundredth person they know dies of AIDS, Colin and Justin flee New York City. They end up in Galatia, a Kansas town founded by freed slaves in the wake of the Civil War whose population is now divided, evenly but uneasily, between African Americans descended from the town's founders and Caucasians who buy up more of the town's land with each passing year. But within weeks of relocating, they are implicated in a harrowing crime, and discover...

A moment in time built on personal stories, sweat-stained and reeling from injuries. The product of six voices, each coming clean about their lives and struggles, as if it were the first time. Listeners get an unobstructed view into what makes the band tick as people, fathers, husbands, musicians, and friends.