Mogipbob’s Anything but Me has room for just about everything: country storytelling, funk grooves, questionable fashion choices, vampires, and the occasional uncomfortable truth. Released on October 20, 2026, the Canadian songwriter’s third album stretches across 16 tracks and 73 minutes. It’s an ambitious length for a record that rarely stays in one musical lane, but predictability was clearly never the plan.
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Strange Characters, Familiar Problems
The opening track, “Set-Back Out Back,” sets up the album’s rootsy, easygoing personality. Then “Hell’s Bell Bottoms” takes a left turn into an absurd vision of the afterlife, where apparently even eternal punishment comes with a dress code. “Walking Bass” leans toward soul and funk, while “The Fleas of Hercules” finds a joke in the least heroic detail imaginable.
These aren’t random novelty songs thrown together for laughs. Mogipbob has a knack for treating ridiculous premises with the straight-faced commitment of someone telling a perfectly normal story. “Modern Person, Ancient Solutions,” inspired by an old family saying, is especially recognizable: we all know somebody who insists on fixing modern problems with methods that went out of fashion decades ago.
There’s More Going On Underneath
The quieter material gives the record some necessary breathing room. “Some Things Never Change” looks at the stubborn way memories stick around, and “The Old Me Was the Young Me” asks what happens when you no longer recognize the person you used to be. It’s a wonderfully simple title for a complicated feeling.
“As Is Where Is” and “Sunday Drive” bring a warmer, more reflective atmosphere, while “First Degree, Second Decree” adds a touch of melancholy. The album doesn’t insist that every moment carry some grand life lesson. Sometimes a small observation is enough.
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One interesting production detail deserves mention: Mogipbob writes the concepts and lyrics himself but uses AI tools to develop the musical performances and arrangements. That distinction matters, especially on a record so dependent on character and narrative. The wide stylistic swings can occasionally make the collection feel more like an anthology than a tightly focused album. At over an hour, a little trimming might have made its best ideas hit harder.
A Surprisingly Tender Finish
“It’s the Little Things That Matter Most” arrives near the end with a reminder to notice the ordinary moments we tend to overlook. Then the blues-leaning title track closes on a more exposed note, turning toward identity and the painful feeling of not quite fitting in.
That contrast is what makes Anything but Me interesting. Behind all the oddball titles and playful detours is a songwriter trying to make sense of growing older, changing, and being human. It’s funny, sprawling, occasionally uneven, and more thoughtful than its track list initially suggests.
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