In 2022, In the Red Records released The Great Confrontation, an album of instrumental electronic music by Chip Kinman. It was Chip's first solo album; his previous recording, This American Blues, by his band Ford Madox Ford, was issued just prior to the 2018 death of his brother Tony. The Kinmans had been partnered musically since they were teens, in a variety of now-legendary projects the OG California punk band the Dils, the pathfinding cowpunk unit Rank and File, the ear-shattering electro-rock duo Blackbird, and the Western music twosome Cowboy Nation.In the wake of The Great Confrontation, Chip and In the Red plotted another record. The resultant collection, Chip Kinman, is reflective, soulful, and profoundly affecting, a statement of identity and a look back at life that avoids the pitfalls that could derail an autobiographical work.InchI had to figure out something to write about, and I thought, it's time to make that record,Inch Chip says. InchA long time ago, Tony and I were talking about singer-songwriters, and he said, 'If you're going to sing about your life, you better have had a fucking interesting life.' And I thought, I have. I've gotta deep-dive into that. I figured, if I was going to write about what it was like, how was I gonna approach that? How was I going to say that without being nostalgic or without being maudlin or without being over-celebratory? It it was, well, just say it like it was.InchThe album features several moving, personal new songs the heartfelt InchMe and Tony,Inch about the Kinmans' lifelong brotherly pursuit of music; InchGoodbye Rock and Roll,Inch an account of a freshman summer fling with an Incholder womanInch; and InchSo Young,Inch a look back at the Kinman crew's nocturnal prowls of L.A. Looming mortality is touched on in InchBrian,Inch a portrait of an L.A. musician coping with his partner's death, and the staggering, l