“Black Crow” is very much a “night-time” album, an exploration of what mystics have often called “the dark night of the soul.” Having been recorded nearly entirely in the wee hours of the early morning with lyrics focused on themes of mortality, faith, and doubt, and the end of childhood, all subjects that the twenty-five year old singer/songwriter found himself experiencing and exploring following the deaths of three family members from 2008 to 2009. 

Musically, the album marks a departure from the acoustic guitar driven folk that gained Garrison a small following while playing open mic nights in Johnson City, Tennessee in 2007. Instead, Black Crow features a heavily layered sound of electric and acoustic guitars, piano, and synthesizers as well as electronic and acoustic percussion, drawing on musical influences such as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Iron and Wine, Bon Iver, and the Twilight Singers. "Black Crow" promises to take listeners on sonic journey through dreamy soundscapes that are as dreary as rainy days in purgatory and as uplifting as heavenly choirs.