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Jeff Thomas REALLY Doesn’t Want to Waste Your Time.

Originally Published on October 16th, 2025

Evaporate, a full length album by Independent Recording Artist, Jeff Thomas

I don’t want to waste anybody’s time. I understand just how precious it is. There are 8 billion genetic lottery winners on this planet and our prize is 60-80 years to marvel in all things that encompass life. I know, this isn’t novel, but it’s true.

Some will try to control the rest. Some will try to take from the rest. I’m not going to do that. I understand our time is precious.

That is what Evaporate is all about: my observations in time. They’re not right or wrong. Some might find them interesting, others not so much. Many will never know of their existence. That is alright. They’re just my observations; no more or less profound than the next lottery winner.

Our time is precious.

Evaporate:

Release Date: January 16, 2026

Evaporate is a 9-song LP, will be available on all streaming platforms on January 16th, 2026. There will also be a limited edition vinyl release that is available for pre-sale and will be released with the album, January 16th, 2026. It runs at roughly 34 minutes. It is the second LP by me, Jeff Thomas, a Nashville-based musician. It is the product of two years of writing, recording, trial and error, failing, getting back up, and trying again. From a pool of nearly 60 songs, here are the 9 songs featured on the album.

The first single, Drakes Creek Park, will be released for digital streaming on November 21st, 2025.

1. We Evaporate: Like “The Chorus” in Romeo and Juliet, We Evaporate introduces the story of the album by telling you how it’s going to end. It’s not a shocking revelation. We are born, we live, and we die. Some cool things happen in the mix of all of that. Our legacies are carried on by our children.
2. Beattyville, Ky.:This is a re-recorded, remastered, reimagined arrangement of Beattyville, which was released in November of 2024. This recording features Daniel Grigson of Neccos for Breakfast on bass guitar and drums. It is the tale of a person of faith losing religion and, in losing their religion, finding “spirit.”
3. Sunny Side/Let my Passing: Like Beattyville, this song was also released in November of 2024. Unlike Beattyville, this recording is the same as last year, but has been remastered. It also features a sample of my father, Randy Thomas Jr. and his unreleased song Let my Passing. This is the first recording ever credited to Randy Thomas Jr, and sadly, it is being released posthumously.
4. Skip to the Part: Skip to the Part is the essential perception I have of my wife, Naomi. I hold her on a pedestal. Every single day, I thank my lucky stars that I get to steal moments with her. It speaks to how I subconsciously dread the inevitability that our time will end and how I want so desperately to prolong that end for as long as I possibly can.
5. Trade Places: Trade Places is the story of one of the most influential people I’ve never met. My sister-in-law, Staci Neal, who tragically passed away in 2007, after battling cancer. She was the most important person in my wife’s life, before her son was born. She was Naomi’s soul mate. Often, I say or do things that remind Naomi of her sister. We apparently have strikingly similar personalities and senses of humor. I wish I had the chance to meet her.
6. Simple Concepts: Also featuring Neccos for Breakfast. I’ve come to the realization that there is no big secret or mystery to discover in life. Life is ours to choose what we do with. For me, to love and to be loved, is the most precious thing we can experience. We love our partners, we love our children. We love our pets. Simple Concepts identifies that the most important things in my life are the ones I love and the ones who love me.
7. Drake’s Creek Park: This is a story that represents a public park in the town I grew up in, Hendersonville, TN. It is both a literal and metaphorical representation of growing up in Hendersonville. For instance, “When we run in circles, we’re running from our past, and running right back towards it,” literally means that if we run on a circular track, we will find ourselves running along a path we were just on. It can also mean if we try to remove ourselves from something in our past, but we repeat the process that got us there, we might inevitably find ourselves in that same position.
8. Euphemia: This song is my recollection of a story I heard of my Great Aunt Effie, who passed away when I was a young boy. I don’t know what is true or what is misunderstood, as I am left interpreting the memories of a child in my mid 40’s. Essentially, Effie never married in her entire life. After passing, it was discovered that she may have once had a romantic relationship that was ultimately given up. Effie was the Matriarch for our family, and someone who my mother cherished in her life, deeply. For 30 years, her name has regularly been brought up at family reunion’s; everyone eager to remember just how remarkable of a person she was. It is her legacy that has taught me the importance of a legacy. It’s not to leave this world with things; we can’t. It’s to give and receive love. Our love is the experience that transcends our death.
9. Survival (Revival): In climactic fashion, Survival (Revival) summarizes, in closing, that this is a beautiful world filled with beautiful people. Featuring performances by PA-based Spoken-Word Poet, Circumstantial Saint and FL-based Hip Hop artist, Uta K, the three performers in this song each take moments to share their take on the importance of unity and connection and discerning the monotony of why we fight so much and how little it resolves.

It Takes A Village, Apparently.

Evaporate is a solo album, but it is anything but the work of one person.

Here are the credits for the album:

All songs written and performed by Jeff Thomas.

Survival (Revival): written and performed by Jeff Thomas, Circumstantial Saint, and Uta K.

Let my Passing: written by Randy Thomas Jr. and was performed by Randy Thomas Jr, Andrea Smith, and Ralph Lily.

Additional musicians:

Daniel Grigson, Neccos for Breakfast: provided bass guitar, drums, and percussion on Beattyville, Ky, Simple Concepts, and Drakes Creek Park.

Andrea Smith: provided cello and backing vocals for Trade Places and Let my Passing.

Brett Higgins, The Great Homesickness: provided drums for Trade Places.

Engineering by Jeff Thomas and Daniel Grigson.

Edited, Mixed, and Mastered by Daniel Grigson, Necco Records.

Produced by Daniel Grigson, Necco Records, and Jeff Thomas

All songs are copyright protected by Jeff Thomas and Necco Records

Published by Necco Records

Evaporate is registered through BMI.

Album Artwork is by Naomi Thomas and Jeff Thomas

Promotional Photography by Naomi Thomas

Special thanks to Collaborative Artist Network and Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Evaporate is dedicated to Naomi Thomas, to our 3 children, to our families, and is dedicated to the memories of Staci Neal, Glenn Owens, Randy Thomas Jr, and Effie Smith