Just before he died Mic Christopher completed the songs for what would be his debut solo album. He left instructions with his former Mary Janes bandmate Karl Oldum about what finishing touches needed to be done. Considering this, no one can claim that this album is a digging up the demos or lost recordings of a deceased artist to make a quick buck. It is more the finishing of what was almost complete and the preservation of the music of a talented musician. Sometimes the last recordings of an artist may be melancholy or even dark and moody but Skylarkin' is nothing but positive and optimistic. The words from Daydreamin' repeat, 'Why should we wait/For things we want in life/When we can just go out and find them/And stop dreaming our lives away.' Mic's surviving friends and family have certainly done an excellent job bringing a certain warmth and full bodied sound to the album, which was somewhat lack in his previous release, the Heyday EP. The production and finishing touches would mean nothing though without Mic's simple yet poignant lyrics that conjure up thoughts from childhood innocence to true friendship. Despite Mic's life being cut too short, one can only conclude after listening to this album that it was a life well lived.
