“Dauphine Street” was born in the quiet chaos of lockdown, when Frank Cuthbert and Michael Moroney began trading ideas that didn’t fit their work with Cole Daly. Frank had just bought a house in New Orleans on Dauphine Street, and the lyrics came to him during long drives between upstate New York and Louisiana.

Frank would send words north, where Michael set them to music — and just as often, Michael’s melodies sparked new words from Frank. Back in Michael’s upstate studio, the two reworked and finished the songs, pulling in collaborators like Ukrainian cellist Polina Faustova (Hans Zimmer’s orchestra), who sent tracks from Kiev as the war broke out. Mixed with the help of Bobby “Icon” Eichorn, the result is an album that carries the weight of distance, connection, and resilience — music made in transit, in exile, and in the middle of history unfolding.