Now in his mid-50s and his children grown up, there is a sense on his new album, Life & Times, that Neal Morse is looking around and taking stock. I've come through a lot of difficult times and I'm in a fairly content place now, he says. You can feel that on some of the songs. Much of this 'acoustic-orientated, singer/songwriter' album was written while he was travelling around the world on The Road Called Home tour in 2017, with some of the songs being inspired by the places he visited, while others are from spending time with his family.