In creating Caviar Dreams, I set out to make an album that trumpeted the return of the lo-fi no-fi mindset I had coming up in the early 2010s. I also wanted to make it unlike any other Speed on the Beat album, hence my heavy work with Benji Armstrong. In other words, I wanted to combine the works well with others mentality I’ve cultivated musically the last few years with (some of) the lone wolf tendencies I exhibited when I was younger.

In making it unlike anything else, I was more open/receptive to ideas and edits. Benji came to me a few days ago with a tracklist. After listening to the “As Told By Benji” version of the album, I decided that it had to be released alongside the “standard Speed telling” version. His version effortlessly blends Caviar Dreams and songs from For My Nerdy Individuals Getting Gold After Sunrise into a beautiful set of music, one that I couldn’t have compiled without his hand in the music.

Below is the tracklist for the “Deluxe Edition” of Caviar Dreams: The Revival of the No-Fi King, which is due out on DSPs December 4, 2020.

1. I Guess I Lied
2. One Winged Angels Still Sing for God
3. Lemme Rap My Soul (John’s Bastard Interlude)
4. Over a Star Ocean
5. Wild Arms
6. The Power
7. All My Life
8. Letter to My Children
9. Grandia
10. The Real Outlasts
11. Persona
12. New Niggas
13. Baka Ga Kirai
14. Caviar Dreams
15. A Long Time