[Cover photo credit to Joshua Powers]

After growing up in the small town of Lincoln, Maine, nomadic artist Jacob Augustine traveled the world before settling back in his hometown when his mother and grandmother fell ill.

Jacob Augustine’s first record in a decade, I Love You Forever, is out on May 22, 2026, via Team Love Records, and takes stock of the experience of Augustine’s mother and grandmother falling ill. It combines contradictory elements, like beauty and ugliness.

On the new single that has been released, “The General’s Son” we’re asked to “consider a predator god who requires killing, death and violence.”

Augustine shares:

A predator God who asks for what? To kill for country? To kill for Jesus? To kill for family? To kill for self? Thou shalt not kill. But thou do, don’t thou? And who will forgive you for your master’s plans?

He continues about the album:

Most of the material was written when my mother was sick. A lot of it is a reflection of that struggle. Also, the album is a critique of capitalist powers that dominate our world. It’s about systemic racism, rural ignorance, and apathy. Our ugly history as Americans. Money over people.