Singer/songwriter Chris Chism stopped by Live and Local last month, following the release of his sophomore EP, “All Our Time.”

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Originally from Indiana, Chris Chism’s music fits right in among other introspective Midwesterners like Sufjan Stevens or Bon Iver. (In fact the EP was mastered by Nick Petersen of Track & Field Recording, who’s worked with Bon Iver in the past.) “All Our Time” is his second EP, his first since his slightly-grammatically-incorrect 2023 debut “Things Has Changed.”

“I think I got a lot of things right on this one,” he says of the new EP. “I think it turned out good…And that means something, you know, especially when you’re writing about sensitive things, difficult things to write about, like people passing away…you want to respect that and feel like you did the subject matter justice.”

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Death – and life beyond it – loom large in the four tracks that comprise “All Our Time.” The cover features a photo of Chism’s childhood dog Fluffy, whose sudden death was personally impactful, and the EP itself is anchored by the haunting “Remembrance,” about his mother’s passing – “last night,” according to the lyrics, though Chism says it actually happened over a decade ago.

“My commute’s been really long lately,” Chism says of his writing process. “You think about stuff when you’re just sitting there alone in traffic, and I feel like that’s where it comes from…

“But (it’s) just trying to find inspiration and happiness, you know, trying to find silver linings in things. I think I’m a pretty nihilistic negative person, and sometimes I just try to force myself to be like, ‘let’s look on the brighter side. Let’s just choose to do that.’ And I think there’s a little bit of that in the music.”

Chris Chism stopped by Live & Local to discuss “All Our Time” and play two songs: “The Bluebird” (live in studio) and “Take Shelter” (EP track). Listen:

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