There’s no such thing as a  Montell  Fish  release without lore. Across albums, EPs, and side projects, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter has plumbed the depths of his emotions and intellect. With each release, he’s constructed further a layered tower of references and metaphors that shakes and sways with the anxieties of a gifted young person straining to reconcile the contradictions of the world: in love, in religion, in art, and in faith. It’s the kind of music that inspires intense feelings and fandom.