It’s rare that someone can and will reach inside themselves and tear out a big chunk of pain or doubt or longing or fear and show it to the world, and that much rarer that they’ll manage to do it without seeming self-indulgent - in such a way that it’s ultimately not about them, but about what we all share.

Mike Ness is one of the best at that. Obviously, at some level, he writes and sings about himself, but it never really feels like it’s about him. It feels like it’s about me. And you. And all of us.