The latest album from Neal Francis, Return To Zero, emerged from a kind of visionary fever dream.

Facing countless moments of creative frustration eventually gave the album its title.

I was cutting a lot of the vocals at home, Francis explains. Every time I needed to start over Id press this button that says RTZ, which stands for Return To Zero. I was doing take after take but no matter how frustrated I got, I just told myself to remain calm and take inventory, and then begin again. The album is a mix of timeless rock & roll and 1970s-era dance music.