Mark Kraus was the frontman of the Boston band Jr. Corduroy whose second album, “I Don’t Want To Be Around When You’re Gone For Good” got some solid acclaim, such as a critic’s pick for The Boston Globe’s 10 best records of the year and charted in the CMJ top 50, but the band fell into obscurity after breaking up shortly after its release. Kraus moved to New York City shortly after and for close to the next decade began experimenting with different ideas, bands, and projects. After the break up of his second band Tsui, Kraus abandoned music for close to five years. “The Story of Everything” is a reawakening. It is an immediate, cinematic, and at times heartbreaking solo debut that’s both deeply personal and universal. There’s a kind of urgency that echoes throughout the album, a feeling that the songs needed to be written and heard. It’s a record about epochs of time — youth in revolt, a life long love story, the start and end of everything. The album was recorded by Kraus in Brooklyn, mixed by David Westner, and mastered at Peerless Mastering by Jeff Lipton. Musically it draws from influences like Wilco, Elliott Smith, Bill Callahan, Leonard Cohen, and Bruce Springsteen. The album is a tender statement that’s both infectious and haunting — a minor masterpiece that is sure to please fans of indie folk. What other's are saying about Mark Kraus: "...spare, achingly pretty pop that sways across the album (Jr. Corduroy's I Don't Want To Be Around When you're Gone For Good) is a perfect match for the punch-drunk swell of confusion, longing, nostalgia, and hope that bubbles from Kraus' bittersweet songs." — David Peisner for Maxim "...Kraus' hushed vocals hit hard with meaning, and his lyrics take you back on an emotional, pensive journey through your own past. From the innocent feelings of early heartbreak and letdowns in old hometowns, Kraus conveys universal feelings without the slightest bit of cliche." — Nolan Gawron for The Weekly Dig "[Kraus'] lyrics evoke a lot of classic songsmith masters: Elliott Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and their requisite masterful control in turning a word into an emotion just by the inflection of their voice-so that you don't just hear it, but feel it as well." — Poly's Revenge