links to the album's ten tracks, as well as demos and other content, over the next ten days. Cobra Pumps became available for purchase on iTunes on January 29, and on CD and vinyl at Mead's website several days later. To promote the album, Mead created a semiserious LinkedIn page that lists various jobs and phases of his career, including: Recording Artist, Nettwerk Records, November 2003–July 2005 ("I toured all over the world for long periods of time. I was lonely"); Piano Player, Emerson Hart, March 2007–June 2008 ("Aside from the dissolution of a marriage and physical deterioration from accelerated alcohol abuse, there were no drawbacks"); Rental Manager, Workman, Inc., March 2010–Present ("I acquired advanced carpentry and maintenance skills. If it breaks and it's not an HVAC unit, I can usually repair it"); and Father, Meads, October 2012–Present ("I impregnated my wife with gusto and now co-parent two small and precious boys: Isaac, 5 3/4, and Moses, 2"). Collaborations Mead has been involved in two high-profile side projects. In 2009 he cofounded Elle Macho, a power trio with Aussie singer-songwriter and bassist Butterfly Boucher and drummer Lindsay Jamieson (Ben Folds, Brendan Benson). They've released two EPs, ¡Es Potencial! (2009) and VoVo (2016), and one full-length, Import (2013) (which includes all five tracks from ¡Es Potencial!), and their zany videos and high-energy live shows have made them a Nashville favorite. Mead also formed Davey Ukulele & the Gag Time Gang, a quartet that released The Adventures of Davey Ukulele & the Gag Time Gang in 2010. Jim Ridley of Nashville Scene wrote, "Sounding like a cross between 'Whip It'-era Devo and the pop pastiches on Phineas & Ferb (a mighty high compliment in my household), this merry kids' band actually camouflages a genuine Nashville supergroup: the tag team of David Mead, Swan Dive's Bill DeMain, Brother Henry's David Henry and The Mavericks' Paul Deakin." Several times a year, Mead travels to Key West, Florida, to perform in a cover band called Phanni Pac (with Jason White, Scotty Huff and Paul Deakin) at the Hog's Breath Saloon. He has also been a regular guest singer with Nashville's popular '80s cover band Guilty Pleasures. Acclaim "David Mead is one of my favorite singer-songwriters." —John Mayer "I have 'Nashville' by David Mead stuck in my head." —a tweet by Taylor Swift "Apart from being such a great songwriter, he's probably the best singer in