▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁His ▁album ▁is ▁a ▁complete ▁solo ▁effort ▁as ▁he ▁did ▁everything : ▁performing , ▁compos ing ▁all ▁music , ▁pen ning ▁all ▁lyr ics , ▁playing ▁over ▁ten ▁instruments ▁and ▁producing , ▁with ▁the ▁album ▁being ▁self - fund ed . ▁Its ▁musical ▁direction ▁is ▁generally ▁pop / R & B ▁orient ated ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁St ump ▁as ▁" s oul ▁punk " ▁and ▁" sm art ▁pop ," ▁drawing ▁influence ▁from ▁a ▁wide ▁scope ▁of ▁artists ▁including ▁Prince , ▁Michael ▁Jackson ▁and ▁David ▁B owie . ▁According ▁to ▁St ump , ▁the ▁song ▁changed ▁the ▁entire ▁course ▁of ▁Soul ▁Punk . ▁" I ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁while ▁draft ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁and ▁then ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁hour ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁" This ▁City ," ▁I ▁really ▁loved ▁the ▁song ▁but ▁felt ▁like , ▁concept ually , ▁it ▁didn ' t ▁fit ▁on ▁the ▁album . ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁go ▁back ▁and ▁make ▁an ▁album ▁for ▁that ▁song ▁because ▁I ▁loved ▁it ▁so ▁much . ▁So ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁hol du ps ▁on ▁[ the ▁album ] ▁was ▁re - writing ▁the ▁record ▁around ▁[ it ] ." ▁With ▁Soul ▁Punk ▁originally ▁due ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁St ump ▁delayed ▁it ▁to ▁October ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁re built ▁the ▁album ▁with ▁the ▁song , ▁re le asing ▁Tru ant ▁W ave ▁EP ▁in ▁the ▁mean while ▁for ▁its ▁delay ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1