'Mortals and Wrecks' was born on a wintry night, with a bottle of red wine, a notebook, an unplayable piano and a cast of characters at the bar. They all made it into the title track, save for the unplayable piano. Each character has a fascinating backstory, and the lyrics to the title track paint them as perfectly human, merely mortal, kind of a wreck, and deserving of a second try.