Zadar Official Says Jeffrey Runnings Has Lasting Power

Zadar Official says Jeffrey Runnings‘ posthumous album Piqued is “not a retrospective or curated collection. It is a raw document of where Runnings was creatively in his final years. No attempt was made to modernize the sound or turn these songs into something they weren’t. That decision is what gives this record weight. Jeffrey Runnings passed away in on March 3rd, 2025. His music had already left its mark long before then, but Piqued feels like a final note only he could have written. It wasn’t made to be a farewell, but it works as one anyway. Honest, quiet, and completely his own.” Read more here.

Piqued is at radio now, and the track “Heretofore” also appears on Independent Project Records’ new compilation, The Well.