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Purrbot is Missoula, Montana anti-folk musician Nathan Carter. Writing songs that are primarily concerned with documenting his own experiences honestly and openly, Carter also aims to act as a catalyst for political action concerning the queer community. After self-releasing his first two albums, Carter partnered with Firefly Sessions Recordings. Feeling the lyrical content of the album needed more clarity than previous home recordings, Carter chose Dave Van of Penguin Studios as his engineer, and began recording in the winter of 2005. As with his earlier albums, civil unrest documents Carter's interpersonal relationships as candidly as possible, though explores much further the ways in which his environment impacts those relationships. Within the current political and cultural climate, it is important to explore the idea that personal relationships can encourage real political change. He asks the listener to examine what life would be like if we could change the world / by holding hands in plain view. civil unrest not only covers the things that stand in the way of feeling safe fear of anti-gay violence, fractured relationships, the loss of civil rights and freedom but also recognizes the people and relationships that can create a safe harbor. Carter speaks of the importance of finding a community in which he can connect, saying you are helping me lay down my arms / and welcome the previously unwelcome...we are shapeshifters / and partners in crime. On civil unrest, purrbot explores themes and issues that reach beyond the queer community, and can affect all who are concerned with social equity and finding a safe place for personal identity and expression.