# "In case I make it,"

"In case I make it," is the fourth studio album by American musician Will Wood, released through Say-10 on July 29, 2022. It is considered by some to be a significant stylistic departure from his previous releases, with a focus on orchestral arrangements and acoustic instrumentation.

## Writing and production

Writing for Will Wood's fourth album took place between 2018 and 2022. In early 2021, he announced that the album would be funded through Indiegogo and called In Case I Die. This name was replaced later in the year by "In case I make it," as the former title was conceived through fear of death and intended to be his final album. Wood later referred to the album as "essentially a musical suicide note". Wood created demos of the album solely with MIDI, only introducing the songs to his band after completion and sharing them with orchestras and brass personnel.

## Release

Prior to the album's release, Wood released the singles "Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll", "Tomcat Disposables", "Cicada Days", "You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)", "Euthanasia", and "White Noise". Wood stated after the release of "In case I make it," that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from creating music after finishing his tour, leaving some to speculate whether he would be quitting music permanently.

## Reception

Joshua Nelson of Bleeding Cool described the album as "a more subdued and mellow take on the stories and issues Will Wood typically tackles in his songwriting." Caitlin Hsu of SwitchBitch Noise called Wood "the master of writing the most danceable songs with the most devastating lyrics" for his work on the album. Behind the Curtains Media's Suzanne Torrison called the album "his most intricate and musically diverse album to date... in Will Wood's ever-changing and genre-bending discography."

## Personnel
### Musicians

* Will Wood – lead vocals, piano, ukulele, production, strings arranger
* Mike Bottiglieri – guitar
* Mario Conte – drums
* Matt Berger – saxophones, clarinet
* Yoed Nir – strings
* Vater Boris – double bass
* Kevin Antreassian – mixing, mastering
* Simon Ficken – recording engineer
* Jonathon Maisto – recording engineer

### Choir
#### Arrangement

* Will Wood – composer, arranger
* Four For Music Ltd. – arranger, recording, contracting
* Angelia Vihrova – sound engineer
* Vladislav Boyadjiev – sound engineer
* Plamen Penchev – sound engineer
* George Strezov – recording producer, team
* Georgi Elenkov PhD – conductor, team
* Boris Radilov – team
* Ognyan Georgiev – team
* Miroslava Ananieva – team
* Tsvetan Topalov – team
* Velislava Georgieva – team
* Delyan Kolev – team
* Deyan Velikov – team

#### Choir Vocalists

* Gayla Simeonova
* Emiliya Kirtcheva
* Denitsa Georgieva
* Nikolina Pankova
* Maya Stoyanova
* Srebrina Mineva
* Atanaska Popova
* Flora Tarpomanova
* Eva Perchemlieva-takanova
* Nadya Pavlova
* Vesela Todorova
* Bilyana Mihaylova
* Rositsa Kazakova
* Dimana Todorova
* Maria Venkova
* Yana Vasileva
* Evgeniy Dimitrov
* Atanas Yonkov
* Orlin Kamenov
* Mihail Mihaylov
* Dimitar Zashev
* Kalin Dushkov
* Tsvetomir Hristov
* Nikolay Milev
* Emil Dakov
* Peter Petrov
* Dimitier Stoyanov
* George Beykov
* Nikola Petrov
* Dimiter Koprinkov