In the spring of 2020- Ben Cook — a.k.a. Young Governor Young Guv or just Guv — was holed up in the New Mexico high desert his U.S. tour having been abruptly covid-cancelled during a southwest swing. He and his bandmates were living moment to moment in something called an Earthship a solar-rigged adobe structure sustainably constructed with among other things recycled bottles and tires. And out there in the serene vastness as a short ride-it-out stint turned into a nine-month sojourn Ben was writing music slowly little by little mostly at night while the others slept. By the New Year almost in spite of himself he had created a new album two new albums actually and through the ordeal he was forever changed. In a place he never expected to be under circumstances no one could have predicted and in the face of physical isolation emotional desolation and existential dread Ben created GUV III & IV a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love — how to find it in the world in others and most importantly in himself.