“Christopher Ford, aka Christopher the Conquered, is feeling the effects of the Ryan Adams Bump. The Des Moines songwriter was quietly minding his own promotional business, releasing a pair of new songs in “What’s the Name of the Town” and “I’m Giving Up On Rock & Roll”, the title track to his forthcoming third LP. Out of the blue, Adams tweeted out an image of the album (a promo copy had found its way into his hands), saying that it was “blowing my mind.” And suddenly everything changed.”Source