Kody Nielson’s brand new album, Birthday Suite is his masterpiece; it’s the music of his lifetime. The advance-PR made it almost sound like a gimmick, a novelty, little sideline thing – releasing instrumental tracks named for family and friends, people in his life; the first singles released on the corresponding birthdays, the album in full was dropped, mid-week rather than on a traditional release day, because it was released on Kody’s birthday.