Known primarily for his television and film work, most notably his portrayal of FBI Agent Fox Mulder on the iconic Fox science fiction television series The X-Files and as writer Hank Moody on the HBO series Californication, actor, writer, and director David Duchovny didn't even pick up a guitar until his early fifties. By 2015, the 54-year-old had amassed enough material to put out an album of original music and released his country-tinged alt-rock debut Hell or Highwater. Two more collections of original music, Every Third Thought and Gestureland, arrived in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

The two-time Golden Globe winner cites artists like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Wilco, R.E.M., and the Flaming Lips as inspirations, and his debut studio long player offers up an evocative blend of country, folk, and brooding alternative rock. The ThinkSay Records-issued Hell or Highwater was released in 2015, just after the release of his debut novel Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale. Two more novels, Bucky F*cking Dent and Miss Subways, preceded the release of his sophomore album Every Third Thought, and in 2021 he issued both his fourth novel, Truly Like Lightning, and his third long-player, Gestureland. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi