When his brother died, Cook said he made the “wrong choice” to continue working and performing.

His fourth studio album,Digital Vein, started as an experiment.

He wanted to dip his toes back into music to see if he could still do it.

David Cook in an interview

After it was recorded, he had this “weird freeing moment,” he said.

“I felt lighter somehow.”

He wrote that track in October 2019, and the rest was written mid-coronavirus lockdown.

David Cook performing on stage

There’s not an official release date for the album just yet, but it isavailable for preorder.

So he’s been holding virtual concertsvia StageItto scratch the proverbial itch.