Singer/songwriter Keith Hampton, founder of Boston-based Brave Records, calls Follow the Wolf Moon: "Sensual and sardonic. [It] reflects on moments of life that shine in the mind. They surprise you at first, but offer relief when you relax into them."

Illustrating a situation or emotion with words has been Mullaney's calling from an early age. He wrote his first haiku at age six and remains passionately in love with Japanese poetry.