While his years in Bay Area bands informed Sweeney’s eccentric approach to songcraft, a multitude of other-worldly influences crystallized in the making of Rishi - a record of “psych-infused, bouncy pop sound with poetic lyrical prowess” (Obscure Sound) and “ebullient synth creations infused with raga and other Eastern-influenced sounds” (SF Examiner) that some are calling “the great release of his career so far” (Metal Magazine).  Recorded, mixed and co-produced with longtime collaborators Joe Santarpia (Mac DeMarco) and Roberto Pagano (tonsstartsbandht), ‘Rishi is the sound of finding beauty in the ephemeral and of the deeply spiritual healing power of music’ (SF Chronicle).