After 36 years without singing one word, unforeseeable tragedy and its consecutive challenges made Rico Friebe finally find his voice, suddenly and fluently starting to write songs full of intimacy and subtle storytelling - now presented on his debut singer album "Word Value"! Processing the encounter with a special person and the lasting aftermath, all songs are perfused by an emotional sincerity and serenity, dealing with a rise and fall of depression and hope while furthermore exploring forgotten chasms and grievances from his further past. "Word Value" is tracing an arc as the first of four albums that are deeply connected, based on one another, followed next by the second LP "Faces Meet" later in 2023. In times of fast rising technology, artificial intelligence, social deconstruction, inflation of language and morality, the most basic and natural human needs haven't ever changed - re-find them while closing your eyes, opening your soul and putting on "Word Value"...