ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Americana songwriter Chris DuPont is known for deeply personal performances at The Ark and Ann Arbor Summer Fest, but a soon-to-be-released album offers a darker side to his music. “I do try to keep things, more or less, in the family with every record,” DuPont said. AdFor “Floodplains,” DuPont found himself contributing a lot more musically than he has previously, including singing his own background vocals, high notes and piano arrangements. Although darker than his previous music, songs on the new LP were written before things starting shutting down due to the pandemic. That said, DuPont added that he’s curious to see how the music that he has written over the past months will sound like in the future.