Mac Hoffmann is a Minneapolis-based songwriter working at the intersection of the personal, the political, and the absurd. Rooted in Americana and shaded with folk, blues, and bluegrass, his songs pair lyrical precision with a restrained musical backdrop—letting the words lead and the music listen.

With a background spanning courtrooms and codebases, breakdowns and breakthroughs, ambition and surrender, he treats songwriting not as therapy or hobby, but as vocation: a daily discipline of ache, clarity, and control.

His newest album, Sisyphean Smile, is his most expansive work yet—a philosophical, hard-earned acceptance wrapped in wry grit and melodic restraint. Released through Gut Hooked Records—the independent label Hoffmann founded as a formal home for his music—his work arrives backed not by industry machinery, but by conviction and self-reliance.