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 debut releases are now streaming: The Fall of the Velvet Hammer, a politically charged acoustic reckoning drawn from his time in the Illinois legislature; and Midwest Finesse, a quieter, slyer EP full of hesitation, bruised affection, and sideways charm.