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 most recent release, Twilight of My Idols, pushes further than anything before—an unflinching critique of institutions, where philosophy and folk tradition meet head-on. It follows Midwest Finesse, a quieter, slyer debut EP full of hesitation, bruised affection, and sideways charm, and The Fall of the Velvet Hammer, a politically charged acoustic reckoning drawn from his time in the Illinois legislature.

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, structure, and self-reliance.