Drew Angus

The only time Drew Angus was early was the day he was born. Since then, he’s shown up a little bit behind schedule — to parties, already in full swing by the time he rings the doorbell. To professional songwriting and performing, which he began in earnest in his mid-to-late-twenties. And most recently, to the production of a full-length album, Late to the Party, of original songs about all the ways he feels he’s behind the curve — in love, in purpose, in peace of mind, in escaping destructive patterns — that he hopes he’ll change before the party’s over.

Though Late to the Party is Angus’s first album, it’s hardly a debut. Angus has already had a substantial musical career, cutting his teeth in hundreds of tristate area bar gigs, then showing them off on some of the world’s biggest stages: American Idol, where he was a top-75 finisher;…