A Delaware man recently released a full length album and will perform in Delaware next month.

Dean Poulos, who records and performs as one-man band moberod, recently released a 15-song album titled “Ransom Notes,” which he said has been in the works for years.

“I’ve been playing guitar since I was 9 years old, and I’m in my 40s now,” Poulos said. “This is one I’ve worked on for probably eight years. Some of the earlier songs were written so long ago and some of the newer ones were written more recently. It’s kind of a compilation of a lot of big milestones in my life. They all kind of fit together into telling a story and that’s what I did for the album.”

The album was released earlier this month on his website, moberod.com, and all music streaming services. Poulos said it felt “pretty incredible” to finally release the album.

“(Just before I released it), I listened to the whole thing and when it comes together for the last time, it’s a euphoric feeling,” Poulos said. “I haven’t done a great job of promoting my music, so I’m kind of wanting to get more people to hear it because I think it’s something special and I think if it gets the right exposure, it could inspire people and make people feel something.”

Poulos recorded all the vocals and instruments for the album and said he enjoyed the experience of writing the album solo.

“I’ve played in bands, but I’ve never been able to link up with people that shared all the things that are important to me,” Poulos said. “It has a unique sound, it doesn’t sound like one thing. It really gives you complete control over the whole thing. I just had to spend the time on it and learn what those parts were. These are the better songs I’ve written. They are some of the more honest and true songs that I’ve written.”

Poulos said he hopes different listeners connect to the album.

“It’s a significant album for me,” Poulos said. “That’s why I want to share it so badly. I’ve played it for some close people and gotten some feedback. It’s so interesting to hear how people interpret the songs. Dave Grohl said, ‘You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back to you for 85,000 different reasons,’ and that is absolutely true.”

For example, Poulos said he wrote the song “A Better Man” as a sarcastic poke at a former relationship with unreal expectations.

“My response was, ‘You need a better man,’” Poulos said. “But when I played it for a friend, she thought it was a women empowerment song … like ‘yeah, go out and get that better man for yourself’ (and that’s) so interesting to hear that. I listen to one of the older ones and I interpreted my own song differently than when I wrote it for the first time. It has two meanings for me today versus one meaning a couple of years ago.”

Poulos will perform in Delaware at The Jug/Good Times Pub Payback Party on The Plaza, 837 N. Houk Road in Delaware, on Sept. 27 from 8 to 10 p.m. Poulos performs the show solo with the aid of a drum backing track and a looper.

Glenn Battishill can be reached at 740-413-0903.