Through his lyrics, Ken Will Morton expresses his belief that no matter how difficult life becomes, things will eventually get better.

He offers encouragement to all those who have experienced heartbreak, a falling out with their parents or just bad luck.

Morton will release his album, aptly named, “The King of Coming Around,” Friday at the Caledonia Lounge.

His message on this album is that no one should ever give up.

Morton said he hopes to make people realize that although life may be difficult at one point, a year later everything could turn around for the best.

“It’s rock ‘n’ roll with a positive twist,” said Morton of his music.

Michelle Roche, who has been Morton’s publicist since 2003 when he was with another band, The Indicators, said she has stayed with Morton partly because of his lyrical message.

“I like lyrics that mean something. People can relate to his lyrics,” she said.

Morton said writing this album was fairly easy – adverse circumstances in his life helped him to write the lyrics.

At Friday’s show, he will also play a lot of his new material with his band, the Wholly Ghosts, which plans to release another album this summer, which Morton described as more aggressive and louder than his previous albums and feature him playing the guitar a lot more.

“I’ve forgot that I can play the guitar,” said Morton, jokingly.

Roche expressed a frustration with University students and young people all across the country who seem to be unwilling to take a chance on unique and new sounds like Ken Will Morton’s widow.

“College students don’t go out to see original music,” she said.

Morton said although Athens or Atlanta is probably a harder place to play than Fargo, N.D., where everyone is starved for live music.

He believes musicians have to ignore those factors and keep doing what is important to them.

“Keep plugging along and doing your own thing. You’ve got to be tenacious,” he said.

Five-Eight, which will also play Friday, must have followed this theory.

The band has played together for about 18 years and has more plans for the future.

The group released an album in 2004, and is currently working on a new one.

Lead vocalist Mike Mantione said these lyrics will be more positive than his lyrics on previous albums.

“I’ve never written a positive love song until now,” he said.

He said he hopes that the new album communicates the sense of urgency that can be lost on when a band is not playing live. But he also said no matter how much the band worked on its music, he is never completely satisfied.

“I’ll probably be in a wheelchair and trying to write a great song,” Mantione said.