"So much changed in our lives and in the world while we were making this record, and somehow, it all pulled us deeper into the band and deeper into our friendship. Twenty years in and this is the most connected we've felt to what we're doing."
I co-wrote Alone With Heaven with Andy Maddox and Andrew Farrell, along with a slew of collaborators over a nine year span. I consumed approximately nine thousand Diet Cokes during this process.
"I feel like the first album, it was very hectic, it was a rush. It was like, all of a sudden, overnight craziness. So now that I'm settled in, I feel like I know more about my direction and what I want to do, what I want to say."
"This album, like our first album, was all made by the same people at the same time in the same place. It has its own musical universe. Even as songs pull apart and get further afield, it became naturally cohesive."
Waxahatchee expressed, 'I'm honored to be included in this re-record project as the album Box for Buddy, Box for Star has meant so much to me these last few years.' She praised Nate Amos, stating, 'I think Nate is one of the best songwriters of this moment, making music that feels current and timeless and also somehow ahead of a curve.'
Dwarves have announced their 17th studio album, titled J ENKEM, set to arrive June 6th via Greedy Records. In support of the upcoming record, the veteran punk band will embark on US tours in the spring and fall.
"At 2 a.m., sitting up and contemplating our loss during my child's wake, I found myself reflecting on all the major news events that had left their mark on me through the years and the helplessness I sometimes felt to change anything. Writing the last verse was the most difficult and personal thing I've done."
'Bully' follows Ye's recent placement of a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal in which he apologized for years of antisemitic remarks and attributed his behavior to medical issues stemming from injuries he sustained in a 2002 car crash.
The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I'm just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else? It's just a lot of memories of Liverpool.