An interview from one of my favorite post-rock bands that i've always been facinated by

We started making this noise together when we were young and broke – the only thing we knew for sure was that professional music-writers seemed hopelessly out of touch and nobody gave a shit about the shit we loved except for us. Talking about punk rock with freelancers, then as now, was like farting at a fundraiser, a thing that got you kicked out of the party.

We knew that there were other people out there who felt the same way, and we wanted to bypass what we saw as unnecessary hurdles, and find those people on our own. We were proud and shy motherfuckers, and we engaged with the world thusly. Means we decided no singer, no leader, no interviews, no press photos. We played sitting down and projected movies on top of us. No rock poses. We wrote songs as long or as short as we wanted. Basement feedback recordings with cigarette butts stuffed in our ears. Meanwhile our personal lives were a mess.

And so we hit the road as soon as we could, and got heartbroken out there, the way only true believers can. You string a kite too long upon its string, sooner or later it ends up stranded on the moon.

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Social media is great, and I think it will play a critical role in resetting the balance of power in the United States, but I need a break.  I deleted facebook today after being active for the better part of the last year.  This election has seriously been stressing me out, there's so much pressure online to vote for Hillary (which i won't be doing).  I've tried to be a good advocate for Jill Stein, hopefully I've swayed some people.  The ultimate goal is to step back from politics for a while.

I've updated Heavy Rotation.  Check it out.  Plenty of Frank Ocean ;)

-A