Even if it wasn't an overt lyrical influence, it definitely fueled some of the tone of the record, and some of the feel of it. Even the title itself could be somewhat linked in a way. There's a song off the sessions that's not on the record, but it's called 'All This Fresh Mutiny.' It's kind of a harsh title, but at the same time it was very much inspired and influenced by what I kept seeing before my eyes on TV. It's impossible for me not to be affected by that. |
He asked us what happened to the team he saw a couple of nights ago at Pulaski. |
It feels good to hear people talking about it looking a little bit like the past. |
It's always been a real comfortable place to play, living room-like in the best of ways. |
More of us live there [Denton] than don't. … I like Austin, but I hate it when people call us an Austin band. |
Our gradual and steady growth toward that has made it much sweeter. … It's a lot of work to stay afloat, and a lot of foresight and planning. |
So it's a celebration of our new release, and the fact that we're old. But desert plants are old and beautiful. |
That really pumped us up. When our offense clicks, our defense picks up and the rest of our game picks up. |
We just fell into it and started doing shows. |
We were paying attention to the weather all day, hoping it didn't rain. |