I want to make albums that are like a Murakami novel or a Terrence Malick film - something that explicitly states its own world.

It's important to me in the creation of it because I figured as soon as I crossed that threshold into effects and loops it would completely undermine the premise of how I go about creating things physically, with the instrument.

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.

I was also thinking about isolation on an evolutionary scale as well, like when you think of an island like Madagascar where things are free to evolve unfettered by outside powers. That starts to reach into the underlying narrative, which is more of a literal story that I used as a construct to build songs around.

I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.

I want to make albums that are like a Murakami novel or a Terrence Malick film - something that explicitly states its own world.

I would like for people to appreciate the album musically whether they knew how it was made or not.