I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing.

There are too many Destroyer records to just start rattling them left them off, but they're there.

I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation. I wasn't really thinking of soft rock, but I know that kind of quiet-storm format uses a lot of these sounds.

I'm probably more into a more spacious, even meditative, quiet delivery of singing.

It's actually really stereotypical that someone should be 40 and mellow out, but I think it's more about trying to conjure up a different intensity in my head, one where I'm more focused as a singer and hands-on with music and more exacting, and less trying to furiously fit a thousands thoughts into a four minute song.

I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture.

Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.