I find that I'm always struggling with the noise of the city. When I get a good take, there will be a horn or a siren or something. So it makes me very conscious of outside sounds, which in a way maybe led me to incorporate the field recordings.

It's just a spare room in my apartment. It's very cluttered and not particularly aesthetically inspiring, and it's very un-noise-proof.

I enjoy touring and traveling because that's the time when I get to read, and listen to music. You have all that downtime, which is great for that.

I have totally like an urbanite relationship to nature. I mean I'm not someone who hikes.

Last time I was recording, I was trying to loop on the computer, but it's really difficult because it's really different from looping on hardware.

As soon as we get out of our urban shell, we're still at the mercy of nature as individuals.

I can really only can record at home.