So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact opposite.

We try to make the sound hold as much relevance as it does on the record you know, we don't try and interpret it in a different way.

As I tell my intro creative writing students, after reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write.

Its quite there sonically; a strong representation of what the songs on our records are like. It's very loud and our set is based around containing as much energy and dynamics as possible.

There's no coherent stylistic genre specific advice that I could provide.

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

What works for eating and swimming might work for reading and writing.