We've always said that our band is pretty much an open system and there's no rules governing anything... so who knows what the future will hold?

It's hard to say how time factors into your work, because sometimes things will come to you very quickly, but it will take years for the ideas to be gestating in your mind.

We've always said that our band is pretty much an open system and there's no rules governing anything... so who knows what the future will hold?

I took one piano lesson and hated it and then didn't take any piano lessons until I was 18.

As far as the lyrics go, I think I was negotiating a moment in my life where I didn't feel happy. I think I had some existential frustration and I was wrestling with that on a few different levels. I was feeling like I wanted to change a lot of things.

Now that that album's done [TModern Vampires of the City], I have time to revisit things that I was working on earlier, previous to it. I actually found it very helpful to be working on some music on my own.

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.