So you’ve been raising your two kids, and you’ve also been touring and writing music consistently since Changing Horses in 2009. What made you want to open your own record label, The Noise Company, on top of all of that? m,+8',n#H#85(,,#F5,!#65*(#+%,)%+!K#-'(%# K"5#,)K#+!#0+@(#!')!#m0)58',n9#M(<)5,(#H# &($%+!(0K#')/(#)#0"!#"%#.K#60)!(#!')!I,# for sure. That’s fair. H#F5,!#7(0!#0+@(#')/+%8#.K#"-%#0)>(0# was kind of the last step in complete artistic independence. From touring K()*#)7!(*#K()*#HI/(#8"!!(%#!"#)#60)<(# -'(*(#HI.#,(07#,57$<+(%!;#H#<)%#8"# "%#!"5*#)%&#-(#')/(#"5*#"-%#!"5*# >5,;#H#')/(#.K#"-%#'".(#)-)K# 7*".#'".(9#J"#-(I/(#8"!#!'(#!"5*+%8# side of things independent, and as )#,(07S,57$<+(%!#!'+%8;#)%&#!'(#"%0K# other aspect for me was really the way that my records were released. I just wanted to add that to our whole "6(*)!+"%9#?%&#)0,";#HI/(#)0-)K,#0"/(&# >)%&,#!')!#%"!#!')!#.)%K#6("60(#')/(# heard of and always wanted to help other artists out. So I look forward to putting out music for other people down the road. So how did producing it through your own label change your approach to writing and the release of the album? Well the writing of it didn’t change. I -+00#,)K#!'(#<*()!+/(#,+&(#"7#-')!#H#&"# has always remained a certain way. ?,#7)*#),#!'(#)<!5)0#*(0(),(#"7#+!;#!')!I,# been a big difference because I for !'(#$*,!#!+.(#8(!#!"#*()00K#.)@(#!'(# decisions and decide like if we want !"#')/(#<*)]K#)0>5.#)*!-"*@;#!'+,#+,# how much it’s going to cost and this is how much we’re going to put into it and I can make those decisions myself instead of someone else saying “No you can’t do it! “ or “yes!
you can do it!”, you know? So that’s been really great. Alright so a pesky question: any plans to sign new bands yet? Well that is our plan, there’s nothing that’s close to happening so it’s &($%+!(0K#+%#"5*#60)%#7"*#,5*(9#:(# want to take it slow. We don’t want to be one of those labels that starts up and signs a bunch of bands and then goes out of business. Makes sense. So we’ll talk a little bit more now about the newest album Go Fly a Kite. Firstly I have to ask, where does the title come from? :(00#K"5#@%"-#K"5I/(#'()*&#!'(# phrase before. It’s kind of a cute way of saying “Go fuck yourself” really m0)58',n9
just didn’t stand the test of time. ?%&#HI/(#,((%#6("60(#8"#!'*"58'# different things, and that’s where I get my inspiration from. People and experiences and stories … and times and places. I can trace a lot of the lyrics back to exact times and places, but there’s nothing that I would really pinpoint on the record just being like, “Yeah, this one guy, fuck him. R(#*()00K#,<*(-(&#.(#"/(*i9#='(*(I,# nothing like that. They’re really just songs at the end of the day. They’re open for interpretation. Good? m0)58',n
Right. It’s multi-faceted. U()';#(N)<!0Kg#H#0"/(#!')!#)%&#H#0"/(# double meanings, and that’s what I 0"/(#)>"5!#!'(#1%80+,'#0)%85)8(9#H!I,# why I’m drawn to these lyrics and words and poetry, because there’s always more than meets the eye with words and how you put them together.
Fair enough. So we’ll talk a little bit more about the sound then. It reminds me a lot more of your earlier albums, especially compared to Changing Horses which had a little bit more of the country feel to it. Is there a reason you went back to that? Well it was always in the plan. I had been working on the songs for C')%8+%8#R"*,(,#7"*#K()*,9#?%&#(/(*K# time I would write a country song, I would put it on my list. I knew one day I would make this record when )00#!'(#,"%8,#-(*(#&"%(9#?%&#+%#P\\o# the songs were done, so I went in and recorded Changing Horses. But I also had been working on some "7#!'(#,"%8,#0+@(#EB()0"5,#W+*0i#)%&# “Gossip” and so I knew that Changing Horses would be a slight departure, F5,!#8"+%8#&"-%#)#&+77(*(%!#*")&9#?%&# most of my albums go down different roads each time.
Speaking of, a lot of the songs on Go Fly a Kite like “Gossip,” “Jealous Girl,” “Full Circle,” they all deal with betrayal and hurt feelings, and it seems to be a theme. Is there a story behind that? ='(*(#)*(#)#>5%<'#"7#,!"*+(,9#HI/(# experienced a lot of that in the past few years, with friendships that
You seem very comfortable with your musical style, like you said Changing Horses was kind of a departure. But still, you don’t really follow trends by any means considering what’s trendy in music right now being more electronic. Is &'"%&7#)*+'"=$56&$1"'3('"63('",5*>-." putting out might not necessarily
So it’s a clever way of saying it while setting a nice example for your kids. 1N)<!0K#m0)58',n9#M5!#,((;#!')!I,#!'(# beauty of that phrase, it’s kind of like ER(K;#8"#2K#)#@+!(;#&"%I!#-"**Kg#R)/(# no worries”, you know?
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