The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions..

I love Seattle, but I am definitely excited to be in a new place. Growing up there and then living in an apartment in the city for seven years, I jus….

They even let me do the ads for the album. I definitely want it all to be presented right, but I don't want to be selling. I mean, people do deluxe e….

I don't know that we're really going to need a label for the things we're thinking about doing next..

We're going out to play all the places where people might want to see us, because next time we might not just think about hitting every market or how….

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice..

I like having the vinyl, but it's not like we're going to sell an umbrella or something. I don't like the idea of selling something that's not music ….

I've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through different phases - sometimes I w….

We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number o….

The touring thing is such a huge time commitment. I'm really feeling like I want to start writing and recording music again. But I have to leave for ….

Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, D….

Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. S….

As far as the music being inspired by Seattle, I think it's in some of the songs. Seattle is a really beautiful place in the right light, it's perche….

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to b….

I've thought about doing a subscription service, where people pre-pay and then we send them 12"s as they're finished, with one song on each side. Tha….

The lyrics to me are a result of the emotional and creative climate present while making the record as well as personally going through a sort of mid….

Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everythin….

I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that doesn't feel like….

I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole th….

A label is like a bank with all these really important relationships, and maybe an aesthetic or a point of view. But if you only want to release two ….

Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time..