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"If the crowd are attentive this can be a very powerful experience... the words and nuances can be very moving."
"... All music is personal; what a reviewer may hate might actually save someone else's life, so I just try and stay positive."
"Sometimes small things would get me down but now I'm always thinking about the big picture, and it's really not worth being stressed about anything."
"We really wanted to harness the energy and atmosphere of how we perform these songs live, and still retain some grittiness."
"The EP comes from a place of reaching my late 20s, feeling a bit jaded about a few things with my life, but still clinging to hope and optimism for the future."
"... People think they can only be successful making certain styles of music when that (success) should not even enter into the creative process."
"We aimed for perfection in the studio... but after we achieved it, it didn't sound like us."
"I felt a need to make sure this album happened. I didn't want to die without making it."
"A song can get you through, open your heart again. It's done that for me."
"...I think we've been able to make what is a fairly unconventional sound work."