New Times: Since the U.S. tour starts in March, what will the band be up to until then?
No, it was a pretty clear: open forum. This record, we wanted to -- not put so much pressure on some idea of cohesion and viability -- but rather just choosing songs we liked the most, regardless of whether or not they necessarily fit together. I mean they ended up fitting together nicely, and I think that's what traced feelings of a classic album, these moments of contrast between big and small, loud and quiet, angry and sad, happy, and etc.
We just kind of really embraced our own preferences and used that as a model as opposed to using any sort of crystal idea of what makes a successful record as a model, not that that's ever really been the mandate. I mean, I guess that's how we've progressed.