What is it like to play two sets an evening? So I started to feel more like home on tour. But the one thing that has been constant and kinda normal is the touring. In my life I had an X-number of apartments I lived in, an X-number of life partners, an X-number of jobs I’ve worked etc. Another thing that’s changed is that I am a lot more comfortable on stage. I enjoy touring much more, I’m not that tired in the morning, I am more present. I don’t drink as much, and that’s changed a lot, for the better. How has touring changed over the last 15 years? It takes the ‘cute’ out, you know? So yeah I do regret that one, because I should have stood my ground. And Concrete Bed seems like a Hallmark Card if you don’t have some context? I like big romantic statements but I think they have to be framed in a way, so it takes all the…bunny out of it (laughs). Do It Again is kinda half dark and half light, and that’s what the record is like so it would kinda set the tone. I wanted it to start with the song ‘Do It Again’ and somebody that we worked with didn’t agree and wanted ‘Concrete Bed’ to be the opener. I do have regrets on some records, like the one afterwards, ‘The Weight Is A Gift’. No, and that’s not to say it’s perfect or anything, but I don’t have any regrets on ‘Let Go’. Is there anything you would change about the album if you had the chance? It felt busy – because we toured so much and the band didn’t have a reputation anyone was sure of, so we did an entire tour where we got paid very very little and then had to do it all again so we could actually make some money.Īnd it felt like a relief – to see that people actually like this and it’s gonna work out and our choice of career wasn’t a mistake (laughs). ![]() Looking back at 2003 – how would you describe the year in three words? But now that conflict is gone, so now when I sing it live I think of it more in global terms. Even though at the time that I wrote it, it was about a very specific thing, where I was in a conflict with somebody and I was trying to get the aggression out of my mind and pacify myself, and decided it was better to just not fight about it. Like ‘Always Love’ for example, it’s such a universal theme. The ones that change are the ones that are less specific. Would you say the songs still have the same meaning to you when you perform them live, or did the meaning sort of change over time? So yeah, it doesn’t feel like looking in the past that much. I feel like we’re all the ages we’ve ever been. And I was like… ‘Yes, kind of, I would say 60%’? Am I still insecure and such an overthinker? Well, kind of, but not as much? It feels familiar. Someone asked me yesterday if I still feel authentic playing the old songs live. I feel like we’ve played songs from that record for so long that it’s like we never really left it behind. You’re celebrating 15 years of ‘Let Go’ this year, do you like looking back or are you mainly focused on right now? So try to avoid doing as many morally bad things as possible.We split the interview in two sets – just like you do with your show – so we’re gonna start with some questions about ‘Let Go’… Now, if you kill a lot of prisoners and people as well as doing these things, you might not get the good ending. ![]()
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