“Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.” Quote by Robin Pecknold
“You want to make music that reflects your ideals, but considering the isolating process of recording and the time and energy requirements of touring, there aren't a lot of opportunities to express those ideals anywhere but the music itself.” OpportunityEnergyTime And Energy Author:Robin Pecknold
“Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can be a difficult thing to reconcile sometimes.” DifferentSometimesDifficultWorldviewReconcileMetallica Author:Robin Pecknold
“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-twenties stock-taking.” CreativeEmotional Author:Robin Pecknold
“There are personal topics on the record that have nothing to do with creativity but were maybe amplified by the demands of the band. I can't say that none of these things would be present without creativity as a catalyst, but it was definitely on my mind a lot while writing.” WritingMindCreativity Author:Robin Pecknold
“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 thing more holistically.” ThinkingPriorities Author:Robin Pecknold
“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 it will turn into a keeper.” ThinkingWritingLaborAbandon Author:Robin Pecknold
“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 everything sucks.” ThinkingWritingTryingSometimesDoubtBlock Author:Robin Pecknold
“I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.” Looking Forward Author:Robin Pecknold
“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.” DoneSong Author:Robin Pecknold
“I do read the records reviews but more out of curiosity than anything else, I feel like we know what we want to do next time regardless of how this one is received, good or bad, so it won't really make much of a difference, which wasn't the case on the first album, where both the positive and negative criticism or reactions did catch us off guard and inevitably colored the creation of this one.” CreationNegativeCriticismCuriosityNext Time Author:Robin Pecknold