Musically, I Didn't Relate To Berlin. There

The Group-effort Sound In Recording Of Sea Lion Is Like, You Really Hear All The People In The Room And Hear Them Interlocking. Theres A Real Freight-train Energy Of All These People At The Same Time Playing.

I've Always Been A Bit Wary Of Keyboards Because There's An Invisibility To It - You're Not Really Hitting Anything.

I Like Being Swept Up In Weather And Observing It As Something Beautiful And Giant. It Makes You Feel So Minute. The Only Thing As Big As That Are Your Thoughts About It, Which Can Expand Exponentially While Your Physical Self Is Just Trapped. It's A Pretty Awesome Feeling, In The Original Sense Of The Word.

I'm In The Countryside Outside Of Paris, In A Beautiful Old Manor House. The Studio Is In The Basement, But We Decided To Set Everything Up In The Old Parlor And Dining-room Area So We Can Look At Each Other And (at) The Sunshine Coming Through The Stained-glass Windows. It's Pretty Idyllic, And I Think It's Spoiling Me. I'll Have To Go Back To Regular Life After This.

Probably, On Some Subconscious Level, I Was Motivated By Not Wanting To Spoon-feed Any Similar Flavors.