For many artists who have been
with a band for a long time, releasing that first solo record is
a bit scary. Do you think you
needed a little fear like this?
Yeah, for sure. Fear is a great
motivator. Not like the creepy
news fear — ‘Is something you’re
eating poisoning your children?
Details at 6!’ Not like that, that’s
just weird fear. But I think a little
healthy dose of nervousness is a
great motivator, especially when
it comes to art.
In many ways, this is like a first
album. Oh yeah. I mean, this
wasn’t an automatic go with the
label. I didn’t just say to them,
‘Hey, I’m going to put out a solo
record.’ I had to go through the
whole signing process again.
They didn’t sign me as a solo artist. They signed me as Gaslight
Anthem and that was all four of
us, so we were all signed. I had
to go to them and say, ‘I want to
do a solo record. Do you want
to put it out?’ And they were like
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