Has the songwriting process for
each album been similar or dif-
ferent?
Brian: I think it’s been similar be-
cause it’s different (laughs). We
never really have a tried-and-true
process for songwriting. Every
song kind of finds its own way of
being written. Sometimes one of
us will come to the others with a
riff or a melody; other times, we’ll
all land on something at the same
time during practice. Lyrics are
normally written and performed
by the person who feels most con-
nected to the song.
Comment on the story behind
the ‘Find Light’ song cycle of
‘Clover,’ ‘Do No Harm,’ ‘The
Things You Saw’ and ‘Atlas.’
Steve: We joke about my tril-
ogy from our first album, where
three-quarters of the songs I sing
lead were essentially inspired by
the same situation. I didn’t re-
ally expect to do something like
that again, but when ‘Clover’
was being written in early 2017,
everything else just kind of fol-
lowed naturally. ‘Clover’ is essen-
tially about wanting to retain luck,
hope, and optimism in a relation-
Watch a video for “Clover” by Cold Weather Company
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