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are a spirit of experimentation and stewing in discomfort
and lots of listening—to ourselves as individuals, to each
other, to our friends, and to just lots of pretty wildly
different music.”
So where are the lyrics coming from anyway?
“I’ve been writing for a long time, but I’ve never been
an ‘obsessive’ writer,” explains Beeler. “Everyone has a
different process, some people sit down and write and
write until they mine out what they eventually share with
people (if they choose to do that). I actually write really
infrequently, but I usually keep most of my ideas. Our
practices are actually a really nice change of pace for me,
because I end up ad-libbing the whole time while we’re
jamming out something new, and a lot of stuff surfaces.We
write everything totally collaboratively, and the lyrics/
vocals are just my contributions to the ‘soundscape’, as
you said.”
“A friend shared an Ian Mackaye interview with
me today,” Beeler continues, “where he said it’s ea