Afternoon Snooze Button

For me this will be a make-or-break year. We realize that we have to create an artistic body of work that will lend credibility to everything else. Without that, we’re dead in the water. It’s like in ‘92: You knew when Pearl Jam and Nirvana put out major records that either you made a big album or you were dead. I like that kind of clarity. We’ve set aside time to write between January and March, and stuff could come out late summer or fall.

Nostalgia is a death move. When Sonic Youth and Pavement are out there playing those old records, isn’t that throwing up the white flag? The past is going to remain the past. I’m interested in cutting myself off from that temptation. I want to win for real, not with smoke and mirrors.