I’m addicted to “the past” in so many ways (both in a very personal way in terms of my own memories, and also as a band, with our unending fascination with the history of American music). It’s one of the reasons why addiction continues to be a theme in some of our work; it’s such a perfect metaphor for both the inescapable pull of the past – the dangerously strong hold it can have on a person; strong enough, at the very least, to keep you stuck in one place – and perhaps even strong enough sweep you out to sea to drown. At the same time, like any drug, a memory can sustain you – providing intense comfort during dark times.
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