JeffRosenstock

Chris. I hit the "give gold" button thinking that this would give you a gold star for this post, but it tried to give you some of my BitCoin.

I also did this before I saw that it was in fact you Chris Farren that wrote this. I just thought it was some other funyun.

When we found out we were going to get a Pitchfork review, I was pretty shocked, especially since Ian seemed to really like it. I've put out and worked on a lot of records at this point and none had ever made it up there.

But, I think obviously, #1 record on USA Today is a pretty fucking insane thing to see happen.

After ASOB I just stopped looking at music as a viable career option. So it was easy, just have other jobs, pay the rent that way and keep the music as this passionate thing I do when I'm not at work. I think our society defines us by the way we make money, and I just don't agree with that. When I was driving a truck around delivering props for photo shoots, I wouldn't call myself a truck driver, I would still call myself a musician.

I'm almost on the other side of that now, and I feel very fortunate about that, but part of me always wishes I had time to do more work, because any time I'm sitting around doing nothing is like hell to me. I don't know how to relax.

Don't know quite how to say this, but there's been a handful of people who have told me that my music has had something to do with them continuing to exist on this earth. I never quite know what to say to that, but as someone who would would not be alive himself if not for music during the dark times, that's a huge honor.

i can't the nsa is listening