mayor_mammoth

Mr Stokes! Huge fan! I came to the CAC benefit (awesome performance, the drummer could be State Radio material--hint hint) and went to the First Annual Farm Jam in September, which I'll never forget. My main question: when you write songs, do you come up with the lyrics or the tune/chords/riffs first, and either way, do you consciously match the lyrics to the tone of the music? Also, any chance there would be any more music videos for the Horse Comanche songs? I'd love to see ones for Pine Needle Tea and Dead Badger, in particular. Anyway, thanks for doing this, and have fun on your tour!

You must've done really well in high school English classes

I think there's definitely a subtle story arc about love and loss in there. It starts with a young relationship in "Pine Needle Tea," which crescendos at "I Want You Like a Seatbelt" and breaks up in "Horse Comanche." "Hazy Maze" and "Dead Badger" show the guy trying to deal with the loss. He realizes and accepts in "New Haven" that the relationship's not getting back together, and after that, "Walter (First Hello)" shows him reaching back out into the world. Better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all, eh?