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That belief in music as both a record of the past and a signal toward the future is written all over BLINK.
Tom: “Each song is a combination of making sense of the past but also a message of hope for the future. Making music is a hopeful enterprise. You’re ca- lling out to the universe with a part of yourself and seeing how it responds.”
Jimmy: “I hope we’ll remember this time in our lives that felt like a new chapter, the innocence of young fatherhood, the hope for the future, for our kids’ future. The happiness and peace we feel. Having young kids really puts you back into that place when you were a kid and everything was alright and that childlike wonder and freedom to explore and inquire is at the surface. So hopefully that came out in the music, juxtaposed with the uncertainty and scariness of dealing with new responsibility. Hopefully we remember that through it all it’s our love of making music that really grounds us and is where we feel most at home.”
The conversation became even more intimate when they considered which songs they would want their children to hear years from now, long after this chapter has passed.
Tom: “Probably Last Forever or Blink. I know that’s two. Those songs really en- capsulate the themes of this album and this chapter in life for me. I wish that it could last forever, you blink and then it’s gone. The ephemeral nature of life and the beauty and sadness in that. That’s what we really grappled with in different ways on this album.”
Jimmy: “I’m gonna have to copy Tom on this one. Both of those songs feel like snapshots of the moment we are living in now. There’s a timelessness when you capture moments, like a photograph, in the way of a song. I know these songs will always take me back to the time, feeling and place we are in now.”
And of course, the philosophy of BLINK is not confined to headphones. It was made to be shared on stage, in different shapes, across both clubs and live concert halls.
Tom: “I think both. There are moments on the album that lend themselves more to the live band and some more to the club for sure, but I think a lot of what we’ve become more comfortable with is that it doesn’t have to be separate. Certain tracks work great in a club and then come alive in a new way with the band. We’re excited to bring it to life on stage and see what the songs do and what life they take on once they’re out in the world.”
Jimmy: “The dynamics in Blink are really interesting. It starts off as a ballad and slowly builds into this big, almost trance like ending. The song rises into the tag line, you blink and then it’s gone, and then immediately cuts out, which is counter intuitive to how you’d want a typical dance drop to go. But it makes it feel special. That moment really works so well with the words. I think it’s gonna be great in front of any crowd we play for.”
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