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Golden
Golden was written two days into the sessions for Fine Line in Malibu in 2018 as the first “official track” to be written with the album in mind.
“When we wrote Golden we were sitting around the kitchen in the studio, and I was playing it on guitar.
Golden was written two days into the sessions for Fine Line in Malibu in 2018 as the first “official track” to be written with the album in mind.
“When we wrote Golden we were sitting around the kitchen in the studio, and I was playing it on guitar.
There were five of us singing the harmonies, the acoustics in the kitchen made it sound so cool, so we thought, this song’s gonna work”
Watermelon Sugar
“I was with the guys I made the first album with and we had this idea and we had this chorus, melody, pretty repetitive and Richard Brautigan’s book In Watermelon Sugar was on the table and I was like ‘That’ll sound cool’.”
“I was with the guys I made the first album with and we had this idea and we had this chorus, melody, pretty repetitive and Richard Brautigan’s book In Watermelon Sugar was on the table and I was like ‘That’ll sound cool’.”
Lights Up and Adore You
“This time I really felt so much less afraid to write fin pop songs. It had to do with the whole thing of being on tour and feeling accepted. I listen to stuff like Harry Nilsson and Paul Simon and Van Morrison.
“This time I really felt so much less afraid to write fin pop songs. It had to do with the whole thing of being on tour and feeling accepted. I listen to stuff like Harry Nilsson and Paul Simon and Van Morrison.
And I think, well, Van Morrison has ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ and Nilsson has ‘Coconut’. Bowie has ‘Let’s Dance’. The fun stuff is important.”
Cherry
“Sammy started playing the guitar riff, we did it through the night and recorded it. Everybody came back in the morning and listened to it. I heard it when it was finished and was like ‘This is the kind of music I want to make’.”
“Sammy started playing the guitar riff, we did it through the night and recorded it. Everybody came back in the morning and listened to it. I heard it when it was finished and was like ‘This is the kind of music I want to make’.”
Falling
“Tom had come up to my place to grab something, and he sat at the piano and I’d just got out of the shower. He started playing, and we wrote it there. So I was completely naked when I wrote that song.”
“Tom had come up to my place to grab something, and he sat at the piano and I’d just got out of the shower. He started playing, and we wrote it there. So I was completely naked when I wrote that song.”
To Be So Lonely
“Mitch has this habit of not speaking a lot and then every now and then he’ll go like ‘Oh, I have this idea’ and he sent me like a voice note and it was essentially the whole song pretty much done, all the music.
“Mitch has this habit of not speaking a lot and then every now and then he’ll go like ‘Oh, I have this idea’ and he sent me like a voice note and it was essentially the whole song pretty much done, all the music.
And then I went to the corner, sat there with headphones and did the melody and the lyrics and stuff and it was pretty fast I think.”
She
“Well, he [Mitch] was on mushrooms, we all were. We forgot all about that track, then went back later and loved it. But Mitch had no idea what he did on guitar that night, so he had to learn it all over from the track. That one to me feels very British.”
“Well, he [Mitch] was on mushrooms, we all were. We forgot all about that track, then went back later and loved it. But Mitch had no idea what he did on guitar that night, so he had to learn it all over from the track. That one to me feels very British.”
Sunflower Vol. 6
“I want people to listen to every song. Even with streaming and playlists, I love listening to records top to bottom. So I want to make albums that I want to listen to top to bottom, because that’s how I listen to music.”
“I want people to listen to every song. Even with streaming and playlists, I love listening to records top to bottom. So I want to make albums that I want to listen to top to bottom, because that’s how I listen to music.”
Canyon Moon
“Inspired by his Southern California surroundings -and his obsession with Joni Michell’s 1971 Classic Blue- he tracked down Joellen Lapidus, the woman who built the dulcimer Mitchell playa throughout that album.
“Inspired by his Southern California surroundings -and his obsession with Joni Michell’s 1971 Classic Blue- he tracked down Joellen Lapidus, the woman who built the dulcimer Mitchell playa throughout that album.
Styles and Tom Hull got their first lesson in the instrument from Lapidus herself, at her hours in Culver City”
Treat People with Kindness
“I told Jeff I would love to someday write a song called “Treat People With Kindness”, and the he was like “why don’t you just do it?” It made me uncomfortable at first, because I wasn’t sure what it was -but then I wanted to lean into that.
“I told Jeff I would love to someday write a song called “Treat People With Kindness”, and the he was like “why don’t you just do it?” It made me uncomfortable at first, because I wasn’t sure what it was -but then I wanted to lean into that.
I feel like that song opened something that’s been in my core.”
Fine Line
“Fine Line I wrote during a gap in the tour. It was January 2018 and I was at my friend’s Tom’s house, who I work with, and we just started strumming this thing, and we started layering these vocals, and it turned into this 6 minute thing.
“Fine Line I wrote during a gap in the tour. It was January 2018 and I was at my friend’s Tom’s house, who I work with, and we just started strumming this thing, and we started layering these vocals, and it turned into this 6 minute thing.
I had it for a long time and I kept listening to it on tour. Just sonically I loved it and I loved the lyrics of the song. When I listen to it, it’s one of those things where I’m just proud that it’s mine. I’m so happy. It’s one of those things that I’ve always wanted to make”
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