@The Safety Underground: Thanks for the kind words! cheers, c

@tereutereu: Thanks so much for the kind words. Although Trent Reznor is definitely not an influence on our music --- not dissing his work, just not that familiar with it! --- I respect him as a serious artist whose work means a lot to people. And I've personally never heard Dirty Projectors. I know that Jean is a fan and I'm sure she'll be flattered by the comparison. I've been meaning to check them out! Thanks again!

@lumeet: I am glad! Thank you.

@livingbasshead: Thanks for the observation and encouraging words. With pop songs, you sometimes have to condense complex ideas. No room for undue exposition. So it's a discipline of conjuring shade and insinuation. Thankfully melody, texture, rhythm are there to support this... or I'd be fucked. :)

@Albois: This is certainly the intent. Very encouraging to read, thank you!

@livingbasshead: Most times when you hear a sound in the new BP music and you wonder "What is that sound?" the answer is usually: dogbowl. A whole world of textures can be found in a dog's metal water bowl.

@livingbasshead: @livingbasshead: Thanks. That line is so simple, I had to look up whether I had heard or read it somewhere else. I thought "Surely this is a quote I'm stealing from *someone* and I've just forgotten the source." But so far, I have not found the source. So I think I coined it. (If someone can prove me wrong, I'll gladly cop to it!)

@nathanleigh: Very encouraging to read this, thanks!

@AndyTrebing: Very, very kind of you. I appreciate it.

@twwalsh: You know that I respect your musicality, TW. So this really is a thrilling comment. Thanks!

@drewodoherty: It is crazy that you pointed this out. I have said to the band "This is my favorite moment of music I've ever been a part of creating." And it's exactly 2/3s into this song. I am blown away that someone else remarked on it! Thanks.

@masseymail: Ha ha ha ha! Yeah, that's the peak moment right there.