I wrote the songs pretty much on a guitar by myself, like normal. This time, though, I was writing with the live shows in mind.

Some of the lyrics come from stream-of-consciousness, and I used to spend a long time honing them into a narrative afterwards. Now I’m fine with keeping things more mysterious. I just let the words and...

They’re not pointless. I feel they have a place in my personal experience. Like, ‘Lake Swimming’ I like the second verse of that song. It’s just this dream world about swimming in a lake, but...

Sometimes we have a jump rope. I didn’t get one this time yet, but I’m starting to feel disgusting. So I think I might go ahead and get a jump rope soon.