Colin Meloy Thinking Quotations

I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it.

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing to a mainstream culture in order to survive.

Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.