Erik Thompson at The Line of Best Fit has posted an interview with Alan Sparhawk, primarily about his work with Retribution Gospel Choir. Highlights:
Low is physically exhausting in it’s own way, but with Retribution it can be life-threatening…
…songwriting is humiliating, making records is confusing, and the industry is a joke…
…For sure the long cold season indoors has bearing, but then I think the underdog factor is also a big part of the artistic attitude in Duluth (or any other smaller town that’s sort of isolated.) Also, I think the lake is a strange factor – it disappears on the horizon, but it also freezes…
