Michael Smith, Journalist

"We’ve actually been doing each song at a time, which has also been something different. We hadn’t really done that before but we’ve had a bit more time for this recording, and it’s just so much fun to do, song by song."

"Our previous albums, we’ve done a lot of the production ourselves. However, we sort of wanted to open up that circle a bit wider this time and bring in some outside creativity."

Music I think comes from a very soulful place, on everyone’s account – it’s just passion, and it just so happens that our particular passion has led us here.

"I think that’s what keeps it grounded and that’s why people who enjoyed Break Your Own Heart, for example, have liked this record, because it still has that narrative thread running through it."

"Even the mid-relationship kind of songs are also kind of there. You know, on one hand a little bit coy and pretending to be one thing but actually are quite venomous underneath."

"You know, for a very, very long time there did not seem like Jeremy’s pain and confusion would ever be able to end. I mean, he’s still very fragile, but he’s able to live in our world now and be part of our world."

"It’s an incredible sound that plays really dynamic and really fast, and it’s almost as if, if you hold it and treat it right and keep playing, these songs really do tend to write themselves, I think."

“Some of the compositions were inspired by different authors, different books."

"It’s exactly what I would want from a studio because it’s pretty haphazard; there are instruments all around the place and it has a natural sort of sound."

"I love the tone of tape – I think it sounds beautiful. I have just got a Sony 24-track tape machine – I’m just waiting to get it serviced and set up."

“The band had no choice but to pick up guitars and drums, write a set and start playing rock’n’roll. And we’re just as fantastic at rock’n’roll as we were at professional wrestling.”

"It’s ended being a much more personal record… In some ways it feels more personal than the last couple of records, which I was worried about."