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"Crack the Skye"
Biographical insight from genesis to fruition in our
own words
The Album of Our Lives
Bill Kelliher (guitars): This is the record we've always
wanted to make. We finally made it! I just got back from
the dentist and listened to it on my iPod and I started
hearing more things that I hadn't noticed before. It
was great. Awesome. Basically, "Wow! This is really
us!" It's kind of hard to believe. We've come a
very long way since our very first EP, so a huge sense
of accomplishment came over me. I was thrilled. I'm really
proud of everyone and the job we all did.
Brann Dailor (drums, vocals, and percussion): When
I listen to it, I feel as if I've just come out of a
heavy movie. The first couple of times I heard it through
I couldn't talk for about half an hour. Took me a while
to come down from it.
Brent Hinds (lead guitar, vocals,
and banjo): It's almost like it could give you a music
hangover. There's a lot of music going on. I'm impressed,
even though it came from us. I listened to it and was
like, "I'm so
proud of these dudes!" I love those guys and am
proud of this.
Troy Sanders (bass, vocals, and bass synth): Hopefully
the album is a reflection of the emotional journey that
we've sunk into its creation. After challenging all our
emotions in the spectrum, I would hope the listeners
will reflect on some of what we put into it. It's not
just seven songs, but an up-and-down journey. It was
to truly dig in and pull personal inspiration from both
the darkest and dearest parts of our souls, and simultaneously
with our wonder and amazement of the entire universe.
Its two totally different things, diving into a small
part of your soul and then being mesmerized with the
wonders of our universe. Those things don't really seem
to match. But from that dearest spot within our souls,
to the outer limits of our universal imagination, we've
furthered our attempt to make a record that follows the
steps of us wanting to trek through our journey, taking
the most natural and brutally honest next step of Mastodon's
evolution.
Bill: Back in the '70s and '80s
and '90s even, when you bought a record like … And
Justice For All or Kill 'Em All or Reign In Blood,
you put the record on and listened to it until it was
done and then flipped it over and started again. We're
from the old school trying to bring that back. Take
your life off "shuffle" and
put the whole thing on and then you'll see the whole
picture. We've always tried to do that – and with
this one we did.
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