I was surprised to learn that every day over the past few months, as he was driven to his cave by his friend Juan Lopez, he’d passed the time by listening to each and every one of our albums in order, taking in different songs on every trip. He told me how surprised and happy he’d been to hear how well the interplay of bass and drums stood up after all these years. He’d re-analysed the songs’ structure and listened closely to our individual parts and remarked on how our ambitious and quirky style of play had “filled each other’s gaps,” making us both sound better in the bargain. As he
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