Pitchfork: Justin Vernon Talks Kanye Collaboration, Gayngs
This is a great interview, worth a read.
Pitchfork: Last time I spoke with you, you mentioned that some of the songs you were working on sounded like Bruce Hornsby. And then you ended up on this Gayngs album— which kind of sounds like Bruce Hornsby.
Justin Vernon: The Gayngs thing came to me from Ryan [Olson], who’s like a childhood hero of mine. He played in the band in high school when I was in middle school and I just looked up to him. Some of the album was recorded at my studio out here, and we mixed it here, too. Me and Ryan and my brother Nate just spent months and months and months on it. Being able to do something that wasn’t necessarily me at forefront was really important.
And it made me realize how sounds had become political— it’s not cool to have certain sounds on your record and I had no fucking idea. Like, I didn’t even know that I was supposed to apologize for listening to Bruce Hornsby. It’s dumb to meddle in those kind of questions, like, “Is this cool or not?” I really don’t give a shit about that stuff.
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