You can’t always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way. That only takes you so far.
ALAN PALOMOYou can’t always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way. That only takes you so far.
ALAN PALOMOThere’s a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
ALAN PALOMOThere’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
ALAN PALOMOI have this eerie feeling that by the time I’m 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before.
ALAN PALOMOBecause anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
ALAN PALOMOIt’s cool but also a little creepy.
ALAN PALOMOYou really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
ALAN PALOMOSo I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
ALAN PALOMOThe way you phrase it might change, but it will always continue to happen, and there’s something really charming and calming about that.
ALAN PALOMOI never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
ALAN PALOMOI think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
ALAN PALOMOBut I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
ALAN PALOMOI would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
ALAN PALOMOThe Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
ALAN PALOMOAnd we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
ALAN PALOMOThere’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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