Whats the process for recording a Handsome Family album?
RS: I write the words, Brett writes the music. We argue a bunch, then we start recording. NM: Is it still just the two of you? RS: We have some guests help us here and there, but pretty much it’s just the two of us bickering. NM: You’ve called your last album, Last Days of Wonder, an “album of love songs.” Why did you decide to do an entire album of love songs? RS: Maybe I’m just feeling happier lately. Maybe it’s the times. Everybody already knows about death. We need love songs right now. NM: Do you like having the ability to say, “Yeah, but we’re big in Europe” without any irony? RS: I used to laugh when I heard that about other bands, but when it happens to you, it’s not as funny. In America, sometimes we play these little shows where people think they’re the only person who ever heard of us. Thank God for Europe, because otherwise we wouldn’t be able to support ourselves. I don’t know what the cause of it is. I feel very American. I’m inspired by living here. NM: Glad to hear you
