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“I spent a lot of time thinking about the ways ironic detachment and nihilism permeates online culture and by extension into our day to day lives. There’s a discovery happening in real time throughout a lot of the songs on the album. Like on That Dream “I found a way to explain what I knew inside was wrong”, that lyric to me is about the different ideas we hold to cover up the parts of the world that don’t fit in our worldview. If we as people are committed to a better world then we have to recognize those blinding and mystifying ideas that make us content to leave the world as it is. In contrast to the first album, this one is a lot more outwardly focused. I still paint with an introspective brush but I tried to ask questions that challenge the ‘out there.”
-Theo Matz, songwriter, American Sigh
“I spent a lot of time thinking about the ways ironic detachment and nihilism permeates online culture and by extension into our day to day lives. There’s a discovery happening in real time throughout a lot of the songs on the album. Like on That Dream “I found a way to explain what I knew inside was wrong”, that lyric to me is about the different ideas we hold to cover up the parts of the world that don’t fit in our worldview. If we as people are committed to a better world then we have to recognize those blinding and mystifying ideas that make us content to leave the world as it is. In contrast to the first album, this one is a lot more outwardly focused. I still paint with an introspective brush but I tried to ask questions that challenge the ‘out there.”
-Theo Matz, songwriter, American Sigh
After a ten-year hiatus, Sebastian Bach returns with Child Within the Man, an album the enigmatic singer considers to be the best album of his solo career. Bach discusses the time and care put into the album, how he organizes his massive vinyl collection, the inspiration behind “Hard Darkness,” and why he won’t keep a consistent lineup of musicians to play on his albums and tour.
After a ten-year hiatus, Sebastian Bach returns with Child Within the Man, an album the enigmatic singer considers to be the best album of his solo career. Bach discusses the time and care put into the album, how he organizes his massive vinyl collection, the inspiration behind “Hard Darkness,” and why he won’t keep a consistent lineup of musicians to play on his albums and tour.