Isaac parla di Scars & Stories!

Girando su internet ho trovato queste domande poste a Isaac riguardo la scelta del titto del nuovo album Scars & Stories al racconto delle creazione dei pezzi: 1961, Munich, The Fighter.

MR: Parliamo del nuovo album Scars & Stories. Quest'album tratta davvero di cicatrici (scars) e storie (stories). Non è così?

IS: Sì. Questo nome in realtà proveniva da una canzone che non ce l'ha fatta a nascere su questo disco. Quella canzone particolare aveva circa 4 versi di elenco di tutte le ex-fidanzate che io abbia mai avuto in queste amorevoli canzoni di distici (strofa di 2 versi). Il quinto verso invece si trasforma in una canzone d'amore per la mia ragazza. E' essenzialmente una confessione di tutte le cose che ho vissuto. Certe cose sanno un po' di errore, ma guardando indietro alla mia vita, ognuna di quelle cose mi ha portato dove mi trovo ora. Mi piace anche l'idea delle cicatrici, sai?

Le cicatrici sono un po' sexy perchè vogliono dire che hai vissuto la vita. Non stai vivendo in una torre d'avorio al riparo, sei fuori per le strade alla ricerca di ciò che vuoi. Puoi ottenere delle botte quando lo fai. A volte le cicatrici finiscono per essere una parte importante della relazione- quando arrivi a quel punto della confessione e della narrazione. In definitiva, se quella persona ti accetta, quelle cicatrici diventano una mappa di dove siete ora e, a volte, anche un indizio su dove state andando

(Prossimanente la traduzione integrale)

MR: Can you tell us about "1961," like why 1961?

IS: That song came from a trip that Dillon and I took to New Orleans to try to do some writing - we rented a house and chilled down there for about a week and a half. We wrote that song about The Berlin Wall and the division it represented in regards to one unified city becoming two cities still under the covering of a country. They're both German, but in a sense, they were as far from each other as they could possibly be. I think that's how our relationships can be sometimes. Not to sound cliché, but we all as people build these walls that don't really come down until someone comes into our lives, tears them down, and says, "Enough!"

MR: And there's the song "Munich."

IS: I think "Munich" one of my favorite songs on the record. I have a sweet spot for science - I think it's one of the most artistic professions out there. There's this large particle collider out in Switzerland that is kind of helping scientists peel back the curtain on what creates gravity and mass. Some very big questions are being raised, even some things that Einstien proposed, that have just been accepted for decades are starting to be challenged. They're looking for the God Particle, basically, the particle that holds it all together. That song is really just about the mystery of why we're all here and what's holding it all together, you know?

MR: Also, can you talk about "The Fighter"?

IS: "The Fighter" was actually inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, though I can't remember the name of the painting. I just sat down at a piano and stared at the painting. He is one of my favorite painters. It's a scene where the fighter and his opponent are going at it and there's a girl standing in the crowd shouting, "No!" I just really like the idea of this desperate and hopeless fighter trying to get through life. I think he and his girlfriend both know he's going to lose, but he has to go through with this fight. I know people like that. I'm like that.

Per la traduzione grazie a Kiba2inu