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So is there a concept behind this album?
Bear with me.
I first read John Irving's "Almost To Iowa" when i was 16. I remember feeling as if someone hit me with a sledgehammer by the time i was finished.
I must have read it a hundred times in the years following, searching for sub-textual clues and hidden meanings -
It was an enigmatic, deeply allegoric story about conviction, honesty and guilt and it connected with every fiber of my teenage being.
It was about a decade later that i first read the author's commentary -
wherein Irving admits to hating the story; he finds it 'loathsomely cute' and arguably, condescending.
For him, it is a story about divorce, and doesn't even do well in that regard.
I think good stories, like any good art, are ones that let you decide what they're about - that let you fill in the subtext and straight-out blanks, that challenge you to feel rather than chewing your food-for-thought for you.
Of course this album has a concept, and a story, but they are mine and so, expressing them would defeat their purpose.
Go make your own adventure.
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2. Stamina, pt.1
03:31
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It was the driver's feeling that a radio would be distracting to them both.
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3. Stamina, pt.2
02:44
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Early-morning goals are among the illusions we must indulge if we're going to get anywhere at all.
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7. Repetition, pt.2
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One bad mistake every eighteen and a half hours isn't so bad.
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8. Repetition, pt.3
01:26
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And a remarkable bit of repression to think of this mistake as the first.
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9. Joliet
03:28
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All right, that's enough.
I'll take you home.
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