“Songs From A Toxic Apartment was made as a complete piece, which puts me at odds with the iTunes culture of single-track focus. I spent a long time making a flow to tell the story I wanted to tell, out of a strange group of songs that started as demos for an opera. Other than one song which I recorded straight as I walked in the door at 3am from a lonely walk with only a half run-through, which provided a bit of a bridge emotionally. You might or might guess which song that is. Anyway it was a lot of carving and painting to make a complete experience…”
Read more of Ethan’s interview with Amy Grimm at Whatever….