On their 13th album, Wilco continue to push the parameters of their own artistry. In our latest Digital Cover Story, we caught up with Jeff Tweedy to chart the ins and outs of 'Cousin.'
. Yes, as an Ebon Moss-Bachrach truther, I was bummed to hear the truth, too, I won’t lie.
“I think I had the impression most people would want, that maybe things would settle down if you turn that off,” he says, laughing. “Maybe it’s not helping if that’s in the background. Usually, when I hear stuff in movies, or out in public, if it’s being played over the PA in a restaurant or something, it takes me a long time to realize that it’s me.
Wilco just isn’t a band that’s going to phone it in. As a longtime fan, you begin to see how divided their audience can get. There’s the oldheads, thepurists who don’t completely engage with the contemporary stuff; then there’s the new guard, the folks who devour the dBpm-era work. But there’s a reason why: Wilco refuse to settle into one mode, instead pointing their aim at a lifetime of surprise.
Tweedy’s songwriting is glacial and organic. When he was writing his memoir, he was also working on his solo recordsand, as a result, he began making songs that were much more direct and biographical—because his focus was so centered on memory and on prose. That period of a few years really gave him, and Wilco, time to remain in a pseudo-abstract energy.
Lyrics like “it never hurts to cry, the dead awake in waves” or “I’ve always been afraid to sing, somehow that’s all I do, strange as it seems, I’ve outlived my dreams” feel existential yet grounded, pulling at this fabric of disquiet.
is the most industrial record Wilco has made since starting their own record label, dBpm, in 2011. What I mean by that is there’s a lot of computerized elements, heavy overdubs, samplers and pitched percussion on this thing—be it the startling, melancholic drum machine on “Sunlight Ends” or the jagged soundscape swell on “Pittsburgh.” Having gone from making a full-blown Americana, singer/songwriter statement likein just a year’s time, the traditions of “fan service” are fully out the window.
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