Portland's Rock Poet Laureate

The way your mind should go alone

“It’s hard to breathe in foreign bedrooms” matt pond PA assures us, and we feel like he could mean touring but also just mean following a girl home. On this album I think maybe he figured he made a breakthrough—maybe this would be the time he’s feeling better.  But he didn’t.  Not to the total outsider just paying attention to the parts he gives us. Maybe we never do break through. Maybe there are people who just keep repeating this kind of life for so long.   I cannot wait until we see the sun all the time again.   I cannot wait. 

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I once worked at a job in a pretty
small office where my boss let me listen
to whatever I liked, on speakers, while I worked.

It was right around when Kid A came out.
One day she walked down the echoing hallway
towards our office and my speakers.
As soon as she crossed the threshold
she asked, “is that
church music?”