suicide girls talks to ex-swan michael gira about his record label (young god records) and his new album (the angels of light sing other people).
dre: do you feel that you’ve lightened at all as you’ve gotten older?
mg: i don’t know. life’s very difficult for most of us. i have moments where i think it’s wonderful, and at other times it’s just grueling and hard. but i don’t think i’m so much different than most people in that way. the songs i wrote on this record are tributes to people and most of them friends. so in that sense, they’re generous and not fluff.
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