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On Flock of Dimes, Bon Iver, and Wye Oak’s Every Day Like the Last

smART MAGAZINE | DURHAM | ALT.ITUDE

JUL 04, 2023 | ISSUE 12

1: FLOCK OF DIMES 


IDEATION


sM | What was the creative space you were inhabiting around the time you created the Flock of Dimes project? 



JW ─ Not only do I remember it, but I am in the thick of it once again. It’s so funny, I’ve been doing this for long enough that I’m starting to be humbled by how much having a creative practice is just forgetting and relearning things you thought you already knew.


I had never really experienced the freedom of being outside of Wye Oak and understand a little better who I am and what I have to say, so I felt this call to step outside of that. And in the process of making that first Flock of Dimes record, If You See Me Say Yes, I had a total fucking meltdown. That was the first time in my career that I felt like I learned a lesson that I’m learning again now.


Being alone, you have all this power, this autonomy, this freedom. But you forget, or I forgot, all of the support, assistance, and inspiration that comes from being in a relationship. There has to be space for you to be this separate autonomous artist, but to try and create in a vacuum forever and to try and hold the reins too tightly is doing your art and yourself a great disservice.

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