John Butler TrioHomeHomeLet’s start with what you’ve been up to since the last album, and how these songs on Home came together.Was that move back to the country a permanent one for you and your family? Were you living in the city before that?And when did these songs on Home start to come out of you?Do you and Danielle ever write together?You’ve likened these songs coming to you as “wild horses” that you needed to work with and tame to reach the final product on the album. Is this metaphor a mindset that you’ve been in for a while?Absolutely. Were these songs recorded over a long period of time in different places or was it more of a focused, one-studio thing?Was that because of the type of songs these were, or was it more about the headspace you were in?Do you think this recording process helped you deal with that anxiety that you were feeling?Did you ever consider calling this a solo album and not putting it under the Trio's name?What made you choose the latter?You mentioned using GarageBand more in the writing of this record—did that contribute to more of an electronic/hip-hop influence, especially on tracks like the lead single “Home”? Was it a conscious decision to go that way with your sound here?Your Trio is coming up on two decades as a group—do you have any sorts of thoughts on that sort of longevity, how you’ve been able to make these records for, honestly, longer than a lot of people are able to survive in the music industry?Going forward, do you think the way this album came about might be the way that you approach future albums—with GarageBand and recording more by yourself instead of with the Trio?
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