It’s kind of like how college is for a lot of people. ![]() Yeah! The notion of life being able to go in so many ways is like the branch lyric how they reach away from each other. And it’s very weird how you can be here and not be here, and also still be here. And, I still am like … the friends that I have that aren’t around anymore, I feel like I see them all over the place. And I always think about the people that I knew when I was young and that didn’t make it, that I was like … it’s so weird I could have lived a whole life next to you and I didn’t … I still think about it. So you meet all these different people and you’re like, “My life could have gone in a direction where we moved to New Hampshire or something,”‘” you know? Everything feels like an option. And every possibility of how your life could go is open. It’s really fucking weird … when you’re young, there are all these different paths you can take. The way it builds up to it, it feels like a collage in the verses … and then the resolution right after was so beautiful and just … made me feel some closure about it. I started listening to your music because my friend had an extra ticket to the Largo show, so I went to it, and I wanted to ask about that line earlier, because when you played “Northsiders,” I was like… woah. It’s not my favorite way of doing things. You drive yourself around on tour? Not anymore, thankfully! But I used to a lot, and yeah. But that was, I think, a few different people. Yeah! And I had friends that were on tour that got in bad accidents who died … a lot of my songs are amalgamations of different experiences. I’ve spent all of my twenties on tour, and I always think about when I’m driving myself on tour, in a little sedan, how easy it is to just die. I had a few people in my life, like a decade ago now, that … that didn’t make it in bad car accidents. …but the line about the brake lights, was that based off of someone you know who passed? Or was that someone else’s story, or just made up? Oh yeah! Based on a few different people. Speaking of “Northsiders,” I don’t know if this is too personal a question… Oh, you’re good! Like, I’m proud of them, so I think that they are … sturdy enough to be able to go on a setlist. Oh, yeah! That makes sense, because you’ve probably played those the most since you stick them on every setlist. But, I don’t know, “Northsiders,” “Lose This Number” - those always feel really good to play and they don’t take a lot of effort. I wrote all the songs so long ago that it’s fun seeing that anybody hears about them, and it helps me care about them again. It’s less fun to play the solo songs when I’m on a band tour, but on a solo tour, it’s kind of just fun seeing what people respond to…. I think off of Beginners, all of the songs … with the band, it’s really fun to play stuff where I can watch everybody play to it it’s fun to get to pretend like I’m in a band for a second. If I’m doing solo tours … there are songs that are fun to play by myself, and then there are songs that are fun to play with the band. So I am excited for it in that way, yeah!ĭo you have a favorite song of yours off of Beginners? It changes…. Most of touring is like hanging out and not getting annoyed by the people that you’re with, and it’s an added bonus when they’re also really good at music. I produced a song on her record, and I just for years have thought she was really good and … it’s nice to get to hang out with people. ![]() ![]() Are you excited to tour specifically with Fenne Lily? Yeah! I love her music so much, and it’s cool to get to … I don’t know … I’ve been really lucky and have pretty much only gotten to tour with people whose music I like. Still, that distinct voice melds to a multitude of other artists’ music (Samia, Phoebe Bridgers, Conor Oberst), who enlist his help to join forces in their own writing process.Ī blend of stark contrasts, the songwriter opened up on some of these collaborations, as well as the aspects of his writing that will pull eager audiences to this year’s shows (that he will be co-headlining with friend and fellow singer-songwriter Fenne Lily). Upon first listen, I felt as if I’d already heard his songs before, quickly finding an affinity in the pure truths conveyed later, I would be repeatedly surprised at how many lines had never been written prior, but I felt like they had always existed. ![]() Throughout his solo work and subsequently bleeding into his collaborations, his words contain a stylistic signature that’s easily identifiable, unique yet familiar. All the while, Christian Lee Hutson’s lyricism maintains a sense of self-aware humor that alleviates just the right moments. Rare is a songwriter who deftly combines aging memories with sharp observation, soft devastation with frank beauty.
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