De Rishi's sacred sounds

substack:

"Looking back, it was a year of real self discovery. I’d never toured at that level before, with a band that successful, at that height. The Black Angels were wrapping up the album cycle for Phosphene Dream, and everything around them felt electric… and all the while I was writing and recording Elephant Stone’s self titled album. All of it, the music, the people, it seeped into what I was making, whether I realized it in the moment or not. The year wound down with a two night New Year's Eve run at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, a fitting close to everything that had happened since Coachella.

But the moment that’s stayed with me most from that whole year didn’t happen on any stage. It happened in the van on our drive into Chicago, heading toward Lollapalooza. Tame Impala had just released the first single off Lonerism, “Apocalypse Dreams.” I mentioned it to Alex, told him I’d just heard it, that it was really good. He asked me a question I didn’t expect.

“How does it make you feel? Does it make you angry?”

I paused, not really understanding what he meant. I said something like, “I don’t know, I guess it made me feel good?” And he said it again, quieter this time. “Doesn’t it make you angry?”

It took me a while to understand what he was actually saying. For Alex, hearing something that good wasn’t just enjoyable, it was a challenge. It should light a fire in you. You should feel something, a kind of urgency that says I need to go further than that and bring more of yourself to your art. Passion, not contentment. That’s what I took away from my year with the Angels, more than any single show or festival (well, playing with Beck was pretty life changing). I needed a fire. And I’ve been trying to keep that flame alive ever since."

lee todo:

https://substack.elephantstone.ca/p/doesnt-it-make-you-angry