No Age: "Everybody's Down" AUDIO + Pitchfork Interview

I haven’t discussed No Age here yet, but I am a real big fan. Caught them live a couple weeks ago and they put on an amazing live show. Great interaction with the crowd and tons of passion for what they were doing. Pitchfork did an interview with them last week and it made me like them that much more. Check it here:

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Pitchfork: What are other [personal politics] that you have?

RR: It starts to get a little bit more abstract. Just being a nice guy. Just being honest. Working towards being straight about your feelings, but those become more abstract. It’s not as [straightforward] as “you ate an egg, you’re not vegan.” It’s more like you told someone you really like them and you felt ambivalent about it.

Personal politics are important in an age when our voices are represented and we can stand up as a group or as an individual and find satisfaction in your views. I feel like being vegan or not driving a car or just choosing to live your life in whichever way you want to is really important because it’s your life and it means something. Versus just being a voter: We can all vote for Obama or all vote for Hillary, but it doesn’t really say who I am as a person.

This year we’re going to be asked to represent a lot of values. You know, liberal–minded punks will be called upon to support some interesting issues and I still feel like the personal issues are still there. They’re not going to be dwarfed by the bigger politics.