INT: I awakened yesterday singing The Narcissist. Do you could have any type of components or tips for making one thing go down simply?
Damon: Nicely how’s that track on My Truthful Woman? “a spoonful of sugar helps the drugs go down”
INT: The sugar include the melody?
Damon: I don’t know. It’s definitely not on the lyrics, the lyrics are not often uplifting. Spike Milligan was an excellent comic author and on his grave stone he had inscribed ‘I advised you I wasn’t feeling nicely’ (laughs) It’s the enjoyment and unhappiness of life. That last victory that makes individuals snigger. And that’s sort of the essence of melancholy: the belief that you're dying your greatest life.
INT: What’s the significance of the title of the album?
Damon: Darren is a good friend of everyone in the band. He represents all of us. Darren is everyman.
INT: Nicely… did he undergo one thing considerably just lately?
Damon: Properly all of us go through vital things. Clearly as I wrote the songs I assume I went via some vital issues as nicely. I am a licensed sad-55-years-old. I’m not afraid of unhappiness you realize.
INT: Is there an general emotional framework to the album?
Damon: I feel once they catch you certain songs will play together with your emotions quite heavely. Songs like The Everglades will snap individuals on the face at one point.
INT: Do you've gotten any type of trepidation about writing weak lyrics or exposing yourself?
Damon: I suppose that in some ways this (document) is my weak. Vulnerability… by singing about it you’re by some means easing it. The vulnerability is diminished by your capability to precise it.
INT: Writing songs… does it make it easier to to know your emotions or speak about it?
Damon: Yes but I don’t wish to make all of it about myself. I exploit where I'm in my life and how I feel to talk about other things typically.

By way of Damaged Report podcast. 2023.