INT: I awakened yesterday singing The Narcissist. Do you've gotten any sort of components or tips for making one thing go down easily?
Damon: Properly how’s that track on My Truthful Woman? “a spoonful of sugar helps the drugs go down”
INT: The sugar come with 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 properly’ (laughs) It’s the joy and unhappiness of life. That remaining victory that makes individuals snort. And that’s type of the essence of melancholy: the belief that you are dying your greatest life.
INT: What’s the significance of the title of the album?
Damon: Darren is a pal of everybody in the band. He represents all of us. Darren is everyman.
INT: Nicely… did he go through one thing significantly just lately?
Damon: Properly all of us go through vital issues. Clearly as I wrote the songs I assume I went by means of some vital things as nicely. I am a licensed sad-55-years-old. I’m not afraid of unhappiness you understand.
INT: Is there an general emotional framework to the album?
Damon: I feel as soon as they catch you sure songs will play together with your emotions fairly heavely. Songs like The Everglades will snap individuals on the face at one level.
INT: Do you will have any sort of trepidation about writing weak lyrics or exposing yourself?
Damon: I suppose that in many ways this (report) is my weak. Vulnerability… by singing about it you’re someway easing it. The vulnerability is diminished by your capacity to precise it.
INT: Writing songs… does it enable you 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 am in my life and how I feel to talk about other issues typically.

By way of Broken Document podcast. 2023.