I wanted to reverse-engineer the songcraft this time around, Simpson said to Lowe.
Country music especially can get very formulaic.
You have to have your verses and bridge and chorus.
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His goal for the collection was simple: try something new.
I already madeMetamodern[Sounds in Country Music], he said.
So I didnt want to make another psychedelic country record.
But as soon as I open my mouth, its always going to be a country record.
Simpson broke out with the trippy 2014 setMetamodern.
If Impact is any indication, Simpsons searching hasnt stopped but it has yielded at least one answer.
Were dying to live / And were living to die, as he sings here.
And his only solution in the face of death?
Go on and love a little…see to it you give a little, before you go.
