The stuff that didnt survive was the stuff that was in the way of a melody coming through, of a visible song. Those were just different sounds, looked at the same way as a keyboard sound or guitar sound, as a way to frame or color a lyric. Like Radio Cure, with the scratchiness coming through — it made it easier to communicate the lyrics.It actually has the effect of radio, which captures both distance and connection.Im mesmerized by that. Country songs on jukeboxes in bars always sounded better to me than playing country records at home. Not that I heard a lot of country songs on jukeboxes. But where I grew up [in Belleville, Illinois], you were more likely to than not.Was there a point, as you made the album, that you knew it was good? That it was the right music to make?.