Personally, I'm really glad to a) not be singing and b) not be approaching my own contributions in the same manner I usually do, with the objectives or intent of pop songwriting. That approach always entails this really controlled, refined pursuit of events, so to speak. With Bison Forest, that's a much lower priority.

RS: Bill Caperton [of Ela]. He just mentioned it as something he'd been reading about, and I thought, "Band name!" The bison forest(s) of eastern Europe pretty much stretched from modern day Estonia all the way down to the Mediterranean, and was primary hunting ground for that region during most of the last couple millennia. I think we like to think that we maybe pay homage to that. Peter Leggett is Turkish, so I know he feels a close connection to the east.

RS: One.

RS: I'm having a blast, although I totally snoozed through a rehearsal on sunday and felt like a jackass.The fact that I can't really afford to do that in this group is great, though—in the moment, it's extremely engaging, and yet I feel much more cognizant of what's happening when we play because I'm not physically, mentally, and emotionally preoccupied with singing.