With this record, I wanted to share something personal of myself in an attempt to reflect on what I guess you could call the human experience. I wanted to share something as honestly as I feel Sufjan Stevens does. I am a great admirer of his, and as a lyricist, he’s a muse to me in many ways. The quickest way for me to check a line and test whether or not it’s ill-conceived is to imagine it performed in a genre distinct from Coalesce; something without distortion but still moving. Sufjan fits this bill for me. For example, say you have a song with tons of distortion, screaming, and a fast beat; you can rattle off a line like, “I’m gonna do this or that, and fuck you,” and it’ll sound just fine. Now, try to read a line like that out loud in a normal speaking voice and its comedic value is exposed instantly.