We were definately out to make this one more accessible. Our previous albums had their good and bad sides, but none of us spent much time listening to them. We wanted to make one we might really like to listen to. ... We wanted an album that didn't have as many silly lyrics or as many fantasy-oriented lyrics.

I just really like it up here. It's out of the way and has a small-town feeling to it. It definitely feels like a community. And where else would we go? I can't imagine us moving to Boston or Los Angeles. We're on the road a lot - eight or nine months last year - so why not spend the rest of our time in a beautiful place like Vermont?