“Well, you had a good run”, someone said to me, but that was no particular solace. I was facing reinventing myself and starting over at the age of thirty-six, and working as a part-time flower delivery guy and piano tuner. ![]() I’d had a baby, so I couldn’t tour full-time anymore, so I was functionally unemployed, and moving around besides. I started getting touchy and thin-skinned at shows, and I felt like I was losing my mojo as a performer. I’d made what I considered my best record, but meanwhile I couldn’t draw anyone to a show in my own country. I wrote most of the songs at a time when it seemed like my career as a musician was over. You may well notice some frustration in it though. I think all of my records been pretty dramatic – that’s just the pitch I operate at. Was there a conscious decision to hike up and intensify the drama as much as possible? It’s also a very angry album, if I’ve interpreted its meaning correctly. To Us, The Beautiful! is a huge sounding record, arguably your most epic release to date. ![]() First though, there’s the matter of his remarkable new album, To Us The Beautiful! Franz talked frankly to God Is In The TV Zine, about this work of art, former bandmates and a particularly mischievous rodent… After fifteen years in the music business, performing first with World/Inferno Society and Guignol, and then finding huge audiences with the likes of The Hold Steady and Against Me!, Franz Nicolay is on the verge of calling it quits.
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