![]() ![]() What city do you feel gets your music the most? I'm more concerned with the things that are common to us and talking about those things, which is sort of political but more just humanistic. I'm not very positive, and I'm not really political. Are you purposely positive and political? The pride of Virginia I was.Īmerica is a theme that pops up in several of your songs - songs that are often more upbeat than your typical politically inspired tune. ![]() I won a poetry competition in fifth grade, though: first-place poem about the Virgin Mary statewide. Do you study poetry to make your songs this way? There's a Dickinson-like quality to your lyrics, almost like poetry. I allow for that, so fewer people relate to it, but the ones that do, relate to it more. I don't think my music is intelligent or not intelligent, but it's allowed to be personal. I don't mind being poor, so there's no pressure on me to make things everyone likes or gets. Why is pop music often so stupid, and why is your music so much smarter than what's on the radio?Ĭhris Stewart: I think what's on the radio has to sell, so it's intended to be something everyone understands. That puts it at odds with most popular music. New Times : Your songs tend to have intellectual foundations "It's Conditional," for example, is about reason. "I don't mind being poor, so there's no pressure on me to make things everyone likes." tweet this evocatively scored by Stewart's personal, nostalgic touch coupled with every happy-sad, Ian Curtis–garage dance party you've never been to."īefore the band's show at Gramps next Monday, Stewart spoke with New Times about everything from petting Utah's goats to time travel. Throughout the project's three-record life, Stewart's sound has been called "tastefully stark" and "upbeat and slightly irreligious." Slug described the band's most recent album, It's Immaterial, as "amplified vocals, pastel-colored synths, and a hint of modern-day deference. ![]() Playing bass in front of his own large shadow, the 41-year-old artist casually shapes the pinkie and pointer fingers on his fretboard-caressing left hand into the "rock on" horns familiarized by Dio and Sabbath.īlack Marble, Stewart's band, doesn't have the name recognition of Black Sabbath, but music critics agree his talent deserves more fame. In a 2016 YouTube video, Chris Stewart is a heavy-metal god performing in a small club. ![]()
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