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MLS: It's so cool, because they both start off similarly.
ATTAWAY: Yeah, they do don't they! I never even thought about that. I knew I had another song that started like that.
MLS: It kind of brings the music around full circle.
ATTAWAY: Well, you know the guy in Rolling Stone brought up something interesting too. He said for him that was kind of a closure to the sort of Athens jangly pop sound of the 80's. I didn't necessarily intend it to do that.
MLS: "In Thrall" is like "Jamboree" (Guadalcanal Diary's second album) to me.
ATTAWAY: I actually listened to Jamboree for the first time in years when I was out in L.A. doing this record. I've never liked that record. Not to toot my own horn, but I was really surprised by how well it held up to my ear. It sounded fresh to me. It was kind of a painful, unnatural record to make. A lot of people come up to me and tell me it was their favorite album.
MLS: Why was it unnatural to make?
ATTAWAY: It was an unpleasant record for me to make because I was going through some rather bad times at that point. I don't know how much you know about me but I used to be a big drunk and I've been in recovery for years now. At that point it was just before I got sober. But the funny thing about it is, I don't hear any of that when I listen to that record. I couldn't listen to it because I didn't want to be reminded of this period. Fortunately, I don't think it made it on the record.
MLS: That explains why 3 A.M. and Whiskey Talk (songs from the albums "2X4" and "Flip Flop," respectively) were recorded. The first being more sympathetic to the cause and the other a "come on get with it!"
ATTAWAY: There's sort of a drunk song on every record (laughter) whether I like it or not... the trend continues with Fall So Far.
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