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Just found out, Adam had been living in Melbourne, Australia for six months before Work was released, to explain why he likes Oz so much.
They've had some time off. A six month break to regroup, see other things, places and people. Work on a tan, work on love and life. Bebban did so in Los Angeles and Adam in Melbourne. Carl, Ted and Eric remained in Stockholm. And when they got together again they knew that this is what they do, and that this is what they will continue to do. You don't know what you've got til it's in Melbourne sort of thing…
Adam wrote many songs down there, in a tiny room, with a little synthesizer, an acoustic guitar and garageband on his laptop. He passed them on to the others who listened closely from their corners of the world, questioning and challenging him – like a good band should – until the songs that make up Work had all passed the test, made the cut and lived to tell the story...
The song Walls came first and then the rest, one by one, brick by brick if you will, whilst the Australian trams passed by outside. It's interesting though, how the last album (Our Ill Wills) was all about travel – from the song titles down to the flags that braced the cover. This one may be written in Melbourne, recorded in Seattle, and for the first time with a non-Swede in the producer seat, but this is the coming home one. The one where they decide to keep it simple, lose the percussionist. To sack the string quartet, trust the songs. Or as Adam Olenius (singer) puts it in one of those songs: "Throwing stones, they´re rolling home". It happened just like that. All pieces found their natural place.
"Victoria, knew I would end up in Victoria" - Walls
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