Eugene Robinson: "If you've followed any Oxbow record it might feel like being dropped into the middle of a book, which largely, is exactly what’s happening. So making this record was for me, a way to complete the song cycle that started with 'Fuckfest'."
Eugene Robinson: "Oxbow's entire oeuvre is as challenging of a thing as I have ever been involved in, and whose "success" was never guaranteed as it was about war with self, others, fate, circumstance and shorn of a moral framework, making it strange to use, but a certain kind of evil. Tough to spend 5 minutes like this. Even tougher to do so for 25 years. Post-Thin Black Duke… the expectation should be for a kinder and more beautiful Oxbow. Because? Because we've earned it. Maybe.
You may not enjoy Thin Black Duke, but it'll be one of the best records you've heard."
Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson: "Recording is very much more of a HEAD process. Live is much more of a HEART issue. The balance is delicate...
We write music all the time. But the lyrics get finished first. And then Niko Wenner goes off and works up genius song ideas and we hammer those into something called Oxbow. We take a long time between records because it takes a long time to get this stuff right."
