But on the other hand, it does seem like in our personal lives that we had not really loved and not really taken care of ourselves. For this album and what was going on in the world at the time, did those events influence any creative choices or the music content within that album that may be last minute changes at all?īB: Totally! I mean it sounds a little bit funny, but because of that feeling of not feeling like we were entitled to be anything but mad, sad or fighting or whatever. This is in line with the previous question. I realized that there was a lot at stake with what we say, how we act and how we talk to ourselves that affects how we talk to each other and all that stuff. Not entirely, but I think I saw a lot of that and even in myself I feel like I really learned a lot. However, those that were on the fence, I think they didn’t have any hate, but instead I think they were like, “whoa, what’s going on here?” But when I look at it again, there are those with hate who continue to have hate. That was one positive, otherwise it didn’t feel good collectively because there was just so much fighting. But it did also turn people that were not paying attention to start paying attention. And to me that felt unfair to be happy while that was happening. And as much as I think it was good to come out, just those little brief moments really kind of help bring us back without destroying ourselves with all that energy, that negative energy, now.īB: Well, it did seem to me like the people that were already mad, sad and disappointed just became more mad, sad and disappointed. Mxdwn: You said something very poignant to me: are we allowed to feel this joy? I think it was good that there were moments of joy and peace because that anger can consume you. So in a way, I think the pendulum swung all the way to the bad side and I think it’s coming back in a lot of ways to the other side. But I think it did force a lot of people to open up their eyes and see things that they had been denying. That things are getting better for them even if it seems like everything is and actually was completely horrible. Yeah, if the kids out there sing and I hope in turn that, you know, the kids are getting better. And while I think that’s true, I think it also was good to find little bits of joy, find little bits of whatever it was- just enjoy nature. It just didn’t seem like it was fair to have joy, fair to have any other feeling aside from anger.
It was happening to the entire world.Īnd what was happening here in this country at that time was unbelievable. It’s just visceral and it wasn’t just happening to one person. I think particularly also because there was something terrible happening every day. So I think having a record that was forcing joy was pretty lucky at that time. Unfortunately, of course, as we all know now that we didn’t get the chance to sing those every day, but these affirmations came in your head all the time.
And we thought that if you said words enough- like chanting, that would be a way to manifest, a way to make change, and that if we, you know, sing these songs every night and people sing along with us, that could create some real change.
But for Under the Spell of Joy, we were just getting enlightened to this idea that words have power. Every year should be exponential growth in learning anyways. And pertaining to the music, it was powerful especially with themes regarding the power of manifestation and cosmic intervention, and I wanted to know how these principles make an appearance in your life and the band’s life at the time?īonnie Bloomgarden: Well I think we’ve learned- I mean, everyone hopefully has learned so much. I want to express my gratitude to you and the band for being able to create art in a time where it’s safe to say, everyone was going through it. First of all, it was amazing that the band put out music during such a challenging time. Mxdwn: Let’s start with the last project you released back in 2020, Under the Spell of Joy.
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