A couple of years ago and for a couple of years, I nearly forgot just how much music meant to me, how much I depended on it, how much I loved it, how much I wanted it. I was listening to the same things over and over, or not listening at all; I was not curious; I had stopped listening to THE FUCKING NATIONAL!! I’m not kidding. The National. My favorite band. I had stopped listening to my fucking favorite band.