Jennifer Herrema: Yeah, let me say something about that. That has just recently cropped up.ĪD: There was this kind of tumultuous interview y’all did with The Guardian back in March. That we’d get to another strange place of being in the same place but also kind of wanting to go two different directions.

These back and forth personality struggles, so Neil thinks. And as time goes on it’s like ‘oh, right.’ There are these struggles. And it was awesome working together again – the familiarity was great. When we split up – you forget over the course of 19 years what all the internal working problems were. The curse part of it is only making itself present as of late. Jennifer Herrema: Yes! You hit it exactly on the head. It’s as chaotically appropriate – though disappointing – as a Royal Trux promotion cycle could be.Īquarium Drunkard spoke with Jennifer Herrema via Skype back before the tour was canceled and in an hour-long interview discussed returning to Royal Trux after an eighteen year hiatus, the interview with The Guardian, the somewhat contested recording story behind White Stuff, their almost unbelievable stint on Virgin Records in the 90s, intense bargaining over streaming their back catalogue, and the proclivity of Burger Kings in the U.K.Īquarium Drunkard: I’d imagine after a long hiatus from working with Neil, that there is a certain familiarity in returning to work with someone, but that can be both a blessing and a curse. The state of the band was further thrown into doubt via some intensely wild interviews given to The Guardian and several other outlets. Also, numerous attempts at scheduling a national tour for the album fell flat with the tour being completely canceled in late April. The duo of Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty released a new studio album, White Stuff, in March, an excellent juxtaposition for the anniversary of the label they helped found.īut for the first time since their infamous stint on Virgin Records in the 90s, they weren’t on Drag City but rather Fat Possum.

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Drag City Records happening this year was the return of Royal Trux.

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