Blog: Captain Obvious

New Wax It can't be easy to follow an unexpected critical success. I mean, look what M. Night Shyamalan has done after The Sixth Sense . When he was couped up in that Wisconsin cabin cooking up strips of venison and tirelessly recording, I doubt Justin Vernon had the faintest idea what kind of impact his lo-fi folk album For Emma, Forever Ago would go on to have. I'm always surprised at what causes hipsters to froth at the moth, but even the rabid masses [...]

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