
. . . I spoke with Paul Masvidal-guitarist, singer, and a founding member of Cynic-backstage in New York City a few days ago as of this writing. As I was packing up after the interview, we talked briefly about "pick-me-up" albums. Everyone has one or two: my father's is Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA , my mother's is Fleetwood Mac's 1997 live record The Dance . Cynic's Traced in Air is my pick-me-up album. True story: once, when I was out of medication, I listened to TiA in the midst of [...]