It’s impressive to see a band who defined themselves with all things adolescence find a way to maintain those elements yet grow beyond them at the same time.

If they can deliver three albums that do this much with such a paper-thin gimmick, there might not be anything they can’t do.

"There’s something hopelessly noble about an album aimed so squarely at the heart."

[We did] a pretty long tour with Nine Inch Nails, and we've been to Europe a bunch, so we've been pretty much a band for the past two or three years. It doesn't feel that long.

The whole time we were a four-piece [band], there was this thing gnawing at my conscience. "You have these ideas you should show people," and for whatever reason held them back. I can't hold back; I have to bring all the ideas.

It’s (being a circus performer) very similar to rock ‘n’ roll, isn’t it? You’re sort of outcasts until society decides that you’re popular, and then when you become popular, you’re then accepted into their arms and adored.