I’d like to start with the latest album Bright Spirit. What was the conceptual starting point for Bright Spirit? We felt we were completing a trilogy of albums that began with The Universe Also Collapses in 2018, there seemed to be a thematic journey from there. The title suggests optimism and illumination—was that a deliberate response to current times or an internal band evolution? I think one of the responsibilities of being in Gong is to bring optimism, light and transformation. This has hopefully always present in our work. How does this album reflect where Gong is today as a band? At any point, the music and themes reflect where we are, as a band and as five individuals on our own personal journeys. The story of Gong was already a strange one but our chapter, our decade has been so unexpected, to us at least and yet here we […]
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