we also did like loads of beautiful work on like the props and having so much of our like physical tension put into the fork and I feel like that created this beautiful kind of warrior essence and what it means to be in recovery that it is it is a battle it is a fight this is a fork this is a weapon this is yeah it is all of those big huge things and I think it got to feel like that while still feeling very raw and real and genuine.

Yeah, it's kind of like, I always like saying that it's almost like quite internally epic in the way that you're kind of, you know, we spoke a lot.

And, you know, one of the phrases that are used in the film was taken from, or at least like adapted and inspired by Elizabeth I's speech at the Battle of Tilbury, where she talks about women having hearts in the stomachs of kings.

And that was really like a phrase that, for me, that really helped me through.

Because when I was like, I don't know, coming to meals, I'd just be like, I'm like Elizabeth I, I have the heart and the stomach of a king, and then, you know, diving.

Because I think the thing is, is that like, I exist in a world of whimsy.

Like, that's very much like where my brain thrives.

So, yeah, I wondered if you wanted to share a bit about kind of what your hopes were in terms of connecting with other communities.

I mean, Portland Rose, where do we record this? Because, I mean, would we do it in Colorado? Where was it?

We recorded that down in Lyons, Colorado at this cool spot called Animal Lane Studio.

And we had the banjo player Travis McNamara from Tribe State Revival come and help us produce it, which was an amazing process.

That guy is such a brilliant musician and mind when it comes to the studio and is really a big help.

creating a cohesive album.

And Lyons is an awesome town to hang out in.

So we were stoked to be there for a week.

Man.