I understand there’s a shift in the dynamic of this album, with Vinnie taking over a lot of the reigns in writing the lyrics. What happened here?
Lacey: Everyone has always had the opportunity to write anything that anyone wants in the band, it’s just when we started this record Vinnie came with so much already. It had nothing to do with me; it had everything to do with Vin. He just came with everything completed already and it was so good we were all really excited as a band to follow his lead.
Accardi: A lot of times when we have breaks on tour, I continue to go into our friend Mike [Sapone]’s studio and work out anything I have. When we started the record, I kind of had more material than we usually start with when going in to write a record, which was good because we wound up with a shortage at some point. Things just kind of spilled over as they did and turned into us working on everything together and filling in the weeks. I don’t think there was ever a point where I raised my hand and said I want to do this now; I think it’s my turn.
Lacey: You probably just noticed me being lazier about things.
Accardi: A little bit.
Lacey: Instead of stopping at the point he usually did when he was writing a song to let us put whatever we’re supposed to put on it, he just took it further than he normally does. Instead of taking it 50 percent, he did it 75 or 80 or 100 percent.

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