Cadmium

Evan wrote about “Cadmium” in his reddit AMA in March 2016.

"“Cadmium” is about the pressure that builds when you don’t say what you’re thinking about, and how it always feels so much better to just talk about what’s on your mind. Also I wanted to explore different representational strategies, i.e. different ways to ‘say it’…. there are no answers, just questions."

This theme is seen in “Aphasia,” as well.

In an email to FADER, Evan said:

"The song’s a lot about correspondence and communication. There’s a book called "I Send You This Cadmium Red" by John Berger and John Christie that collects the letters the two Johns sent to one another. The first letter sent was just a square of that color. I was writing a lot of letters with my friend out west at the time, and we liked the idea. We started sending colors and art sometimes and found it to be a different and good (and sometimes more direct) way to say what we were feeling."