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Eventually, though, Dupuis stopped making the brunches.
I got a little burnt out, she admits.
Without touring, her work with the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers has ramped up.
Things in the world seem so bleak.
Like, the last thing I want to focus on is creating something new of me, Dupuis says.
Between it all, Dupuis just releasedHaunted Painting, her second album under her solo project Sad13.
I hadnt heard Speedy Ortiz or Sad13 do an orchestral, scene-setting opening track like Into the Catacombs before.
Where did that come from?I have to point out different references depending on the song.
I tracked that song at Figure 8 in Brooklyn.
For every song, I feel like my brain is doing that.
I know, its so funny.
I thought we were over all that.
I want the Sad13 project to just be whatever kind of music Im interested in.
Nor do I think mine would be.
This album has some of the heavier songs youve done, and its very direct.
But I think its because I want them to be so clearly tied to the way the arrangement develops.
To me, theyre in utter conversation with each other.
Life is not just all hard or all laughs.
What was putting together Wax Nines poetry journal like for you?Its been really fun.
I definitely bit off more than I could chew in the very beginning because we were publishing weekly.
But the basic idea behind it is just that so many of my friends have lost their income.
Poets are just grateful that anyones interested in their work.
You also co-curated the Adam Schlesinger covers compilation,Saving for a Custom Van.
But I do have a really fun Liz Phair story that connects to this album.
And then she was like, Play us what youre working on!
I played her rough mixes, and she heard Oops…!
and was like, Thats gotta be a single!
Which is obviously advice I loved cause I followed it.
[Then] she was like, Okay, Im gonna track some vocals now.
Sit right next to me on the couch while I track vocals.
Youre also working with the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers.
Im used to selling like ten to 50 records a night.
Its one of my favorite parts of touring.
Im certainly not selling ten to 50 records every day.
I am on Bandcamp Day, but thats only once a month and not five nights a week.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
