The only difference is that the hallucinations have strings attached to the ground and that's really what I wanted. Violet and Black reflects Brantford's small-town vibe. Elaborate on that. There are a lot of factories that have closed down here. Yeah, it is a struggle.
Life is probably a struggle in every town.
The album is very particular to the idea that industry is moving out or closing down. I have a weak spot for the architecture of a dead factory an old canal and a footbridge that used to be used by workers that goes across the canal that is now overgrown with vines and things. There's a feeling that it's an old world there and that it's just going to return to forest or fields someday. In a lot of places, you'll walk out and there will be a train line that used to be used for shunting combines from some of the farm machinery places. The train line has turned to rust.