21st Century Survival Blues :: The Invisible Llama

21st Century Survival Blues

Times Played	71
First Played	#2045 2017-03-29, Le Marche Garé, Lyon, France
Last Played	#3178 2026-09-25, Lost Evenings 9, Southside Ballroom, Dallas, TX, USA
Opened the Set	4 times
Closed the Set	0 times
Longest Gap	368 days (2022-09-15 to #2815 2023-09-18, Goldfields Trading Post, Roseville, CA, USA)

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“Some songs come quick, others slow. I got up one morning with an idea in my head, rushed down to the piano, and had most of this song together in an hour or so. Originally the vibe was a little more Portishead, trip-hop, but once…”
— Louder: Be More Kind track-by-track, 2018
“It's a really different feeling for me as an individual as well as a writer,”
— Songfacts: 21st Century Survival Blues
“On other records I've made I'm figuring out my personal life. Now I have a partner who I am very happy with.”
— Songfacts: 21st Century Survival Blues
“When the world starts falling apart I am not going to start reaching for an AK-47, I am going to try and figure out where my missus is,”
— Songfacts: 21st Century Survival Blues
“He was telling me about how he had this stockpile of weapons and dried food ready for the end of the world,”
— Songfacts: 21st Century Survival Blues
“He said, 'When the ship goes down you can't eat gold'. It was a striking conversation. He's planning on robbing people for food. I don't think that survivalists have a point and I don't think we are about to reach a state of society collapsing…”
— Songfacts: 21st Century Survival Blues