The Damage Done
“I HAVE MORE SUCCESS WRITING ON AN OLD BEAT-UP GUITAR THAT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL. THEY JUST FEEL MORE OPEN AND FULL”
WHEN INSPIRATION SPRINGS from difficult circumstances, Wesley Schultz of the Lumineers isn’t afraid to venture into the depths. The Platinum-selling folk-rock band’s new album, III (Dualtone), unravels the intertwined stories of family members lost to addiction and the ways it affects those around them. Loosely based on diary entries that Schultz made while dealing with troubles in his own clan, the song cycle confronts the subject matter in stark, up-front arrangements against the band’s major-key melodies and shout-along choruses.
“So many of my favorite songs have that collision of a
