'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.
I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.
Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.