Ryan Monroe hadn’t considered himself a control freak by nature. Then he found himself at Redstar Recording in Silver Lake, Calif., with its myriad instruments scattered around, just begging to be fiddled with. For a guy who can play just about anything, it was impossible to resist. So Monroe took a breather from his continuing role as the 34-year-old bastion of versatility in Band Of Horses to record A Painting Of A Painting On Fire (RCM). Monroe hopes to tour this summer behind A Painting before things get too busy with Band Of Horses, which is finishing its fourth album with producer Glyn Johns and eyeing a September release. Monroe will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.
Monroe: This is all over the backstages in Europe. It’s hard to find in the U.S., but I think it’ll make it’s way into pharmacies all over eventually. It’s an energy-boosting, vitamin-filled effervescent tablet, kinda like Airborne. I can actually feel a difference in my energy level and overall mental clarity after dropping into water and slamming it. Bill Reynolds really got me and the band into them, I think. He religiously has one before we go on, and the rest of us now follow suit. But, make sure you don’t try to dissolve it into sparkling water like my girlfriend did in class. It will drenched everyone around you.
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