Aaron Dessner says he “picked up a spotlight” from working with Taylor Swift

The Nationwide‘s Aaron Dessner says he has “picked up a spotlight” in his songwriting and manufacturing since working with Taylor Swift.

Dessner co-produced and wrote on Swift’s 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, and likewise labored on quite a few “From the Vault” tracks that seem on Swift’s re-recorded variations of ‘Fearless’ and ‘Purple’ that arrived final yr.

Final March, after ‘Folklore’ received a Grammy for Album of the 12 months, Dessner credited Swift with “restoring [his] religion in music,” and has opened up once more on the affect she has had on him in a brand new interview.

Chatting with The i, Dessner stated: “Even simply working with Taylor, she’s an excellent musician and so skilled by way of making information, so I used to be studying from her – I picked up a spotlight, and likewise simply the enjoyment that she has.”

Of working within the pandemic, he added: “It was nearly like I used to be in some loopy boot camp for making a tonne of music actually quick and absolutely producing it after which it might be launched rapidly.”

Although he has stated prior to now that “this story, this period, has concluded” with ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, Dessner has confirmed that he anticipates that he and Swift “will proceed to be in one another’s creative and private lives. I don’t know precisely what the following kind that may take, however definitely, it should proceed.”

After his work with Swift and a number of different artists together with King Princess, Dessner is now engaged on a brand new album with The Nationwide.

Forward of their headline present at London’s All Factors East subsequent week (August 26), Aaron’s twin brother Bryce Dessner has spoken to NME concerning the new materials, and whether or not Aaron’s work with Swift may have attracted new followers to the band. A brand new music known as ‘Bizarre Goodbyes’, a collaboration with Bon Iver, might be launched on Monday (August 22).

“The songs are weak and direct like on [2008 album] ‘Boxer’, however with experimental moments like [2017’s] ‘Sleep Nicely Beast’ and uncooked moments like [2005’s] ‘Alligator’,” he stated. “In a means, it’s the entire historical past of the band however with a brand new exploration in it. A few of them are our most accessible, others are extra poetic with totally different preparations.”

The guitarist additionally teased that the brand new materials won’t essentially take the type of an album, and that he couldn’t say when extra new music is likely to be launched.

“I don’t know precisely what form it should take, as a result of it’s greater than a document, but it surely’s getting shut,” he stated. “New music might be imminent, however I can’t say when. We’ve got extra songs that we’d like, which is an effective factor.”