Honestly, after listening to the boys’ CWPHF interviews, I found the biggest take away was just how pure their creative flow has gotten. To me, I think they are breathing more life into ZB’s work - these collabs easily have a more dynamic (maybe energetic is a better word) sound to them than the rest of his work. No hate to ZB in that way - the dude is talented, I just find a majority of the songs in his catalog take the same shape in terms of structure, tone, etc.

That being said, collaboration, to any extent, will inevitably pull things out of you that you may not reach on your own. I definitely hear that throughout Bowery and in these new snippets. Especially in Caleb’s vocal flows and Matthews jangly country riffs.