WW: What about the references in “Granite” to a “new way” and a “new dawn”? What was your focus there?
RS: This was around the time of Hurricane Katrina happened. There was all this shit in the world that was changing on such a massive scale, and it was the first time I’d ever seen an entire city flooded out. It was a sense of being invaded by something. It got into our head, that feeling.
WW: What about the references in “Granite” to a “new way” and a “new dawn”? What was your focus there?
RS: This was around the time of Hurricane Katrina happened. There was all this shit in the world that was changing on such a massive scale, and it was the first time I’d ever seen an entire city flooded out. It was a sense of being invaded by something. It got into our head, that feeling.
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2008/10/qa_with_rob_swire_of_pendulum.php