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Pokey LaFarge: Must Be a Reason

Pokey LaFarge describes the title of his album as "the state where artists create." Of the process he said, "I got to the point in writing these songs where I felt like a house on fire that just kept burning."

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By Ariana Morgenstern • Jun 8, 2017 • 1 min read

Pokey LaFarge describes the title of his album as "the state where artists create." Of the process he said, "I got to the point in writing these songs where I felt like a house on fire that just kept burning." The 10 songs on Manic Revelations found him confronting demons both within and surrounding him. "Must Be a Reason" is about the politics of romance.

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