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Speaking to Kerrang! about the creative process this time around and how it impacted the length in particular of the record, bassist Troy Sanders enthused: "Mastodon feels as much like home now as ever. We’re not phoning it in, or releasing something obligatory.
"Hushed And Grim was our most collaborative effort to date. There’s no one songwriter or lyricist. We’re all contributing, all writing, all committed to taking a risk. That exemplifies the term 'band’. 17 years ago, we took a risk writing an album about Moby Dick. Now we’re taking a risk with a double-album. If it feels right, we do it.”
Listen to Sickle And Peace below: