‘… We sequenced the entire album before I tackled the lyrics, which was a new process for us.’ This is what Cursive’s frontman, Tim Kasher, told me in my interview with him a few weeks back. ‘New processes’ are all over the band’s forthcoming seventh …

In a word, the new Cursive album is magnificent; I’m going to save my full verdict for my review next week, but first things first: a couple of weeks ago, I was offered the chance to interview one of my favourite songwriters, the (in my opinion) legend …