the wrong end of the telescope

You know when you're having a shitty night and sometimes the universe provides you with things you need?

BRENDON ACTUAL URIE.

This time around, I felt I had to step up and take the reins lyrically. It’s something I wasn’t very well practiced in, so I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to write about—what would interest me, what would be fun. So there are moments on the record—lyrical moments—where they’re very, very honest, very straightforward. And there are also songs that we’ve always loved doing, that are very storytelling and fantastical. It doesn’t limit itself to straightforward honesty. There are a lot of fun little lyrical moments. It’s fun for us to mess around with verbiage, I guess.

Also, The Like took some pictures. (All from here.)

( in which Z and Annie look like they're about to make out, Laena is beautiful, and Z meets an elephant. in short, everything is awesome. )