It had been eight long years between the release of My Favourite Faded Fantasy and Damien Rice’s previous album, 9. So where was he? In an interview with The Telegraph, Rice described his self imposed exile as a time of “transition,” one in which he shed old attitudes toward life and explored new ones. “I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is aging, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on. And I would like to figure some shit out before I reach the destination.”
During those eight years, Rice largely stepped away from music and eventually settled in Iceland. He has talked about becoming incredibly self critical, repeatedly starting work on another album and then abandoning it. Eventually he reached out to producer Rick Rubin, who helped Rice stop judging his own work and find his way back to making music.
With My Favourite Faded Fantasy, Rice takes us into the mind of a man still searching and yearning for answers, but becoming more comfortable with simply living the journey. After eight years away, it was well worth the wait.
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