Roofman • That's How Friends Become Strangers

Some songs need the glitz and blitz of big city life, the concrete jungle and the urban drama, drenched in white noise. Others simply a forest, the serene whisper of the wind in the leaves. It’s not hard to guess which world Thijs van der Meulen alias Roofman is coming from. The reason his achingly beautiful upcoming debut album “Still The Mess I Was” sounds so big and glorious is that he decided to record it in Hamburg’s analogue heaven, Clouds Hill studio (a.o. The Killers, Peter Doherty, Elbow). The trees and the streets, the calm and the storm: Roofman is a man of contrasts.

“In That’s How Friends Become Strangers, I reflect on moments when good friends choose a different path than myself, leaving me to be for a while. 

As I’m closing in on my 30’s, I see everyone around me is changing. Some friends become even better friends, others we lose sight on. In That’s How Friends Become Strangers, I focus on two confronting situations I experienced with my best friend about two years ago. They are described very literally, but are exemplary for the experiences of many of my peers. 

Friendships are resilient though. After a period of little contact, this specific friend and I are like two peas in a pod once again. Fun fact: we’ll be in Hamburg during Reeperbahn Festival to celebrate the single release together!”.

This song was engineered and recorded live to 24 track magnetic tape by Johann Scheerer and Sebastian “Muxi” Muxfeldt at Clouds Hill Recordings, Hamburg, Rothenburgsort. Mixed by Johann Scheerer. Mastered by Chris von Rautenkranz at Soundgarden Mastering. Drum tech by Herr Schmidt.

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DIFFUSION SEPTEMBER, 26, 2022