SeaOfTranquility.org recently caught up with ANATHEMA's Vincent Cavanagh. An excerpt from the second part of their interview is available below.

SoT: Going back to the idea that every Anathema album sounds significantly different, A Natural Disaster is quite a change from A Fine Day to Exit. It reminds of me the jump RADIOHEAD made from OK Computer to Kid A, because both are more electronica influenced. Where did that new direction come from?

Vincent: "I guess it came from playing keyboards more. These days, I compose on a keyboard. I don't even an electric guitar at home at this point because it's all with the rest of the band, as is the rest of the equipment. All I have at home is a keyboard and you should hear what I'm composing now. It's totally different – far beyond Anathema, or what you might consider to be Anathema. When you a new sound it can lead to down a different path (more so than with just the melody). You can come up with the melody on acoustic guitar and maybe still follow similar structures that you used to and similar patterns of playing, but when you find yourself with a completely new sound that you've never heard before or tried to play before, then it leads you somewhere else. That's what happened with 'Balance' and 'Closer', and that's what's happening right now with our music."

SoT: That's very exciting.

Vincent: "It's all about discovery, you know? And it's about evolution. We don't let anything out that's not pure – we don't do things for the sake of doing it. It's got to have that meaning to it."

Click here for the complete interview. Go to this location for Part 1.