Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”

Pay attention and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up for our day by day e-newsletter to get the very best of The New Yorker in your inbox.Jeff Tweedy is greatest often known as the entrance man of Wilco, the rock band he shaped in Chicago in 1994. Lately, he’s been working extra typically as a solo artist, placing out information below his personal identify in addition to a memoir and essays on songwriting. Amanda Petrusich sat down with the singer-songwriter to speak about “Twilight Override,” which comes out later this month. Recorded with Tweedy’s two sons and numerous his fellow Chicago-based musicians, “Twilight Override” is a triple album of songs centered on themes of time, getting older, worry, and “making peace with one thing ending.” “If we’re wanting on the phrase ‘override,’ what am I overriding?” Tweedy says. “I imply, twilight’s lovely . . . however it’s essential to override your worry of it.”Tweedy performs acoustic variations of “Love Is for Love,” “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter,” and “Eternally By no means Ends.”New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop each Tuesday and Friday. Observe the present wherever you get your podcasts.The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.