On “Hard Sun”
JulioRecorded for the booklet
Told at a live listening session
Listen to Julio tell it
1:44
Transcript
I remember this song because actually I went to Alaska and it was the longest trip of my life and we went driving from Mexico to Alaska and back and I remember that during the travel, well, we kind of traveled and we were driving every day a lot, but I remember when we did Alaska Highway that connects the north part of Canada with the south part of Alaska, it’s 3,000 kilometers where there’s nothing and we were there in the middle of the summer and it was impressive because we were so north on the sphere, on the globe, that the sun went down on the horizon but there was always light. So I remember being driving on that highway, also thinking of the movie, right, because it awakens a bit those memories of this guy that leaves everything and goes to the wild, but I remember being driving on that highway at 3 am in the morning, still with light and being completely impressed by that and putting this song and just kind of feeling the adventure. And yeah, it’s a song that remembers me of my youth of high school times, of many friends, of many adventures and of this club with which we organized these trips and I think that was a period that really kind of defined the interest that I followed in regards to nature and exploration and adventure.