Pierson's life-altering injury was one of a gang of challenges the band has faced — major gear thefts, iffy record sales, the inherent difficulty of six busy people collaborating on anything. But Dose isn't one to haul more from the past than its lessons, preferring the whirr of the present and the promise of the future — small wonder he picks poems over novels. He tends to think of things in larger terms — or in his case, better words.
"Doing this, making a perfect poem has to do with everything you've ever read and everything you've ever forgotten," he says. "Making a poem is from the chest."
SUBTLE + ZACH HILL & PEER PRESSURE + PATTERN IS MOVEMENT | Middle East Upstairs | November 17 at 9 pm | $12 | 617.864.EAST or www.mideastclub.com
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