Music critic and former radio DJ Ned Raggett has generously shared archival audio of two key interviews from the Ever era. The first, conducted by phone with Ryan in 1996 for a Mean Streets feature, delves into the making of the Ever album and its single “Sideways Forest.” Ryan discusses the “Quantum Remix” of that track as an early glimpse into the new sound he was developing for their next album, Flux, while also reflecting on the band’s recent show in Mexico and his own contrasting feelings about live performance versus studio recording.

The second interview, recorded live in-studio with both Ryan and Suzanne on KUCI’s Music for Lunchpails in late 1997 (and later reprinted in the station’s Winter ’97 Program Guide), shifts the spotlight to Suzanne. Raggett invites her perspective on how the band’s sound was evolving, her musical and literary inspirations, and their recent appearance at ProjektFest. The conversation also touches on an early collaboration with Sean Bowley of Eden—sessions that would remain unreleased until Ryan revisited them years later for Lovespirals’ 2002 debut album, Windblown Kiss.

Together, these interviews chart a rare moment of transition, capturing both the promotional cycle surrounding Ever and the first stirrings of what would become Flux, while hinting at creative directions that would eventually surface in Lovespirals.

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