At a wrestling match in New York, the musician Paul Janeway opened up about his early home life, leaving the church, and his band’s new album.
The musician Paul Janeway, who lives in Birmingham, Alabama, recently visited New York. The temperature was thirty degrees, and he was dressed in an old gray Marmot parka, dirty white Yeezys, and a Birmingham Barons baseball cap. His ears were red from the cold. “I grew up really religious, pretty strict,” Janeway said. “It was nondenominational, but it was, like, speaking in tongues, laying hands, slaying demons, all that kind of stuff.
He went on, “I didn’t grow up in the greatest home life. I don’t get into it too much, because it’s people that I love, and a lot of healing has happened in that process, but physical abuse was definitely a thing.” He paused; his eyes brightened. “Professional wrestling was this thing that came on Monday nights, and it was a huge escape for me. I would watch it on some shitty small little TV we got at, like, Walmart.” He laughed. “It makes me feel like a child.
Inside, at the match, the vibe was electric. “All My Friends Are Dead” played over the loudspeakers. The ceiling was painted like the Sistine Chapel, and someone with purple hair, who was dressed in a hot-dog costume, repeatedly shouted, “Fuck you! Fuck ’em up! Fuck you!” Janeway looked around, wide eyed. “All the drama and all the flamboyant attire! All of it! It’s a beautiful thing.
Janeway, who is thirty-eight, talked about his new album. “It’s a journey, and it’s kind of a weird, fucked-up journey, and it’s kind of gonna test your ears a bit at times,” he said. The record contains references to Greek mythology and to a Bermejo painting, as well as reflections on loneliness, psychedelic horns, and the Reverend Lionel Preacherbot, from “Futurama.
“One thing I don’t like about wrestling is the music choices,” Janeway said. “It’s too aggressive and angry. I mean, I get it—muscly guys, lots of testosterone, but it’s not my favorite.” ♦
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