Annabel Mehran

She's one of the most important musicians in the world today. Full disclosure, I used to tour manage her and work at her label, we're close, but that doesn't stop me from saying that she's probably the greatest that we've got. I'm a big record collector, and I was hanging out with this dude who's truly a legendary collector, about 20 years older than me, with one of the best collections. He has everything and has been invaluable to the reissue world. He knows I know Joanna, and he was asking if I could help get test pressings for him, so he could put them in his collection – the dude has a whole separate house for his records. He said something to me that shook me because it's true. He said he wanted the record so bad because 20 years from now she might be one of the only artists from this era that anybody remembers and I think that might be true. There's so much great stuff happening now to get you through the day, but there aren't enough people making their own worlds like Joanna. When you think of legacy artists, that's what all those people had in common – doing things that they invented that not many people do, without borrowing from what's around. I'm just amazed she comes out with this stuff. Also, I love a record that's a million times smarter than I am. I've been listening to Divers since it came out in late 2015, I still don't understand half of it.