Rather than feeling pressured by all of this success, however, guitarist/songwriter Dan Wilson says the band found it liberating. ‘It was sometimes overwhelming to read all the e-mails we’d get about how deeply our music was affecting the fans. They told us about the joy our music brought them, but what struck me most was that they really felt like these songs were helping them to make sense of their lives and times. That’s exactly what we dream of doing when we make music. I figured we must be on the right track.’