The other night, before the Tally hall show, he mentioned Scarface.
He’s literally buying himself some time off. He said he’d never have time to write again, if all he did was respond to email.
This is the paradox of the DIY, if it really takes off there becomes little time to stoke the fire with more material.
It’s all for the better. Wouldn’t you rather have new/more music than personal email?