Everybody is expected to upgrade to the latest version of every single one of the latest devices,” says Nielson. “We live in this insane upgrade culture which has proven to be meaningless. I think some music being made today doesn’t just move in this one-directional, upgrading way. It goes forward and back. It picks up whatever was the most appealing thing from any point in time.

Songwriter Ruban Nielson finds the future in the past - Music - The Boston Globe