Will Sheff Goes It Alone

"I totally forgot that you were about to call me,” said Will Sheff over what sounds like a highway whipping by at high speed. The 46-year-old singer is currently touring his new solo album Nothing Special, and he’s conducting our interview from the passenger seat. “We’re on the early morning part of the drive where we toss stories back and forth about Frank Sinatra and Randy Newman and Devo and Mick Jagger,” he explained while switching to headphones. Suddenly he’s coming through loud and clear. “It’s the rock and roll anecdote part of the van ride,” Sheff said. “I am in my rock n’ roll anecdotage.”