Personal Life
Although many of his songs use religious themes, Brock describes himself as "not really religious at all," adding that "I'm 100 percent on the whole Christianity thing being a crock of shit, pretty much." He claims to "toy around with the whole Biblical thing," because it "just has amazing characters" and also identifies himself as "pretty much" an atheist.
His songs have also addressed his substance abuse, as in "The Good Times Are Killing Me." Brock admits to past drug use, and now says that drugs are "just something I kind of have to fight... I just try and make sure that it's not around, or I'm not around it."
In the middle of recording The Moon & Antarctica in Chicago, Brock was attacked by a group of ruffians hanging out at a park; one of them punched him in the face and broke his jaw. He's still numb on the right side of his mouth where a steel plate was inserted.
Brock is a former A&R man for the record label Sub Pop; his most notable accomplishment with them was signing Wolf Parade in 2004.
Isaac currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
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