Ai fatti dell'11 settembre 2001 i Residents reagirono trasferendo in ambito narrativo e artistico l'inesplicabile senso di perdita, di dolore e di rifiuto conseguenti a quella tragedia. Citando Plutarco e Robert Graves. E producendo uno dei loro migliori lavori del nuovo millennio, Demons Dance Alone. Ne è appena uscita ampia documentazione nell'esemplare serie antologica pREServed, su Cherry Red Records.
The bulk of these songs were written and recorded after Sept. 11 2001. The Plutarch quote - "A fool cannot hold his tongue" - which they use on the cover acts on several levels. To write a straightforward song about that day would be foolish to say the least (though several egomaniac popular singers are doubtlessly doing so right now). The Residents have not done this. Neither are the songs on DDA discipherable metaphors for loss of life on that day. Despite artistic acclaim from those who understand and appreciate their art The Residents have held their tongues throughout their career. They also use a quote from Robert Graves, the First World War veteran and poet. Many artists who witnessed the horror of that conflict found themselves unable to talk about it using the usual methods. Indeed our very language (or tongue?) was deemed inadequate to describe such mechanised slaughter.