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Music that I didn't know that exist. Funk, blues, Afrobeat. For me was, "Wow, okay, there's a whole world out of my world." [laughs] [relaxing music playing]

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Music that I didn't know that exist. Funk, blues, Afrobeat. For me was, "Wow, okay, there's a whole world out of my world." [laughs] [relaxing music playing]

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Play Music that I didn't know that exist. Funk, blues, Afrobeat. For me was, "Wow, okay, there's a whole world out of my world." [laughs] [relaxing music playing]

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-Wasn't that originally a keyboard part? -It was a keyboard part first. I just remember the song needed some touchstone or something. And you thought it was too sweet. because I would play it on a keyboard. You didn't like it. -On guitar, I said, "Yes." -When we played it on guitar… -"There we go." -…you know, that sounds like here. [playing riff]

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-Wasn't that originally a keyboard part? -It was a keyboard part first. I just remember the song needed some touchstone or something. And you thought it was too sweet. because I would play it on a keyboard. You didn't like it. -On guitar, I said, "Yes." -When we played it on guitar… -"There we go." -…you know, that sounds like here. [playing riff]

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Play -Wasn't that originally a keyboard part? -It was a keyboard part first. I just remember the song needed some touchstone or something. And you thought it was too sweet. because I would play it on a keyboard. You didn't like it. -On guitar, I said, "Yes." -When we played it on guitar… -"There we go." -…you know, that sounds like here. [playing riff]

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You have to kind of lean in to even hear what's happening. But I like the idea that you have to work harder to get to it.

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You have to kind of lean in to even hear what's happening. But I like the idea that you have to work harder to get to it.

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Play You have to kind of lean in to even hear what's happening. But I like the idea that you have to work harder to get to it.

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There's a kind of warble on the whole track. to add to that sense of, "I just found this recording." Here's something that feels dusty and damaged and lacking confidence. in the rubble of whatever just happened.

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There's a kind of warble on the whole track. to add to that sense of, "I just found this recording." Here's something that feels dusty and damaged and lacking confidence. in the rubble of whatever just happened.

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Play There's a kind of warble on the whole track. to add to that sense of, "I just found this recording." Here's something that feels dusty and damaged and lacking confidence. in the rubble of whatever just happened.

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The desert is mysterious. It made us realize how much a part of this place we are. And we wanted to hone in on that on the record.

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The desert is mysterious. It made us realize how much a part of this place we are. And we wanted to hone in on that on the record.

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Play The desert is mysterious. It made us realize how much a part of this place we are. And we wanted to hone in on that on the record.

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[Hirway] At what point do you start coming up with lyrics? This is another strange moment where I have a lot come to me right away. "Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but talks like a gentleman like you imagine when you were young," the first day.

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[Hirway] At what point do you start coming up with lyrics? This is another strange moment where I have a lot come to me right away. "Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but talks like a gentleman like you imagine when you were young," the first day.

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Play [Hirway] At what point do you start coming up with lyrics? This is another strange moment where I have a lot come to me right away. "Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but talks like a gentleman like you imagine when you were young," the first day.

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That help us go into another direction, more like pop music.

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That help us go into another direction, more like pop music.

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Play That help us go into another direction, more like pop music.

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When the chorus comes in, there are a number of guitars. all playing the same thing. We just would tune it to open strings. and overdub several passes. What was important was that it felt naive. and it felt imprecise and contribute to the narrative of the song, which was, this isn't secure. [twanging guitar notes echoing]

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When the chorus comes in, there are a number of guitars. all playing the same thing. We just would tune it to open strings. and overdub several passes. What was important was that it felt naive. and it felt imprecise and contribute to the narrative of the song, which was, this isn't secure. [twanging guitar notes echoing]

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Play When the chorus comes in, there are a number of guitars. all playing the same thing. We just would tune it to open strings. and overdub several passes. What was important was that it felt naive. and it felt imprecise and contribute to the narrative of the song, which was, this isn't secure. [twanging guitar notes echoing]

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[Hirway] That's a string sound on a synth, but there are also real strings, right? -We combined. -A mix, right? We combined them. When did that idea come in? In Vegas. Was it two girls from UNLV? Wasn't it Mark's girlfriend at the time? Maybe she became his girlfriend later.  I don't remember. Not from this. One was my ex girlfriend. It kind of kept it in the family at the time, and everyone's from Vegas, and not hiring, like, someone from the LA Symphony or something. We made some money, and...

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[Hirway] That's a string sound on a synth, but there are also real strings, right? -We combined. -A mix, right? We combined them. When did that idea come in? In Vegas. Was it two girls from UNLV? Wasn't it Mark's girlfriend at the time? Maybe she became his girlfriend later.  I don't remember. Not from this. One was my ex girlfriend. It kind of kept it in the family at the time, and everyone's from Vegas, and not hiring, like, someone from the LA Symphony or something. We made some money, and...

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Play [Hirway] That's a string sound on a synth, but there are also real strings, right? -We combined. -A mix, right? We combined them. When did that idea come in? In Vegas. Was it two girls from UNLV? Wasn't it Mark's girlfriend at the time? Maybe she became his girlfriend later.  I don't remember. Not from this. One was my ex girlfriend. It kind of kept it in the family at the time, and everyone's from Vegas, and not hiring, like, someone from the LA Symphony or something. We made some money, and...

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[Vannucci] It's that part where the building is imploding, where the bear is coming at you and you must appear bigger, so your arms are up. So, sometimes when you go to halftime, the part seems bigger, fatter, larger. [Hirway] Was this song totally done when you got in the studio? We had everything but the bridge. I think everything was there but the bridge.

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[Vannucci] It's that part where the building is imploding, where the bear is coming at you and you must appear bigger, so your arms are up. So, sometimes when you go to halftime, the part seems bigger, fatter, larger. [Hirway] Was this song totally done when you got in the studio? We had everything but the bridge. I think everything was there but the bridge.

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Play [Vannucci] It's that part where the building is imploding, where the bear is coming at you and you must appear bigger, so your arms are up. So, sometimes when you go to halftime, the part seems bigger, fatter, larger. [Hirway] Was this song totally done when you got in the studio? We had everything but the bridge. I think everything was there but the bridge.