AJ: First I took the vocals, celesta, and kick/snare sound from your original and dropped them into Reaper. The timing and meter of the song I left unchanged… but with a waltzy feel rather then the 5/8. I just recently picked up the banjo, so I started with that. Then lots of percussion, guitars, harmochord and omnichord. I eventually ended up adding my own vocals as per your suggestion… which took the song in a whole new direction. It got chopped up and restructured a few times. One of my favorite parts is during the ‘Weapons’ section. There are these big heavy chains dropping, which I actually picked up from the hardware store just for this track (another Son Lux suggestion). I also used a Fuzz plugin from Audio Damage on the drums during that part.

SL: Any music that has really grabbed your ear recently? Old or new.

AJ: Lots of Harry Nilsson, that guy was incredible. Also Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares… hard to even put into words how cool their vocal arrangements are. Hmm… and I was listening to this EP by a group known as s/s/s… but then I saw a negative review on Pitchfork and immediately deleted it from my hard drive. Thank goodness for taste makers.