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Claudia O

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  1. I do enjoy this part of the album: Reapers/Handler/JFK/Defector/Revolt. Sadly, then I have to skip a bit of Aftermath. and then Globalis is on :D .ok, Drones I may skip from time to time :)

     

    Maybe it is because I heard Dead inside, Psycho and Mercy so often already?

     

    Of these 3 Psycho is my fave :D

  2. Some fun bits from the XFM interview (I'm loosely paraphrasing the quotes because I've only been able to listen to it once):

     

    - Matt apparently envisions the album's protagonist as a female.

    - They wrote and rehearsed the songs in Matt's basement and recorded demos before bringing them to Mutt.

    - They met Mutt randomly while in Switzerland. Matt mentions he was surprised by how much he was into the concept. It was Mutt who insisted they kept a narrative order in the songs, instead of just writing songs related to the theme.

    - They might consider playing the entire album live in order. "We've rehearsed all the tracks at least once".

    - Reapers was intended to capture their live sound. It's Dom's favorite track together with The Handler. Matt: "I threw the word 'babe' in there to throw people off" :LOL:

    - Matt on The Handler: "production-wise it sounds a lot like our second and third albums".

    - They recorded Defector three times at slightly different tempos because they wanted to get "just the right amount of sleaze". They also call it a "throwback to the 90s" and influenced by grunge.

    - Revolt was intended by Matt to sound like a Broadway number. Originally it was written for piano.

    - Aftermath originally sounded more like a bluesy jam, but Matt allowed Mutt a lot of creative influence in this track, resulting in a song that is more "spacey" and "like a cheesy ballad, which is not really my domain" :LOL:

    - The three parts of The Globalist were recorded seperately over the course of three days. Also, the track was originally called "The British Empire".

    - Drones was based on a piece by Palestrina, a composer long admired by Matt because his music was groundbreaking, especially for hsi time. He likes a lot of music that is centuries old because it "helps you connect to people who are long dead".

    Other fun Matt quote about the last track: "it's a bit edgy, but I think we got away with it" :LOL:

     

    - The female is called Mary.

    - and Matt mentions the film "Bourne identity" with Matt Damon, this being a light version what the CIA did in the past or so.

     

    the part with the dead people reminds me of "6th sense" movie with Bruce Willis where the boy says "I see dead people..!" :happy:

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