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Luckily, everything waswrittenin California.
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This time around, it was like, you dont really need that.
So that quickly got squashed.
[In Medford,] we played music down in the basement.
Id sing my vocals in the stairway.
We tracked a string quartet in the living room, French horn in the dining room.
I think its coming out next week.
I actually didnt want to do a video for this record.
Before we started recording, I was like, Maybe Ill put it out under a different name.
But then my good friend wrote this fun, crazy little treatment that involves martial arts.
I was like, Cmon, you know I loveUFC.
And then I pulled some strings and gotChuck Liddellin my video.
He has a fight on Saturday, and he was right in the middle of training.
I felt bad about taking his time.
But he just kind of walked in and did his thing on the first take.
We were all blown away.
Who are your favorite contemporary artists?I loveSara Watkins.
Last year, I was obsessed withFleet Foxes, and I still am.
I actually exchanged one email with [Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold] last year.
I was like, I want to write with him!
He was so nice such a deep, intense music guy.
He was really inquisitive about, What kind of record is this?
What do you want to write about?
Obviously he wouldnt have been listening to my music.
I just thought it was so cool of him.
He said, Id love to, but were busy.
I was such a nerdy fan, like, Oh my god, I cant believe he wrote me!
You just got married last month congratulations.
Is music something that you and your husband bond over?Well, yeah!
Thats definitely a common interest between the two of us.
Theres always music playing in the house, or being written.
Usually its him introducing me to something.
Theres a lot more metal being played in the house than ever before.
Its like, No, no, thats hair metal, thats not black metal.
Andthats more melodic Scandinavian metal.
Its hard to discern, but Im starting to get there.
I know he needs the work.
Id certainly allow him to come on the road if he needed a job.
[laughs]No, Im sure in due time something will probably come about in terms of collaborating.
We certainly have done that at home, writing together it just organically happens.
In terms of putting stuff out there [for public consumption], I dont know.
Maybe somewhere down the line thatll be fun.
