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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. Cocteau TwinsVictorialand

There’s a song on our new record called ‘Us’ that is sort of free-flowing, a little ambient, more of a soundscape than a song. For the most part we haven’t gone there a lot. The only thing I would say is that I have a tendency to try and write songs where you stay in one mood the whole time. I’ve broken out of that a few times but that’s my general tendency, to not add a bridge that changes the mood of the song. I want to get into the feeling of a song and stay there, and find a way to keep that interesting. And I think that’s what  is happening on records like this. It’s all about a mood. This record makes me feel like it’s, you know, I got into it when I was a sophomore in high school and I was going through my first real relationship. I still feel it listening to this record. It sounds like cold Temple Texas and falling in love for the first time. 

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