Has the band’s recording and creative process changed at all since you moved from Barsuk to Atlantic?
Not a whole lot. The recording process changes every time we record; we tend to pick a different studio or scenario. Historically speaking, Chris has always produced and engineered the records so the group has always worked internally. Transatlanticism was the first time I think we went outside Seattle to record. For Plans, we booked a studio called Long View Farm [in Boston] and isolated ourselves. Narrow Stairs was the first time we brought in another engineer, Will Markwell, and he’s actually our front house engineer. We figured what better person to know and understand our sound and be able to call us out if we’re not playing very well. That allowed Chris to be more a part of the band and less the producer, even though he still was. There’s a whole different energy with all four people playing live in the room. The other biggest change with this record is that we went back to using analog tape, so we don’t have the same sort of editing capabilities; you have to sign off on whatever
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