The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag
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The Ukulele: A Demented Party
I wanted this particular record to sound like a kind of demented party, and I knew that all of the songs were going to heavily feature electronics. The unusual decisions for Under and Drag are the fact that I'm singing as a straight person. Even ordinarily I leave the sexual preference and even the gender of the protagonist to the listener's imagination. Every single rhyme in the song is ag. Why did I think that was a good idea? I don't know. There's no live drums on the record except for a tambourine. Real drums were verbrutant. That rhythm unit sound actually went through a kind of walkie-talkie plugin. In each of the
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