Matthew Binder pens the songs from the comfort of his bedroom, in his casita by the river, just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Once a batch of rough sketches for tunes is ready, Matthew flies out to San Diego to record at the studio of his Bang Bang Jet Away partner, Mike Kamoo. Upon Matthew’s arrival, Mike has never heard the songs they’ll be recording over the coming days. It’s this impromptu approach that gives the songs their immediacy and urgency. There is nothing labored or over-rehearsed about this music. Whatever the boys lay to tape over the weekend is what makes it on the record, because regardless of what's transpired, come Sunday night Matthew is getting back on a plane bound for the desert.
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