You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
I interviewed the Scottish band Churches back in March 2016 in Austin, Texas.
A few weeks ago, in May 2018, they released a new album called Love Is Dead.
It features contributions from David Stewart of The Eurythmics and another past Song Exploder guest,
Matt Berniger of The National.
So in honor of Church's new record, I wanted to go back and listen to their episode again.
Here it is.
Church's is a trio from Glasgow, Scotland.
In this episode, they break down the song Clearest Blue from their sophomore album, Every Open Eye.
You'll hear the band's original demo,
as well as why they start songs with a set of rules, but then quickly abandon those rules.
This interview was recorded live at the Dropbox podcast studio at South by Southwest.
I'm Martin and I play keys and stuff.
I'm Lauren and I sing.
I'm Ian and I also play keys and stuff.
We were trying to make a laid back.
song, weren't we?
Honestly, I swear, I swear.