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they have a few songs that slow
was produced by Jim Diamond,
right down, somehow losing
the same guy who’s responsible
no energy. “I think you may be
for production on White Stripes
right about the menace and the
records. The Pack recorded part
tension,” says Miller in response
of it with him in his Detroit
to a question about these ‘slow’
studio, formerly a chickentunes. “It does seem to infiltrate
processing plant, and the rest in
our songs regardless of pace or
Vancouver. It comes across more
instrumentation. What’s that
polished than previous records
quote from the movie Heathers? If
and I’m not the first journalist to
we were happy all the time, we’d
make an assumption—wrongly—
be game show hosts... Anyway,
that signing to a bigger label
something like that. I think it’s a
(Nettwerk) had something to do
comfortable place for me to go
with it. “That’s funny actually,”
lyrically, I can say that much.”
says Miller. “We recorded in
And now they’re back on stage
the same places we always have
and happy to be there. “Playing
and with the same amount of no
shows is the best part of what
money.” Whatever happened, the
we do,” says Miller. Smithers can
resulting record so [