James Cleare first brought his idea for "In the Underground" to us earlier this year. He had the skeleton of the song fully finished and we went right to work flushing out the arrangements. We started by adding vocal harmonies in the verses and choruses and the chunky block harmonies in the bridge section. After the vocal parts were arranged we turned to the instrumentation. James Smith came up with the bass line, we figured out the drums together, and we added the organ to the chorus to give it a different color from the rest of the song.

Originally there was an outro section that went into a totally different kind of jam. There was a wailing organ part and the whole rhythm shifted. We played the song that way until we did some pre-production work with Rhett Miller (the co-producer of our EP), and he suggested we try something different. We experimented with a few ideas, but finally settled on an adjusted version of those block bridge harmonies. We realized we liked the harmonies so much, we wanted to book-end the song with them, and that's how we came up with the intro. This song definitely had a full evolution before it made its way onto the record, and it continues to grow each time we play it.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

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