Whether I'm in a relationship or not, Fall always feels like the season for falling in love, and that's where my thoughts go when I start writing music at that time of year. This song is about very tentatively meeting someone, but feeling like there's something more, if you could just find the right moment.

I think that a lot of other issues get in the way of capital-m Music these days. Copyright? Piracy? Streaming revenue? None of that is about hearing awesome songs.

I’m extremely happy to be living in a time period where anyone can get heard. There is so much great music out there, and so little time.

We mic everything except synths (we use direct input for that). We record drums first by placing our mic in the middle of the room. That kind of limits us because you can’t adjust cymbals, toms, etc. individually during the mixing process, but it adds to our raw, live recording sound. Then we record each part individually over the drums, again using our single microphone. So that's it. Our recording equipment consists of a digital 8 track and a single microphone.

This was one of the 5 demos I made for him as a guide. It was really just meant to be a rough sketch so he’d get to hear the song and re-interpret it his way. This version was never put on any of our albums. The song is just kind of about giving in when you know you’re right just to save face.

"The most important thing in life is to be happy and content with your lot - whistle and sing" - Moses Lethbridge

The one thing I always remember when thinking about this modern era of music-making is a stat I heard somewhere: that it is literally now impossible to listen to all of the new releases that come out each year—there are too many to listen to, even if you listened to each song back to back without stopping. So that means be bold with the music you make!

One interesting thing about this track is that all of the vocals were performed to a totally different song, in the same tempo.

I ultimately swapped out all the elements and tones, bass part and drums for different parts later. I had to pick other elements that still worked with the key that Alicia originally sang in, but it actually is a bit of a "reharmonization" of her part. It was really fun to play them the finished version because they barely recognized it.

Jiha Lee and Spencer Lee have been making music together as Rob and Laura since 2008, mostly in their house. Spencer runs the music collective website soundsoftheweak.com. Jiha has been recording and playing in bands since the year 2000. She has a Fine Arts degree from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She has a super secret side project called Silver Wells.

We haven’t done much of the demo thing, outside of posting stuff for free on various places around the web. It’s not a process that appeals to us much, to be honest, which is why we prefer more nontraditional outlets such as Ramen.

We were both born Lees, grew up on opposite sides of the country (Jiha in Georgia, Spencer in California). We met in 2007, joked about the coincidence a few times. The most difficult aspect to having a common surname that we are getting married in less than a month and still haven’t decided whose last name we're going to go with.

The song is the second chapter, so to speak, in an ongoing narrative, a sequel to She Only Knows Four Chords, in which “she” is quite young, first discovering the joys and letdowns that come with performing in front of people.

I only started playing guitar later, when I was given one. I taught myself, asked some friends for some chords, and wrote some songs. I don't really know why I continued. I feel something good about expressing myself in this way. I love capturing an audience, and telling them true stories laced with magic.

I was first given a guitar over Christmas time. It was wrapped up in newspaper and left on my doorstep by a former lover and bandmate. I did not know how to play, nor did I imagine myself writing songs. This song is the first one I wrote. It is inspired by the idea of the Nightingale and the Rose, the story by Oscar Wilde - about the senseless death of a creature who loved too much. I felt like I was in a very similar position at the time, giving a lot to a love that did not make me happy or healthy.

This version of the song is something we came up with last year, as I started playing more with other musicians. We did not want it to get lost.