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Album: Fantasies (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • Frontwoman Emily Haines told Drowned In Sound that this song was written "at a farmhouse studio called Bear Creek, just outside Seattle." She added: "They have an amazing selection of vintage instruments there and I love the way the Wurlitzer makes this song sound like something from a 1970's detective show."

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  • Zach from Woodbury, MnI love this song and band
    It reminds me of summer longboarding
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