The Olivia Tremor Control Quotes

It's really very different for every song. Some things are well planned in advance, others are quite spontaneous. It's usually a case of whoever wanders into the studio each day and gets involved in whatever we're recording. Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster are regulars, as are our horn players Scott Spillane and Kirk Pleasant. 

Yes, the lyrics are always important to us, and we try hard to make them evocative without being too pretentious! I hope people grasp our sense of humor in a lot of the lyrics. We try to say something deep without it coming out like some over-serious crap. And we like to project positive messages.