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Raymond: \"We never talk about what we're going to do before we start making a record. We don't plan much other than the nuts and bolts of where we're going to record and when. That thing about light was completely accidental; we didn't realize that until we'd finished half the songs.\" Norman: \"These songs are definitely personal. You're getting older, you're going into the cupboard getting the black suit out more often. Thoughts of mortality and the idea of the light must have been playing on our minds a lot. The songs on the last record were influenced by the breakup of my marriage. It was cathartic to write those songs. These new songs are reflective of how I'm feeling now, coming out of that period. 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