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Since last summer, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth has tracked two records - Mo Beauty and Flashy Python's Skin and Bones - in two very different studio settings. He told us about his return to the keys, his DIY studio struggles, and the resplendence of New Orleans.
You did two albums in six months - how do you combat studio fatigue?
I just kind of plowed through. Coming out of the Flashy Python record into the New Orleans one was a bit much, but that's what I do. I work on songs, constantly. I don't have any tricks, exactly.
No special pills?
[Laughs.] I just really like the studio. And for live shows, I've almost switched exclusively to keyboard, which is a new thing. Guess I just don't know when to stop.
Why is that such a transition?
Live, what I'm trying to gear my brain to get right is, where to...