It's sort of cheesy to introduce that to the drums - those dings and dongs and bell sounds. … - Carey Mercer

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Carey Mercer

It's sort of cheesy to introduce that to the drums - those dings and dongs and bell sounds. That's definitely one of the reasons people are like 'oh yeah, they sound like Tom Waits, with those trashcan drums. ' But at the same time, it sounds so good! And it introduces this. . . I mean, it's not tuned, but somehow it adds this extra layer of melodic texture.

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