Chris Walla

Maybe, yeah, and it was just all him.

And Chris Walla recorded all of that, and that's how they met, I think.

Chris Walla also was Tegan and Sarah's producer for a couple of albums, I think.

He did The Con, I know for sure, and I think maybe Sainthood as well.

And they're one of my favorite bands, so...

But he's also joined by his frequent collaborator, andrew broder uh a great duo they've worked together for a number of years andrew's a big timberwolves fan so we're gonna get into that and yoni is uh you know uh more more on the passive side of being a an nba fan but he loves it he's he's here to talk about it and and the two of them talk about their new album in collaboration together as well as some hoops talk But first, there's something that I was kind of thinking about today, and this may seem like a bit of an obscure connection, but with LeBron James signing with the Sixers, you know, a legendary vet guiding a team to really pull some greatness out of them.

Got me thinking of legendary producer Chris Walla.

Naturally, of course.

And what Chris does is he gets greatness out of bands.

He's produced albums for bands like Rat Boys, Foxing, The Thermals, The Decemberists, Petey, Snarls.

And so I asked people, who would be a band that you would love to see Chris Walla produce an album for? So let's take a look at some of those answers.

So let's look at good looks, you know, and I absolutely 100% yes to this.

Good looks are known for their like feel good indie rock.

Shout out Western Washington, Bellingham, Death Cab for Cutie, one of the best bands out there.

Shout out Chris Walla, went to my high school, Bothell High, from Death Cab.

I feel like I'm getting into so many rabbit holes right now.

But yeah, dude, all this weird overlap where you're, like, the biggest high school show.

But I think at the end of the day, or I should say at the beginning of the day, we were just a bunch of kids who were really influenced by a, a general DIY aesthetic.

I mean, Chris Walla sold a bunch of stock that he had from working at Starbucks and bought recording equipment, and we were living in a house where we were like, "We can just make a record in this house because there's different rooms we can put the amps in, so why would we go to a recording studio?" When we finished the first record and we started out, we got a small booking agent and we started playing shows, we never had a plan.

It was just like, "Well, yeah, we'll go out and play our own shows," knowing that there'd be nobody there.

And there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade.

Jim Adkins on guitar.

Chris Walla from Death Cab for Cutie on guitar.

Okay.

You got a producer in house

And you know, he had recorded this cassette tape of some solo songs, uh, kind of a solo project that he was calling Death Cab For Cutie.

Uh, and he had kinda passed this tape around town to our small circle of friends, and people started asking, "Are, is this a real band? Are you gonna play shows? What's going on here? These are really good." Uh, and he was like, "Well, I, you know, I don't know, but let's see if I can put a band together." And because I was a, a roommate of his, uh, Chris Walla was also a roommate.

Um, and he had, uh, helped do some recording.

And so, you know, Chris was gonna play guitar, and Chris had a good friend.