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'PARANOID ANDROID'
Ed: "It's not a Bohemain Rhapsody for the Nineties - it's just a handy reference point. It's like Creep was meant to sound like Scott Walker... it just didn't come out that way. But Paranoid Android is the song we play to people when they want to know what the album is like, cos it should make them think, "What the Fuck's going to happen on the rest of the album?"
Spin: That particular track, “Blue Morpho,” is very cinematic with the strings. It must have been quite an experience to record.

Ed: It was about letting go. I’d met Tõnu in Estonia at this music conference, and we’d been sat next to one another at a dinner — same age, and the same kind of very interesting reference points, but he’s a classical composer. I listened to his stuff, and it was beautiful. And about three months later, there were a couple of tracks that could benefit from strings. And rather than go to the usual very good string arrangers in London, I was like, I met this guy, and his music’s beautiful. So I emailed him. And I sent him “Blue Morpho” and “Sweet Spot.” And what came back was amazing. They’re like Scott Walker strings.