from Wikipedia:
McAloon was rendered nearly blind for a period in 1999 due to detached retinas; housebound, he found comfort in listening to shortwave radio transmissions like chat shows, phone-in programs and documentaries.[3] He recorded conversations from these programs, fragmented them, and introduced new words and lines from other sources, generating source material for the album.
makes me cry every time
never realized how much emotion could come from a theremin
and normally I don’t go for spoken word but it feels so plain and honest in contrast to (or because of?) the orchestra strings
