{"id":744,"date":"2015-03-03T13:08:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T20:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=744"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:29:28","slug":"warpaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/warpaint","title":{"rendered":"Episode 31: Warpaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Love Is to Die&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SongExploder31-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder31\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SongExploder31.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SongExploder31-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SongExploder31-560x278.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=1ad275b2088c63cb01731945f3306da5\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/warpaint-love-is-to-die\/id788236947?i=336843741&#038;mt=2?&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/a8978e83-ae72-4419-9afb-63d20122717d\/SongExploder31-Warpaint-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In 2013, <a href=\"http:\/\/warpaintwarpaint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warpaint<\/a> starting working on their sophomore album. They retreated away from their home in Los Angeles to the nearby desert oasis of Joshua Tree, California. There, they wrote the song &#8220;Love Is to Die,&#8221; and it was decided that it would be the single from the record. Now, with over <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6HKwgym4AdmeV9yzM8dkQj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 million plays on Spotify<\/a> and nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OnuFYYJHaY0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 million more on YouTube<\/a>, &#8220;Love Is to Die&#8221; is by some measures their most popular song. Designating it as the single was a decision that was easy to make early on, but it was also carried unforeseen consequences for the band. In this episode, three of the four members break down the sounds in the song, and weigh in on some of the difficulty they faced getting this track from the initial idea to the finished recording. <\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Love Is to Die&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/love-is-to-die\/id725462668?i=725462671&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/warpaint-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Love Is to Die&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 In 2013, Warpaint starting working on their sophomore album. They retreated away from their home in Los Angeles to the nearby desert oasis of Joshua Tree, California. 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