Mistake, Mistake, Mistake, Mistake

"In November of 2001, my band Figurine went on a short tour of Germany with Lali Puna. Our label there, Monika, set us up with a driver to get from show to show. She only brought three or four tapes to listen to on the drives, mostly techno. I'd never paid much attention to dancefloor-oriented electronic music, but listening to the same tapes over and over again (especially Kompakt's pop-leaning Total 3 and some 7"s on Parfum) while driving through Germany made a giant impression on me.

So this record was supposed to be an extra melodic, minimal techno record with some sparse vocals. Instead, my technopop tendencies got the best of me, the songs slowly filled up, and this is what I ended up with. It's called Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake, because that's what I kept chanting to the beat while I worked on the tracks." - James

Featuring contributions from: John Tejada, Sonya Westcott (Arthur and Yu), Morgan Nagler (Whispertown 2000), Erlend Oye (Kings of Convenience, Whitest Boy Alive), Geoff McFetridge, and Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service).