Can you tell me about the EP?

Pete: "It's called 'Places To Visit' and it's on Sub Pop. The last album, although it came out last year, was recorded like a year before, that pretty much. So it's the first new stuff we've done for ages. It's a bit more experimental than our last album, we've been sort of playing around. A lot of it was recorded at my house."

Compared to your past releases, "Good Humour" sounded less electronic and more cohesive as an album. Did you set out to make it sound different?

Pete: "Yeah. We just wanted to do sort of a full-on pop album where every song could possibly be an A-side and it was the first time we'd really worked with a producer, as well. It was co-production."

What was it like working with a producer?

Pete: "There were a few moments of tension, I'd say, but generally it was pretty good. Yeah, we had a few times where he just disappeared for like 5 hours after getting into a huff."

What made you decide to use a producer?

Pete: "Just because we really wanted a particular sound. The songs were sort of .. the main influence was 70's soul and 70's singer/songwriter type stuff. And the instrumentation that we wanted ... we'd done demos with synth and stuff where we'd use the same sort of sounds , like vibes and organs. But we really wanted the real instruments to be doing it this time. Because we had less experience doing that, we thought it would be good to get someone who really knew how to record those."