Lead single “North American Scum” went through many permutations, and the version that appears on Sound of Silver is actually the rough mix. As he does with some of his poppier songs, Murphy originally wrote a framework for the track on Propellerhead Reason and quickly composed the changes with really dinky phone-ring sounds so that he wouldn't be tempted to keep them for the final mix. “It's like a Kraftwerk version of what the song is supposed to sound like,” he says. Once the Propellerhead Reason sketch of the track was written, Murphy and his team added additional instrumentation and worked toward completing the track.

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Album Credits

Reflektor

Arcade Fire · 2013

Producer
After You

Pulp · 2013

Producer
The Next Day Extra EP

David Bowie · 2013

Producer
Holy Ghost!

Holy Ghost! · 2011

Engineer Mixing Engineer Producer
Ciao!

Tiga · 2009

Producer
Echoes

The Rapture · 2003

Engineer Mixing Engineer Programmer Recording Engineer