{"id":1015,"date":"2015-06-22T03:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:18:00","slug":"will-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/will-butler","title":{"rendered":"Episode 41: Will Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Anna&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SongExploder41-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder41\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SongExploder41.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SongExploder41-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SongExploder41-560x278.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=a880038b8547cd36795226307abf5c46\"><\/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\/will-butler-anna\/id788236947?i=345356563&#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\/8ce3243d-a09b-437f-b8fc-35f76aed24cd\/SongExploder41-WillButler-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butlerwills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Butler<\/a> is a member of the band <a href=\"http:\/\/arcadefire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arcade Fire<\/a>, and he co-wrote the score for the film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1798709\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Her<\/a><\/em>, which earned him an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/86th_Academy_Awards#Winners_and_nominees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar nomination<\/a>. In March 2015, he put out his first solo album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mergerecords.com\/policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Policy<\/em><\/a>, and in this episode, he breaks down the song &#8220;Anna&#8221; from that record. This interview was recorded live at SXSW. <\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Anna&#8221; on iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/anna\/id994298277?i=994298280&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the music video:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xZxpd23iuU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/will-butler-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagesynth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vintage Synth Explorer<\/a>, where you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintagesynth.com\/korg\/ms20.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more<\/a> about the the vintage Korg MS-20 synthesizer.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sxsw-600x408.jpg\" alt=\"sxsw\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sxsw.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sxsw-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sxsw-560x381.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Anna&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Will Butler is a member of the band Arcade Fire, and he co-wrote the score for the film Her, which earned him an Oscar nomination. 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