{"id":1777,"date":"2016-04-28T11:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:47:56","slug":"the-lumineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-lumineers","title":{"rendered":"Episode 71: The Lumineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Ophelia&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SongExploder71-Lumineers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1778\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SongExploder71-Lumineers-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder71-Lumineers\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SongExploder71-Lumineers.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SongExploder71-Lumineers-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SongExploder71-Lumineers-560x278.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/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=c7ce70db849b3ae89621a9bfe76962c2\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/9f85dda8-1045-423a-99f7-54171ad43de3\/SongExploder71-TheLumineers-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelumineers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lumineers<\/a> released their second album on April 8, 2016. Their first album went platinum, and they spent months touring relentlessly in support of it. That schedule took a toll on their relationship, but they ended up putting it into their songs. In this episode, Wes and Jeremiah break down their song \u201cOphelia.&#8221; You\u2019ll hear their demos and a version that didn\u2019t make it to the album. They\u2019ll explain how the final track is not just a product of what they put into it, but what they decided to leave out. <\/p>\n<p>You can buy \u201cOphelia\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/ophelia\/id1072936167?i=1072936172&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTOC_q0NLTk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-lumineers-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4RjqcTsxx-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Ophelia&#8221; by The Band<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ophelia&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 The Lumineers released their second album on April 8, 2016. 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