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I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.

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We're going to hear Langhorne Slim play some songs live right here in my apartment.

But first, here's the song Say Yes from his brand new album Be Set Free.

We're floating, we're falling, we're gonna land, either way.

We put on your blue lips stinking, I'll put on my penis boots, I'm wearing California,

but it might as well be the moon.

Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes.

Darling, nobody stands in our way.

First thing in the morning, we'll be gone without a trace.

Rolling down the highway, I feel good, I confess, I know sometimes we disagree,

but I prefer when you say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes, Say Yes.

Langhorne Slim, welcome to the Sound of Young America. It's great to have you here.

Great to be here.

So your given name is, I don't mean to burst any bubbles, your given name is Sean.

Was there a point when you realized that you were totally allowed to make up a new name for yourself?

Yeah, I mean, I used to make up a lot of band names when I was younger and

spacing out in school and doodling and notebooks and stuff like that, and in Pennsylvania,

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