You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece

tell the story of how they remained.

My name is Tao Wen.

Slater Kenny was formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Koran Tucker and singer and guitarist

Carrie Brownstein.

Drummer Janet Weiss was a member of the band from 1997 until 2019.

In Time Magazine in 2001, author and critic Grille Marcus named Slater Kenny America's

Best Band.

Over the years, they've made nine albums, including this year's The Center Won't Hold,

which was produced by Annie Clark of St. Vincent.

In this episode, Koran Tucker and Carrie Brownstein break down how the song The Future is Here

was made.

It began with a visit to the LA Music venue, Zebimor.

I am my friend.

Are you there for me?

Come to my house.

I'll tell you everything.

This is Koran Tucker from Slater Kenny.

And this is Carrie Brownstein, also from Slater Kenny.

So Koran was visiting me in LA and I said there's this really great performance, art, slash

comedy night that I go to once a month at Zebilan.

It's called Weirdo Night.

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