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Felix Contreras, it goes without saying that, you know, we're pretty big music.

Lovers, right?

Geek, I think is the word.

That's the word you're looking for.

Yeah, I mean, you know, it's no big secret.

And I think, you know, anyone else who shares a love of music understands just how important it is and how

transformative it can be you know not just how the right song can change your

mood or you know lift you up you know the right song it can completely change the

whole direction your life takes yeah there's always something that comes along

as a good friend of mine put it very nicely music you didn't know you need it in your life.

Right. That's a great way to put it. Yeah. It enters your life at just the right moment.

And I guess I've been thinking about all of this, you know, the transformative power of music, because it is at the heart of this incredible new cut that I want to play from Pedro the Line. Pedro the Line is the project to David Bazan.

In his new album is called Santa Cruz.

The first single is called Modesto.

It's the one I want to play and we can talk more about it after we hear it but just listen to the

story that he unspools in this song. Modesto is a

is a boring like you thought it would be

with a testo. You would be. They're there stone.

It's not below me like I thought it would be.

You were there strong. The work that's strong,

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