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Winter Is Coming With PETRI LINDROOS From ENSIFERUM · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: All right, this is p from Asiferum and our new album,
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  Speaker 1: winter Storm is about to hit the stores. And I
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  Speaker 1: could say this is the most serious album what we
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  Speaker 1: have ever done so far, So it's gonna be serious.
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  Speaker 2: Great. Can you tell us how winter Storm was born?
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  Speaker 1: Well, it all started kind of fast. After the Elastic
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  Speaker 1: album was released in the beginning of the pandemic at
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, we started to work
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  Speaker 1: on the new stuff since there was kind of nothing
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  Speaker 1: happening around the world. So, first of all, it was
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  Speaker 1: Marcus who wrote all the music for this one, and
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  Speaker 1: he had this grand vision of having like one huge
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  Speaker 1: epic song basically throughout the album that and then we
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  Speaker 1: kind of tried to figure out how to make that
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  Speaker 1: one work, but it was just too much, too much
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  Speaker 1: of a thing to make it happen and work out
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  Speaker 1: really well. So then we just chopped it off to
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  Speaker 1: the parts that we seem to be fitting well together
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  Speaker 1: and made some songs out of that one that that
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  Speaker 1: kind of way, So it.
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  Speaker 2: Was kind of out of one song. Is that right
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  Speaker 2: that you just took that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was his grand vision of it. He wanted
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  Speaker 1: to have it like that, But yeah, it was too
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  Speaker 1: difficult to make it work. We just couldn't handle that
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  Speaker 1: kind of piece of information. So then we just went
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  Speaker 1: went on with the traditional song by song stop.
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  Speaker 2: So did the break between the last album and this
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  Speaker 2: album really help you guys hone in on what you
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  Speaker 2: wanted Winter Storm to be?
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  Speaker 1: Kind of? Yeah, you know, the when the world stopped
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  Speaker 1: at twenty twenty, you know, it gave us, well everybody
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  Speaker 1: a lot of time to figure stuff out. Since since
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  Speaker 1: I joined the band in two thousand and four, we've
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  Speaker 1: been kind of going on NonStop. We never had any
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  Speaker 1: any longer break, just like a month here, month or
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  Speaker 1: two here and there, you know, between tours and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So this was kind of like a mandatory long summer vacation. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, get a little bit different perspective, like
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  Speaker 1: how easily it all can end in a heartbeat basically,
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  Speaker 1: And I guess that would also switched over the kind
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  Speaker 1: of like the songwriting process that Marcos really felt that
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  Speaker 1: if it's not ready, we're not going to go to
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  Speaker 1: the studio, so he really wanted to to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that this one will definitely hit the spot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, well I definitely think you guys did that
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  Speaker 2: there with that one. I saw that you guys released
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  Speaker 2: a limited edition winter Storm Chili jam, which is so cool.
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  Speaker 2: Which one of you likes chili? And how hot is it?
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  Speaker 1: It actually not that hot. It's kind of like on
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  Speaker 1: a medium plus hotness, if you want to say so.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not so big of a fan of the chili
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  Speaker 1: stuff when it goes like really hot. Yeah yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: just you know, start to sweat a lot and feel
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  Speaker 1: nauseous with that. But this sauce is really, really, really good.
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  Speaker 1: It's a little bit on the sweet side, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like a sweet and sour style. It's really nice, really
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  Speaker 1: good sauce.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's awesome. What song of the new album is
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  Speaker 2: your favorite so far?
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  Speaker 1: I'm really much into the Victorious. We got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ease on this one.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, good and well. That leads me to my
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  Speaker 2: next question. I love the music video for Winterstorm Vigilantes
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  Speaker 2: and how we're given like a folks sort of story
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  Speaker 2: at the beginning before it explodes into a wall of sound.
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  Speaker 2: Do you guys all come up with the concepts for
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  Speaker 2: the music videos or is it just sort of one
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  Speaker 2: person that calls the shots.
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  Speaker 1: I would say a lot of the ideas come from
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  Speaker 1: our bass player Sammy, who is mainly responsible for all
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  Speaker 1: the lyrics for it, so he kind of has to
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  Speaker 1: the vision in his head and so far they've been
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  Speaker 1: working good, so we have no arguments about that one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I noticed there's a lot of like snow
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  Speaker 2: and all of that and ice. Do you actually play
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  Speaker 2: in those locations or is it all green screen?
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  Speaker 1: It's all green screen.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it is, like, yes, well it looks very realistic.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you very much. Yeah. We have played outdoors
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  Speaker 1: in the wintertime a few times shooting a music video
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  Speaker 1: and it looks good on video, but it's not so
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  Speaker 1: much fun to be freezing your ass off in there.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: I can imagine in a finish winter as well, that
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  Speaker 2: would be very cold. You've been in the band since
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and four. What does Ensafara.
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  Speaker 1: Mean to you? Kind of grown up into it a
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  Speaker 1: lot since two thousand and four when the guys asked
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  Speaker 1: me to join for the first European tour, when they
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  Speaker 1: just split up with Yari when he started to record
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  Speaker 1: his first Winter Sign album. I was just about to
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  Speaker 1: be a substitute for the tour yea, So it was
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  Speaker 1: just like, what was it three or four weeks European
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  Speaker 1: tour at that point, and it went fairly well, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: And then there was some summer festivals coming up and
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  Speaker 1: they asked if I could do those ones. I'm like sure,
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  Speaker 1: And here I'm still like twenty years later, so I
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  Speaker 1: think there's something in it that pulls me into it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the music is very much different from my
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  Speaker 1: own style and taste, so it's an it brings also
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  Speaker 1: a little bit different perspective for the for the musical stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and also you know, it's a it's a different thing
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  Speaker 1: what I can get to do. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, how would you describe then your taste as opposed
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  Speaker 2: to if it differs from insafarian.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a lot more of the heavy metal, trash and
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  Speaker 1: speed metal dude.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, yeah, not so much more the melodic sort of.
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  Speaker 1: The melod yes, yes, of course, but the folk thing
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  Speaker 1: has kind of never been that much in my blood,
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  Speaker 1: if I can say. But yeah, with aper males make
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  Speaker 1: so great stuff, yeah, it's hard not to like it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, No, definitely agree. I like I like quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit of melodic death metal and that sort of thing,
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  Speaker 2: but the folk, again, you're right, like, I don't, I
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  Speaker 2: don't particularly feel drawn to it, But with Enceferum it's different.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, no, I love.
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  Speaker 1: This, yeah exactly.
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  Speaker 2: I've often wondered how metal vocalists prepare for a show.
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  Speaker 2: Do you do a lot of warming up or does
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  Speaker 2: it just come more naturally to do those harsh vocals.
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  Speaker 1: I have never needed to do any warm ups. I
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  Speaker 1: just shout basically one time before going on stage and
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  Speaker 1: that's that's it.
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  Speaker 2: Far out it looks so like some Does your voice
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  Speaker 2: get sore at the end?
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  Speaker 1: Nope, my gosh, never lost my voice because of that.
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  Speaker 2: Wow break of nature. So yeah, do you ever pinch
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  Speaker 2: yourself at just how much Insofarm has grown and the
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  Speaker 2: success that's followed.
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  Speaker 1: Every now and then you get to see that one,
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  Speaker 1: But it's it's not so noticeable by yourself when you're
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  Speaker 1: kind of like doing it every single day. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's kind of hard. But usually with with the tours,
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  Speaker 1: when you meet up the fans and you get a
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  Speaker 1: lot of a lot more feedback than just on social
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  Speaker 1: media and stuff like this, so you can hear the
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  Speaker 1: impact of the music from different situations in life and
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  Speaker 1: stuff that one gives gives a good feeling always to hear.
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  Speaker 2: And do you also do you feel the vibe from
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  Speaker 2: the crowd when you're up there playing as well? Do
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  Speaker 2: you feel the energy? I suppose?
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  Speaker 1: Ah, yes, absolutely, Yeah, that's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: And how is how is touring for you? Are you
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  Speaker 2: guys obviously you guys will get along and your friends.
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  Speaker 2: Is it pretty relaxed or do you guys like to
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  Speaker 2: go out and do things?
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  Speaker 1: There isn't that much free time on a tour when
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  Speaker 1: you have a show days that's the one thing what
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  Speaker 1: kind of sucks that you're basically stuck in the bus
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  Speaker 1: or backstage inside the venue. There's not too much time
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  Speaker 1: to go check out cities and whatnot. But days off, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we tend to then basically separate, you know. Everybody goes
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  Speaker 1: their own different directions. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to see the same guys for twenty
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  Speaker 1: years and spend your day off with them at the
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  Speaker 1: same time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, true. How do you all keep the energy
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  Speaker 2: of the band up? Seeing as it has gone for
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  Speaker 2: so long? How are you guys still going?
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  Speaker 1: Excellent question. You know, if you would see the band
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  Speaker 1: like thirty minutes before showtime, yeah, somebody's still napping on
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  Speaker 1: the couch almost and you know, just checking out their
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  Speaker 1: phones or whatnot. Nobody is that that much paying attention
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  Speaker 1: to the upcoming show. But I guess it comes from
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  Speaker 1: just like when it's showtime, something switches inside. It's like
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  Speaker 1: game face on and good thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, can you give me a few of your favorite
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  Speaker 2: bands at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: At the moment, if you've got I was just checking
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  Speaker 1: out the latest album from Black Dalli and Murder.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yes, yeah, that's that's a.
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  Speaker 1: Really nice one. And yeah, what else did I check
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  Speaker 1: out lately?
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  Speaker 2: Well, of course, ah, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just saw them also during the summer here
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  Speaker 1: in Helsinet. They played at the festival. It was really good.
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  Speaker 1: They played an immortal set. It was really cool. And
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  Speaker 1: then yeah, it's been kind of like a black metal
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  Speaker 1: ish boo going on lately since you know Ultimate is coming.
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  Speaker 1: There's a get darker and rainy black metal fit. So
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  Speaker 1: also I have about to catch a better from a
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  Speaker 1: long time, So it was pretty much these bands are
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  Speaker 1: going on right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what time is it there at the moment?
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  Speaker 1: Actually right now we are at just past one o'clock
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  Speaker 1: in the afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wow, okay, and is it getting to the point
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  Speaker 2: where there's less sunlight or am I in the wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely right, we are getting off from the sunlight. Today's
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  Speaker 1: running actually outside, so particularly nice weather not raining about
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  Speaker 1: plus ten degrees celsius today, so okay, it's a nice day.
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  Speaker 2: It's terrible. Do you still get people dressing up in
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  Speaker 2: mediev medieval attire and war paint at your shows?
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  Speaker 1: We actually do.
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  Speaker 2: That's so cool.
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  Speaker 1: I would love it is. Yeah, they got the the
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  Speaker 1: drinking horns and you know, plastic swords and stuff with
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  Speaker 1: them at the real like you know for outfit leather
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  Speaker 1: done like really well, yes, it's it's very cool to
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  Speaker 1: see people's dedication for it too. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's hectic and the like Scanda in folklore obviously
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  Speaker 2: a big part of your music, I.
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  Speaker 1: Would say, big part issue. Yes, there is a lot
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  Speaker 1: of like different like lyrical themes. What we have gone
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  Speaker 1: through with the albums. Not everything is necessary has anything
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  Speaker 1: to do with Viking or pagan or anything like that.
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  Speaker 5: Ye.
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  Speaker 1: We have, for example, a song that goes through basically
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  Speaker 1: playing poker, the song called Two of Spades. That's also
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  Speaker 1: our tribute to Motorheads.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I wasna very similar.
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  Speaker 1: To yeah, kind of kind of our version of Motorhead
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  Speaker 1: but also there's like a Western teams as well, says
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  Speaker 1: there's a Marcus is a huge fan of Western music
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  Speaker 1: in the movies, so you can hear a lot of thoselies.
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  Speaker 1: Also there is a lot of Irish folk melodies, yes,
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  Speaker 1: stuff gone in forms music.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I feel like it's really hard to just
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  Speaker 2: put you guys in a box and say that you
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  Speaker 2: are this genre or that genre. And even with your
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  Speaker 2: lyrics as well. I feel like it's not just one
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  Speaker 2: thing that you guys talk about.
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  Speaker 1: It's yeah, Maria, yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 2: You have a lot of fans here in Australia who
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  Speaker 2: want to see you guys. Is Australia are going to
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  Speaker 2: be on the tour list anytime soon?
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  Speaker 1: Not yet on the schedule, but I hope so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that will be cool. Yeah, Like on a couple of
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  Speaker 1: previous interviews I've just done over there, you guys are
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  Speaker 1: located so far away from here, you know, yeah, literally
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of the world.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: How long does it t to get here?
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  Speaker 3: Do you know?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you've been.
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  Speaker 1: Here, it's it's usually around a thirty hour trip, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: one way, yeah, no, depending on the flights, but usually
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  Speaker 1: it takes about that twenty five thirty something hours to
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  Speaker 1: get there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, not fun. I find finish such an interesting
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  Speaker 2: and challenging at times. Language. Can you tell me some
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  Speaker 2: of your favorite finish sayings or finish words.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's a tricky one. Well these are there ones.
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  Speaker 1: WLL we usually tell you know, all the tourists who
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  Speaker 1: are visiting over here when they want to lare some
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  Speaker 1: dounb finished words. There's one called herlicane curlcan okay, yep, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's like cheers when you're you know, cheering up with
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  Speaker 1: a drink. Yeah, now I like that. But you also
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  Speaker 1: have some funny sayings in Australia as well, Yes we do.
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  Speaker 1: I forgot the version how how it's said said on
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  Speaker 1: the over there, but it was like it's so hot
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  Speaker 1: that the flip flop smelt on the asphalt. But there
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  Speaker 1: was something about thongs. Yeah. Yeah. When I heard that
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  Speaker 1: my first time, when our driver was saying that, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: you're wearing thongs for what?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yes, yeah, these kind of things. I think
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  Speaker 1: every country has has their own on weird saying what
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  Speaker 1: if you're not from there, it's really difficult to understand.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, I love them. I also recently saw
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  Speaker 2: a video of you on your Instagram and you're dancing
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  Speaker 2: next to a girl who was busking.
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  Speaker 1: Ah yeah, that was our accordion player. Yeah yeah, we
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  Speaker 1: had some free time at the studio long time ago,
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  Speaker 1: and then we decided to make this silly video to
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  Speaker 1: go collect some collect some coins so we can buy
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  Speaker 1: ingredients to bake some buns at the studio.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's classic. Oh I thought it was just some
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  Speaker 2: random person that you decided to dance next to. That
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  Speaker 2: was so funny.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, not random, totally planned. Yeah, just for very information.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't get any money, but you know it was fun.
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  Speaker 3: What Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Oh that sucks, oh dear, all right, well, thank you
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  Speaker 2: so much, Pete. Fans of Ensaferum can catch the new
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  Speaker 2: album winter Storm on October eighteen. We can't wait to
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  Speaker 2: hear it in full. Is there anything else you'd like
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  Speaker 2: to say about the album or tell you fans?
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully everybody enjoys the album. It's a cool one, fairly
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  Speaker 1: serious from Enspherm's point of view, and hopefully we get
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  Speaker 1: to catch you all somewhere there down under soon.
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  Speaker 2: Enough, hopefully very soon. With all love that there's so
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  Speaker 2: many metal fans here and I know anso fem is
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  Speaker 2: a huge, highly requested one all the time, so we
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  Speaker 2: hope you can make it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, thanks all.
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  Speaker 2: Right, thank you so much, Pete, Thank.
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  Speaker 6: battle with the frost, bash despair, the dacent u a
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  Speaker 6: hard circle and given a.
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  Speaker 1: Back of hipness late death.
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  Speaker 7: So the sis are clere.
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  Speaker 3: The jolas job the summer of a dice shallself the
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  Speaker 3: god the joll dies a class hang girl, the best
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  Speaker 4: Says what side the trest the less a god.
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  Speaker 3: The o a trouser nothing both salt the suass wag
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  Speaker 3: West night aunt side. That's the walls a jobs, the wetters, raced.
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  Speaker 8: Col winter o.
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  Speaker 7: Sun fill your time. So why the bracing fire well
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  Speaker 7: sent to.
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  Speaker 8: Remain the real dreams of j.
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  Speaker 3: W.
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  Speaker 4: The Lons also say the last sunset.
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  Speaker 8: Where the frozen wise loved.
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  Speaker 3: Gill forces side a waded ariard on a girl cock
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  Speaker 3: are we for the fires of agisstime, mist hole were.
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  Speaker 8: Er the lot of the star Bella as a house
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  Speaker 8: the start yours the call winter O side inside.
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  Speaker 7: Still your side. So by the bracing fire.
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  Speaker 8: Well set to remain will dreams of folk.
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  Speaker 3: Love sign says last Suns.
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  Speaker 4: Loud. I don't way loud. Someone say o that out loud.
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  Speaker 4: The sun got.
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  Speaker 5: Scars, flips and fries and quickly has the Christmas Wars,
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  Speaker 5: the skies talking to from it to the polls.
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  Speaker 7: Winds all Siroman.
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  Speaker 8: Side, all SI wins will ring.
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  Speaker 7: So Gosn says, Suns
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  Speaker 1: Have your house