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I decided today, in the shower, that “Shells” needed work. As much as I hate going back and remixing stuff that I’ve considered done for a while now, “Shells” had become a convoluted mess. Thinking about it in the context of a live performance, there is no way we could cover all those parts between us, so I decided to strip it down to its core elements, which means it is now mostly one guitar, bass, and drums. There are still some flourishes from the acoustic and the heavy guitar, but it’s much cleaner now. I’ve also stripped back some of the extraneous vocal parts. Overall, I’d say it’s a much better version now.