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"I've been listening a lot to Sigor Ros. I found their music really inspiring during all of the writing of Paper Monsters. I just said "Let's get in touch with Ken Thomas, and see what he is doing." I kind of got a list of stuff that he had worked on. I saw there was anything from assisting with David Bowie and Queen , and then later producing and engineering Public Image and obviously Sigor Ros . [Ken and I] met up in New York , and immediately when I met him, I knew he was right [for the project]. He's a gentle soul . He knows what he likes, and he's not flustered by anything. He listened to the demos, and he said that the songs made him feel good, and that was good enough for me. That's what I wanted to do with this record. I wanted to make a record that made people feel good. Together, I think we achieved that ." (Dave Gahan)