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They spent the better part of 2019 playing with sounds, riffing on McClelland's demos, and recording a number of songs live to tape. Although a handful of sessions occurred in traditional recording studios, the band's autonomy and ability to record themselves imbues their music with a sense of freedom and gives it a distinct character – a home-cooked sound that is purely Public Practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYork, who writes all of Public Practice's lyrics, with the exception of the McClelland-penned \"How I Like It,\" explores the complexities and contradictions of modern life overtop danceable rhythms and choruses that disarmingly open up the doors to self-reflection. \"You don't want to live a lie \/ But it's easy\" York sings on \"Compromised,\" the record's brisk, gyrating lead single. 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