What’s the latest?

We’re in Atlanta covering the Cee Lo song “Georgia” in the studio. I was actually just riding around my car listening to the mix.

A response to his cover of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You”?

We really dug the version he did. I was blown away at how good it sounded, the approach he took. It’s out of control. And the video—wow. We were really stoked about it. So, we thought, “Hey, we’ll do a song like that.

You joined the band after the second album, Cease to Begin. How’d you hook up with them?

I was in the studio when they were making Cease to Begin; I was working with The Avett Brothers, helping record them. Ben [Bridwell] came in, and we became really good friends. After they were done recording, he said we should tour.

Prior to that, Band of Horses had started to make some headway in Europe. Was it weird joining a band at that crucial time?

Joining a band is always about the situation. If you can play music and you get along, it’ll work. When it doesn’t work is when everyone doesn’t get along. I thought it went really naturally. And right after that, we went up in venue sizes really quick. Scandanavia took off.

Why do you think you took off there before anywhere else?

If you’d asked this question two months ago I wouldn’t have known how to answer. We wondered the same thing. We just played Norway, and it really reminds me of Seattle. It’s almost the same geography. I don’t know if that has a lot to do with it. It might.

Why the decision to self-produce the newest album, Infinite Arms?