I wrote that song while I was recalling working with a bunch of kids when I was a psychiatric nurse. I worked with these kids and their parents would blame the music they listened to for the problems they had in their homes. I would see a lot of this, but I think that music is an entire net good in the world; no child has ever been harmed by music. So, I wrote a song about a couple of guys that get in trouble for playing death metal and get sent off to hospitals.
— John Darnielle on “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton”