▁at ▁least ." ▁However , ▁as ▁all ▁T ant ric ▁band ▁members ▁live ▁in ▁different ▁cities ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Mind ▁Control ▁was ▁written ▁pie c eme al . ▁The ▁band ▁would ▁send ▁each ▁other ▁compos itions ▁via ▁email ▁for ▁others ▁to ▁build ▁on . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Fl int ▁Journal , ▁Hugo ▁Fer re ira ▁discussed ▁the ▁album ' s ▁production : ▁" It ▁was ▁all ▁like ▁via ▁e - mail . ▁Basically ▁Joe ▁would ▁send ▁me ▁a ▁guitar ▁r iff ▁on ▁the ▁e - mail ▁and ▁I ▁would ▁dump ▁it ▁into ▁my ▁home ▁studio ▁and ▁kind ▁of ▁slice ▁it ▁up ▁and ▁put ▁it ▁together , ▁and ▁maybe ▁add ▁a ▁ch orus . ▁It ▁was ▁put ▁together ▁like ▁a ▁puzz le . ▁But ▁with ▁the ▁instrument ation , ▁I ▁think ▁that ▁the ▁guys , ▁in ▁my ▁mind , ▁really ▁stepped ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁plate ▁and ▁gave ▁me ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁great ▁stuff ▁to ▁work ▁with . ▁I ▁never ▁really ▁wrote ▁a ▁record ▁like ▁this . ▁But , ▁to ▁me , ▁I ▁think ▁it ' s ▁the ▁best ▁one ▁we ' ve ▁ever ▁done . ▁It ▁was ▁cra zy ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁really ▁effort less . ▁It ' s ▁great ." ▁ ▁Fer re ira ▁also ▁elabor ated ▁on ▁performing ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁military ▁in ▁Korea ▁and ▁the ▁meaning ▁behind ▁Mind ▁Control ▁and ▁its ▁title ▁track : ▁▁ ▁" This ▁record ▁is ▁a ▁lot ▁dark er ▁than ▁anything ▁we ▁have ▁ever ▁done . ▁Basically , ▁I ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁about