0 1 0 ▁at ▁Beth nal ▁Green ▁Great ▁Syn agog ue ▁in ▁London , ▁but ▁the ▁band ▁eventually ▁needed ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁scen ery ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁producer ▁Jason ▁L ader . ▁The ▁band ▁started ▁at ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁due ▁its ▁sp a cious ▁sound , ▁but ▁ended ▁up ▁working ▁was ▁L ader ▁based ▁off ▁his ▁work ▁with ▁Jay - Z ▁and ▁Julian ▁Cas abl anc as . ▁ ▁V ocal ist / gu itar ist ▁Charlie ▁F ink ▁wrote ▁of ▁ad oles c ence ▁and , ▁in ▁his ▁words , ▁" that ▁excitement ▁of ▁being ▁young ▁and ▁being ▁in ▁the ▁night ." ▁The ▁amb ition ▁was ▁un ap olog et ically ▁fuel led ▁by ▁the ▁music ▁of ▁Bruce ▁Spring ste en . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Last ▁Night ▁on ▁Earth ▁is ▁influenced ▁by ▁several ▁different ▁sources , ▁including ▁Tom ▁Wa its ' s ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁album ▁B one ▁Machine , ▁the ▁poetry ▁of ▁Frank ▁O ' H ara , ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁Edward ▁Ho pper , ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁John ▁C ale , ▁Arthur ▁Russell ▁and ▁Lou ▁Re ed . ▁Re ed ' s ▁Berlin ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁was ▁particularly ▁influ ential ▁on ▁F ink ' s ▁desire ▁to ▁step ▁outside ▁his ▁comfort ▁zone , ▁lyr ically . ▁" Once ▁you ' ve ▁opened ▁up ▁the ▁third - person ▁narr ative ▁it ▁means ▁you ▁have ▁to ▁rely ▁less ▁on ▁your ▁own ▁life ▁and ▁it ' s ▁more ▁fant asy ▁and