Cordelia Gartside on Creating Song laura palmer

Cordelia Gartside stated that she watched the film Fire Walk with Me in an old cinema from the 1920s with red velvet seats. Gartside stated she could not speak for three days after watching the film, and the song emerged during this period of stillness. She worked on the track for three or four months before taking it to the band, and then shelved it for a while.

A repeating guitar line forms the foundation of the song laura palmer. Gartside stated that she wanted to use percussion instead of a drum kit on the song. In the final version, layers of synthesizer, guitar, bass, and percussion combine to form a dense wall of sound. The track also features unusual sounds, including knives rubbing together and an iPhone recording of a seagull walking on a car roof.