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Inside: Interviews with: Leighton of Lydia, Jake Round of Pure Noise Records, and Brent Walsh of I The Mighty Photos of: PVRIS, Golden Sun, Mindless Self Indulgence, Hands Like Houses, Candy Hearts, Heartist, Au Revoir Simone, Ne-Yo, and so many more of your favorite artists. Also check out the latest tours coming to your city in between spreads.

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ms mr 10

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Stefano Ferreyros - Homestead, Florida Photographer@[email protected] Rosario Guiterrez - Chicago, [email protected] Danielle Morrison - Pomona, CaliforniaPhotographer@[email protected] Nicole Stephens - San Francisco, CaliforniaInterviews / Editor-in-Chief@[email protected] Idora Yasin - Hollywood, FloridaInterviews / Photographer@[email protected] Brooklyn Parcel - Bend, OregonContributor

Official Website: www.speedofsoundmagazine.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/speedofsoundmag Instagram: www.instagram.com/speedofsoundmagazine Facebook: www.facebook.com/speedofsoundmagazine Tumblr: Speedofsoundmagazine.tumblr.com

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golden sun 16

ms mr 10

hands like houses 20

Stefano Ferreyros - Homestead, Florida Photographer@[email protected] Rosario Guiterrez - Chicago, [email protected] Danielle Morrison - Pomona, CaliforniaPhotographer@[email protected] Nicole Stephens - San Francisco, CaliforniaInterviews / Editor-in-Chief@[email protected] Idora Yasin - Hollywood, FloridaInterviews / Photographer@[email protected] Brooklyn Parcel - Bend, OregonContributor

Official Website: www.speedofsoundmagazine.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/speedofsoundmag Instagram: www.instagram.com/speedofsoundmagazine Facebook: www.facebook.com/speedofsoundmagazine Tumblr: Speedofsoundmagazine.tumblr.com

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LYDIA 50

MINDLESS SELF INDULGEBCE 36 PVRIS 56

industry spotlight: Jake round 35

ne-yo 32

Candy hearts 26

I THE MIGHTY 42

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LYDIA 50

MINDLESS SELF INDULGEBCE 36 PVRIS 56

industry spotlight: Jake round 35

ne-yo 32

Candy hearts 26

I THE MIGHTY 42

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au revior simone 64

heartist 60

would like to thank... Sam BuksbaumTrisha SauerJason Consoli

Natalie BigsanoChelsea DunstallJake RoundWinne LamJessica Giordano

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au revior simone 64

heartist 60

would like to thank... Sam BuksbaumTrisha SauerJason Consoli

Natalie BigsanoChelsea DunstallJake RoundWinne LamJessica Giordano

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MS MRApril 14th, 2014The FilmoreSan Francisco, California

Photo by: Nicole Stephens

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MS MRApril 14th, 2014The FilmoreSan Francisco, California

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GOLDEN SUNIlluminate TourMarch 2, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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GOLDEN SUNIlluminate TourMarch 2, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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HANDS LIKE HOUSESDevil's Dance TourMay 17th, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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HANDS LIKE HOUSESDevil's Dance TourMay 17th, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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CANDY HEARTSReunion TourMarch 14th, 2014Chain ReactionAnaheim, California

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CANDY HEARTSReunion TourMarch 14th, 2014Chain ReactionAnaheim, California

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NE-YOUniversal Studio's Grad BashApril 4th, 2014Orlando, Florida

Photo by: Stefano Ferreyros

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NE-YOUniversal Studio's Grad BashApril 4th, 2014Orlando, Florida

Photo by: Stefano Ferreyros

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What inspired you to create your own recordlabel? I knew I always wanted to start my own companyand I had been working in music for a couple ofyears. My friends in No Bragging Rights neededsome help and I was able to borrow a little moneyto put out there record in 2009.

Five years is a really short time, what hasbeen the biggest accomplishment sincestarting? I'm really proud of the fact that we've had almostzero turn over as far as bands leaving. I think itsays something about the label and bands alike.

What has been the most funny interactionyou have had with a band? I don't know that I can think of one in particular.I'm so close with some of the bands that live localto me that just about everything you can think ofhas happened.

What band made a wild first impression toyou? Handguns was probably the wildest back in theday. In the first two days of knowing them I sawTaylor dump a gallon of water on a kid at WarpedTour and yell "welcome to six flags!".

What are your relationships with bands? It depends on the band really. With some of thebands that have been on since the beginning ourrelationship is more friendship based which issometimes harder than just being professionallyinvolved. I'm pretty available to all of the bandsthough and usually chat with at least one personin each band weekly and more often when they're

I just like to check in and see how things aregoing.

What makes Pure Noise Records differentfrom larger labels? I'm not really sure I've never worked at a largelabel. I do think we have pretty personalrelationships with the bands. I believe that if you'reon a boutique record label you should get boutiqueservice, so that's what I try to provide.

Vinyl, CDs, or Online? I don't care how people listen to our records. I'mjust glad they're listening. I like vinyl personallybut still feel like I buy a lot of music on itunes.

What are some of your favorite albums thatyou have released? The Story So Far "Under Soil and Dirt", TheAmerican Scene "Safe For Now", Rotting Out "TheWrong Way".

Give me 5 bands that we should look out forin 2014. I think we'll see Brigades, Front Porch Step, TheAmerican Scene, To The Wind and Forever CameCalling all step up in 2014.

This month for our music industry spotlight we sat down with Jake Round, founder of BayArea based indie label Pure Noise Records, and picked his brain about the music industryand bands on his roster.

Interview by: Brooklyn Parcel

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What inspired you to create your own recordlabel? I knew I always wanted to start my own companyand I had been working in music for a couple ofyears. My friends in No Bragging Rights neededsome help and I was able to borrow a little moneyto put out there record in 2009.

Five years is a really short time, what hasbeen the biggest accomplishment sincestarting? I'm really proud of the fact that we've had almostzero turn over as far as bands leaving. I think itsays something about the label and bands alike.

What has been the most funny interactionyou have had with a band? I don't know that I can think of one in particular.I'm so close with some of the bands that live localto me that just about everything you can think ofhas happened.

What band made a wild first impression toyou? Handguns was probably the wildest back in theday. In the first two days of knowing them I sawTaylor dump a gallon of water on a kid at WarpedTour and yell "welcome to six flags!".

What are your relationships with bands? It depends on the band really. With some of thebands that have been on since the beginning ourrelationship is more friendship based which issometimes harder than just being professionallyinvolved. I'm pretty available to all of the bandsthough and usually chat with at least one personin each band weekly and more often when they're

I just like to check in and see how things aregoing.

What makes Pure Noise Records differentfrom larger labels? I'm not really sure I've never worked at a largelabel. I do think we have pretty personalrelationships with the bands. I believe that if you'reon a boutique record label you should get boutiqueservice, so that's what I try to provide.

Vinyl, CDs, or Online? I don't care how people listen to our records. I'mjust glad they're listening. I like vinyl personallybut still feel like I buy a lot of music on itunes.

What are some of your favorite albums thatyou have released? The Story So Far "Under Soil and Dirt", TheAmerican Scene "Safe For Now", Rotting Out "TheWrong Way".

Give me 5 bands that we should look out forin 2014. I think we'll see Brigades, Front Porch Step, TheAmerican Scene, To The Wind and Forever CameCalling all step up in 2014.

This month for our music industry spotlight we sat down with Jake Round, founder of BayArea based indie label Pure Noise Records, and picked his brain about the music industryand bands on his roster.

Interview by: Brooklyn Parcel

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MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCEApril 14th, 2014The FilmoreSan Francisco, California

Photo by: Nicole Stephens

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I THE MIGHTYMay 17th, 2014Bottom of The HillSan Francisco, California

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I THE MIGHTYMay 17th, 2014Bottom of The HillSan Francisco, California

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I THE MIGHTY Progressive Rock - San Francisco, California

We had the chance to pick Brent Walsh of the Bay Area native Progressive Rock band, I The Mighty's brainbefore the band headed off to play the second half of this year's Vans Warped Tour. We asked him about lyricalthemes, being on Warped Tour for the first time, and what is in store the the band after Warped Tour wraps up.

How did all of you guys meetand have I the Mighty cometogether as a band? Ian and I have known each othersince high school and learned howto play together years ago. Chriswe met and started jamming withthrough another local band andBlake saw the three of us performacoustically at a show andapproached us about playingdrums. It was all so organic! Oncewe had played together, for like 45minutes, we knew this was the lineup.

If you could go back in timeand tell your younger self onething, what would you tellyourself and why? The music industry really can be asbig of a bitch as you're hearing.Don't expect to get big or makemoney without years ofdedication...but always remember:it's music. Have fun with it.

In a world were music did notexist what would you be doing? I'd probably be doing something infilm. I loved acting and improvwhen I was in high school andthere are many different aspects of

film-making I find really intriguing.There's a video called "Ghost" onYouTube which is a super old I theMighty song that I wrote anddirected the music video for and Ihad a lot of fun doing that. Though,music will always be my first love.

How did your signing to EqualVision Records come about?How did you know they werethe right fit for you guys? We were always huge fans of thatlabel and they were always at thetop of our list. So once we got theoffer it was a pretty easy call. Thelabel is awesome. They're likefamily.

The title of your full lengthdebut album Satori meansenlightenment, and thedifferent themes of the albumrevolve around the concept ofdiscovering yourself andexpanding your mind todifferent ideas around you.Will self-discovery be arecurring theme in your musicor was the concept of Satori tohelp better chronicle that timeof your life you were writingabout?

That's a really great question. Ithink the theory of existentialismwill always play some sort of role inmy writing. Though, Satori wasmuch more a chronicling of whatyou learn about yourself after arough break up and howenlightening it can be to discovermore about yourself and what youchoose to believe in.

How has the writing processchanged for you guys over theyears? It's become a lot more of a teameffort. Everyone writes a lot of theirown ideas now and we all get into aroom together and just jam on eachother's suggestions. Sometimes oneperson will still write the bulk of asong, but it's become much moreof a collaboration than say our firsttwo EPs on iTunes, that pre-datethe Equal Vision releases.

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I THE MIGHTY Progressive Rock - San Francisco, California

We had the chance to pick Brent Walsh of the Bay Area native Progressive Rock band, I The Mighty's brainbefore the band headed off to play the second half of this year's Vans Warped Tour. We asked him about lyricalthemes, being on Warped Tour for the first time, and what is in store the the band after Warped Tour wraps up.

How did all of you guys meetand have I the Mighty cometogether as a band? Ian and I have known each othersince high school and learned howto play together years ago. Chriswe met and started jamming withthrough another local band andBlake saw the three of us performacoustically at a show andapproached us about playingdrums. It was all so organic! Oncewe had played together, for like 45minutes, we knew this was the lineup.

If you could go back in timeand tell your younger self onething, what would you tellyourself and why? The music industry really can be asbig of a bitch as you're hearing.Don't expect to get big or makemoney without years ofdedication...but always remember:it's music. Have fun with it.

In a world were music did notexist what would you be doing? I'd probably be doing something infilm. I loved acting and improvwhen I was in high school andthere are many different aspects of

film-making I find really intriguing.There's a video called "Ghost" onYouTube which is a super old I theMighty song that I wrote anddirected the music video for and Ihad a lot of fun doing that. Though,music will always be my first love.

How did your signing to EqualVision Records come about?How did you know they werethe right fit for you guys? We were always huge fans of thatlabel and they were always at thetop of our list. So once we got theoffer it was a pretty easy call. Thelabel is awesome. They're likefamily.

The title of your full lengthdebut album Satori meansenlightenment, and thedifferent themes of the albumrevolve around the concept ofdiscovering yourself andexpanding your mind todifferent ideas around you.Will self-discovery be arecurring theme in your musicor was the concept of Satori tohelp better chronicle that timeof your life you were writingabout?

That's a really great question. Ithink the theory of existentialismwill always play some sort of role inmy writing. Though, Satori wasmuch more a chronicling of whatyou learn about yourself after arough break up and howenlightening it can be to discovermore about yourself and what youchoose to believe in.

How has the writing processchanged for you guys over theyears? It's become a lot more of a teameffort. Everyone writes a lot of theirown ideas now and we all get into aroom together and just jam on eachother's suggestions. Sometimes oneperson will still write the bulk of asong, but it's become much moreof a collaboration than say our firsttwo EPs on iTunes, that pre-datethe Equal Vision releases.

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If you could change onething about the musicindustry what would itbe? I would make it more aboutthe artist. Right now, theartist makes less money thanany other link in the chainand it makes no sense at all.The ones creating are theones who really have tostruggle to make it asustainable way of life.Unless you really blow up,you're always supplementingyour income with some otherway of making money just soyou can continue to try andpursue your dream. I wouldcall for an entire re-structuring of the way themusic industry is run.

You guys are playingWarped Tour for the firsttime this year, with somany different bands onthe bill this year; Whatwould you say toencourage kids to checkyour band out for thefirst time who may nothave heard of you? I would say that we offersomething relatively differentand unique from a lot ofwhat they could walk aroundand see. We're passionateabout what we play, what wesay and what we stand for.At least watch a couplesongs, and if ya don't dig it,there are another 50 bandsyou can go give a chance aswell.

You guys have a prettyeclectic touring historyfrom Coheed to SayAnything and then more

recent letlive. / Architects co-headliner, if youcould re-live any of yourpast tours which wouldyou pick and why? Any of those tours would bea blast to re-live...I may justbe feeling nostalgic, but Iwould probably say eitherthe Coheed tour, or the firstnational we ever did withDance Gavin Dance, A LotLike Birds, and Hail the Sun.Besides DGD, it was the firsttime all of us had done a fullnational tour and we were allclose with each other alreadybefore the tour had evenstarted. So needless to saywe had such a blastexperiencing all of thattogether. Three bands evengot commemorative tattoosto remember it all by, whichwas also my first tour tattoo.Love all those boys!

Where do you see I theMighty in five years? Doing exactly what we'redoing now but on a muchlarger scale. Multiple recordsthat people and the industrylove and respect, world toursunder our belt, and the sameamount of love, friendship,and fun that we have doingwhat we're doing right now.We're very appreciative forthe opportunities we've beengiven and the fans andfriends we've made.

Photos and interview by: Nicole Stephens

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If you could change onething about the musicindustry what would itbe? I would make it more aboutthe artist. Right now, theartist makes less money thanany other link in the chainand it makes no sense at all.The ones creating are theones who really have tostruggle to make it asustainable way of life.Unless you really blow up,you're always supplementingyour income with some otherway of making money just soyou can continue to try andpursue your dream. I wouldcall for an entire re-structuring of the way themusic industry is run.

You guys are playingWarped Tour for the firsttime this year, with somany different bands onthe bill this year; Whatwould you say toencourage kids to checkyour band out for thefirst time who may nothave heard of you? I would say that we offersomething relatively differentand unique from a lot ofwhat they could walk aroundand see. We're passionateabout what we play, what wesay and what we stand for.At least watch a couplesongs, and if ya don't dig it,there are another 50 bandsyou can go give a chance aswell.

You guys have a prettyeclectic touring historyfrom Coheed to SayAnything and then more

recent letlive. / Architects co-headliner, if youcould re-live any of yourpast tours which wouldyou pick and why? Any of those tours would bea blast to re-live...I may justbe feeling nostalgic, but Iwould probably say eitherthe Coheed tour, or the firstnational we ever did withDance Gavin Dance, A LotLike Birds, and Hail the Sun.Besides DGD, it was the firsttime all of us had done a fullnational tour and we were allclose with each other alreadybefore the tour had evenstarted. So needless to saywe had such a blastexperiencing all of thattogether. Three bands evengot commemorative tattoosto remember it all by, whichwas also my first tour tattoo.Love all those boys!

Where do you see I theMighty in five years? Doing exactly what we'redoing now but on a muchlarger scale. Multiple recordsthat people and the industrylove and respect, world toursunder our belt, and the sameamount of love, friendship,and fun that we have doingwhat we're doing right now.We're very appreciative forthe opportunities we've beengiven and the fans andfriends we've made.

Photos and interview by: Nicole Stephens

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LYDIAIlluminate TourMarch 4th, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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LYDIAIlluminate TourMarch 4th, 2014Slim'sSan Francisco, California

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How did Lydia become a band? Most of us went to High School together and that's howthe band started. We were playing just for fun we we'reever trying to do it for a serious career or anything likethat. We just did it for fun and then more and morepeople started coming out and it just kind of escalatedto doing it full time.

Growing up who were your musical influencesthat made you want to make the music youmake today? Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes I listened to those two alot when I first started playing music.

Biggest mistake you made when first startingout? When we first started out we played at a bar and somedrunk dude went and stood front row right infront ofme and and heckled me the whole show. That was fun.

If you could go back in time and talk to youryounger self what would you tell yourself? I don't know. Maybe not choose [music] as a careerpath [laughs]. No, but it's just a hard thing to do, andthere are probably easier ways to make a living.

So in a world were music didn't exist what wouldyou be doing? I think I would probably doing something with theocean. Like a marine biologist or oceanographer. Theocean fracinates me with how much stuff is in there. Idon't know if you can really make a living doing that,but I would probably do that with my time.

Favorite song to play live? Lately I've been having fun playing "Sleep Well". Wehaven't played it in a while and it's a cool song to playlive.

Song that you're the most proud to havewritten? I'm pretty proud of all of "Devil". It's a different aspectof Lydia that we just hadn't really got into. It's morepop driven almost.

Writing proccess for Devil vs. Paint it Golden? The writing process was different for Devil becausepreviously I had done a whole lot more of the writingand this one I let other people in and bounced ideas offnew people.

What has been your biggest accomplishment todate with music? I would say just being able to pay my bills by playingmusic. I'm still fascinated that I can do this and peoplepay me to do it.

Biggest struggle the band has gone through? The hardest time was right before we went on hiatusand going our separate ways. Me and the other guythat started Lydia together just couldn't get alonganymore and that was tough. He wanted to go onedirection and I wanted to go the other. I think that wasreally a blessing because it turned Lydia into that it istoday.

LYDIARock - Gilbert, Arizona

We sat down with Lydia's frontman, Leighton Antelman, before one of the many sold out shows on the band'sfull US Tour dedicated to playing the band's most notable release, "Illuminate", from start to finish. We chattedabout everything from drunken fan encounters to the reason behind the band's initial hiatus. Check out our

interview with him below.

Interview by: Nicole Stephens

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How did Lydia become a band? Most of us went to High School together and that's howthe band started. We were playing just for fun we we'reever trying to do it for a serious career or anything likethat. We just did it for fun and then more and morepeople started coming out and it just kind of escalatedto doing it full time.

Growing up who were your musical influencesthat made you want to make the music youmake today? Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes I listened to those two alot when I first started playing music.

Biggest mistake you made when first startingout? When we first started out we played at a bar and somedrunk dude went and stood front row right infront ofme and and heckled me the whole show. That was fun.

If you could go back in time and talk to youryounger self what would you tell yourself? I don't know. Maybe not choose [music] as a careerpath [laughs]. No, but it's just a hard thing to do, andthere are probably easier ways to make a living.

So in a world were music didn't exist what wouldyou be doing? I think I would probably doing something with theocean. Like a marine biologist or oceanographer. Theocean fracinates me with how much stuff is in there. Idon't know if you can really make a living doing that,but I would probably do that with my time.

Favorite song to play live? Lately I've been having fun playing "Sleep Well". Wehaven't played it in a while and it's a cool song to playlive.

Song that you're the most proud to havewritten? I'm pretty proud of all of "Devil". It's a different aspectof Lydia that we just hadn't really got into. It's morepop driven almost.

Writing proccess for Devil vs. Paint it Golden? The writing process was different for Devil becausepreviously I had done a whole lot more of the writingand this one I let other people in and bounced ideas offnew people.

What has been your biggest accomplishment todate with music? I would say just being able to pay my bills by playingmusic. I'm still fascinated that I can do this and peoplepay me to do it.

Biggest struggle the band has gone through? The hardest time was right before we went on hiatusand going our separate ways. Me and the other guythat started Lydia together just couldn't get alonganymore and that was tough. He wanted to go onedirection and I wanted to go the other. I think that wasreally a blessing because it turned Lydia into that it istoday.

LYDIARock - Gilbert, Arizona

We sat down with Lydia's frontman, Leighton Antelman, before one of the many sold out shows on the band'sfull US Tour dedicated to playing the band's most notable release, "Illuminate", from start to finish. We chattedabout everything from drunken fan encounters to the reason behind the band's initial hiatus. Check out our

interview with him below.

Interview by: Nicole Stephens

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PVRISRise Records and Friends TourMay 5th, 2014Chain ReactionAnaheim, California

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PVRISRise Records and Friends TourMay 5th, 2014Chain ReactionAnaheim, California

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HEARTISTHollow Bodies TourMay 11th, 2014DNA LoungeSan Francisco, California

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HEARTISTHollow Bodies TourMay 11th, 2014DNA LoungeSan Francisco, California

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AU REVOIR SIMONEApril 19th, 2014Fox TheaterOakland, California

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AU REVOIR SIMONEApril 19th, 2014Fox TheaterOakland, California

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