"I would just imagine her being like, 'Oh, you, know weird. ... What is it? What do people see in this? I listen to the Fifth Dimension and Elton John and this doesn't sound like that,'" says Malkmus, whose two daughters are 11 and 13. "I can see it, you know? I have children. I've seen plenty of drawings of birthday cake. I say, 'Great job!' A little bit later, you see a little darkness. 'They've got the darkness in 'em, just like me.'"