Project Song: Chris Walla And J. Robbins Create 'Mercury'

Published: Oct. 15, 2009, 8:07 p.m.

Project Song participants only have two days to write and record a song, but Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jawbox's J. Robbins had it even tougher: They had never met before entering NPR's performance studio. Watch as the two create "Mercury," a soaring song inspired by a cataclysmic scenario.