It’s going to be a busy upcoming summer for Jack White. He is booked to headline a number of music festivals and now he has officially announced a new solo album Lazaretto, released June 10th through his label Third Man.
The former White Stripes front man has released a musical track from the album, “High Ball Stepper”. Fans of White are sure to be ecstatic for this release, and we wouldn’t expect anything but brilliance from him.
Check out the single below; it’s quite the ear buzz.
With over 70 bands spread out among 12 different venues, 40 artists, a technology panel, a comedy night, sold out 1,000-person shows, and after parties, it’s safe to say that Slingshot Festival 2014 was a success. With the numerous acts and artists, it’s difficult to summarize, but we’ll hit some of the highlights of the weekend.
The festival kicked off Wednesday night with a performance by Tinariwen, a desert blues band from northern Mali. These guys could not have been a more unique start to the festival. The energy from Tinariwen was contagious, and the contrast between the band’s traditional dress and modern instruments was striking. Their harmonies were stunning, and despite the communication barrier, the passion in their performance was felt by the packed-out Theatre.
To top off the great start to Slingshot, Creature Comforts previewed – and quickly filled to capacity – their lovely new space. The after party featured DJ List Christee, better known as Kevin Barnes. Barnes provided an excellent after party soundtrack to break in Creature Comforts in the best way. Thanks to Dos Equis, free beer was provided, and danceable beats from KB pleased the partygoers.
Thursday was predominantly art exhibits at Creature Comforts, Bulldog Inn and Lamar Dodd School of Art. One art exhibit by Christopher Nelms and Ted Khun, at Bulldog Inn particularly stood out, involving 40 pounds of bananas, vodka shots, and karaoke. All of the art exhibits throughout the week were each completely unique and spanned a wide range of mediums.
Friday was a packed schedule, and it was tough to decide what to go to with the abundance of options. Lera Lynn graced the Morton Theatre with her style of rootsy Americana. During a few technical difficulties, she even gave an impromptu tap dance to entertain the eager crowd.
The New West records showcase was at the Caledonia Lounge, and all were exciting up-and-coming artists. Dega performed their synth-heavy compositions, which featured dreamy vocal harmonies, making quite the impression on the crowd for what was only their third live performance. Ruby the Rabbitfoot followed with her soulful, organic style of indie pop. Ruby had great stage presence and kept the crowd entertained with her quirky comments in between songs.
Powerkompany packed out The World Famous later in the evening. The cinematic electropop trio filled the room with powerful and convicting vocals the crowd seemed to enjoy.
Friday was also Japan Nite, featuring five bands from Japan performing at New Earth Music Hall. Peelander Z was the headliner for Japan Nite, and did not disappoint. The energy of the “action comic” punk group was electric, and the crowd responded with chanting, crowd surfing, and joining the band on stage.
The 40 Watt, had three of Athens favorite bands: Programs, Elf Power, and Space Trucks. Urban Outfitters sponsored free Weaver D’s, and there were several sightings of Michael Stipe, so clearly it was a true Athenian experience.
Kishi Bashi headlined Saturday night at the Georgia Theatre. As usual, it was a high-energy show featuring unique music. Kishi Bashi, with frosted tips and friendly smiles, revealed a handful of new songs, while making sure to play fan favorites like ‘Bright Whites’ and ‘Manchester’. The show was visually appealing as well, featuring an art piece that was progressively altered throughout the performance.
Following the Kishi Bashi show, much of the crowd moved down the street to The Green Room, where Washed Out treated the house to a DJ set, complete with trippy projections and experimental rhythms.
To end the night there was a second after party at Creature Comforts, more free beer and even more dancing. Slingshot brought Athens a multitude of international and local artists, with so much to see and experience we cannot imagine what Slingshot will bring in the coming years.
Reunited, and it feels so badass! You know it’s going to be a good SXSW when your first interview is a follow-up with pop princess Charli XCX.
You may remember her from our video interview last year. OR you may know her from her awesome collaborations with artists like Icona Pop and Iggy Azalea (no, but seriously…anyone who has been in my office or in the car with me over the last two weeks month can attest to the fact that I can’t. Stop. Listening to “Fancy”). OR you may just be obsessed with her last album, True Romance and counting the days until her next. Either way, every one of you should know and love this girl by now.
We caught up on a balcony at the Hilton in downtown Austin for a quick reunion on the first day of South by Southwest to talk about her new projects and what’s next for her (but not before she viciously attacked me with my own microphone – don’t worry; we hugged it out). Enjoy.
This was alt-country duo David & Olivia’s second year at SXSW and we sure were glad they decided to return. Receiving three nominations this past year for OC music awards, this is definitely a duo to pay attention to. We had the pleasure of chatting with them at the Chuggin’ Monkey in downtown Austin about their SX experience, how they met, and who are their biggest influences.
Vinyl Mag: This is your second year at SXSW. How is it going this year?
Olivia May: It’s wonderful; better this year than last, so that’s all we can ask for. We already played this morning at noon, and we are playing 10:30 tonight at Wahoos. We have a busy day on Saturday but a little bit more fun for Friday.
VM: Are you guys looking forward to performing any particular party or showcase?
OM: Wahoos tonight, because we have a lot of friends out there from “the OC” supporting.
David Rosales: Yeah, we are from Southern California, and Wahoos is a Southern California-based company, so we are looking forward to that.
VM: How did you guys meet and form the band?
DR: We met through Craigslist on a chance encounter.
OM: No, he’s kidding.
DR: Yeah, she was just singing in a club I was playing at, and I was smitten with her voice, and I knew it would work. But we didn’t meet that night. We met in a studio in North Hollywood. Basically the producer locked in this room for like 45 minutes, and…it was a really good vibe.
OM: He had a song he wanted me to be the duo part on, but yes – it’s been very very good.
VM: What would you guys say your main influences are?
OM: I grew up listening to my grandmas radio, so like Patsy Cline, and anything classic from the 20s, 30s, and 50s stuff. Classic country was really in my ear. Celine Dion’s voice was a huge thing – Fiona Apple, a lot of female voices had influence on me. But I was a rocker, too, so like Gwen Stefani as well; I have that nice belt because of that.
DR: I got a lot of hand-me-down music, so whatever my brothers and sisters were listening to, I was listening to. So that included anything from Motley Crue and Guns N Roses to Jimi Hendrix from that point on. We both kind of come from that rock background. But lately, I have been listening to a lot of Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams, the Bahamas. I am just really impressed by good songwriting, and I have been influenced a lot by the great songwriters, like Johnny Cash.
VM: If there was any venue anywhere that you could play, what would it be?
OM: The Grand Ole Opry! I think that would be really amazing. And I think we had a similar experience to that when we played at the Grove in Anaheim in California. We were nominated for three categories at The OC Music Awards, and it was an awesome whirlwind performing right in the middle of the award show to perform the song that started it for us.
DR: Old theaters. In downtown LA, there has been an uprising of the refurbishing of these old movie theaters that old Hollywood used to use, and now they are having live music in there. I think anything with some history, something rusty, is awesome. Where you can smell it in the air almost.
VM: So you guys have gotten some buzz from KROQ lately – how does that feel?
OM: Yeah! I didn’t ever really have that on a bucket list but now that it happened, it should have been on a bucket list.
DR: I grew up in LA, listening to KROQ, so to be on it is a real honor and definitely one of those mile-markers in an un-mile-marker type of industry.
VM: So any new music in the works?
OM: Oh yeah, we are excited about the downtime we have tomorrow so we can just be here and absorbed in it. We are feeling all the inspiration.
DR: Last year, we wrote a song, and we always seem to just write a lot and respond to the places we are. We have been writing a lot of blues stuff lately, so we are just blending that in.
With an obscene total of 12 shows in five days, it’s a miracle that Cheers Elephant was still breathing when I saw them on the last day of SXSW at the PBR showcase. But they weren’t just conscious – vocalist Derek Krzywicki, bassist Travelin’ Mat, lead guitarist Jordan del Rosario, and drummer Robert Kinglsy were all full of energy when they played on the outdoor stage at Easy Tiger like this was their last (though far from it – they still had two more to go that same night).
I was certainly glad they were playing so many different events, because otherwise I would have never gotten to see what might be my favorite discovery of the week. Okay, I admit describing a band as having a “happy sound” is incredibly cliché. But honestly, I think that might be the best way to describe this four-piece group originally from Philly. The crowd, including myself, smiled all the way through their creek-side set that was brimming with psychedelic pop rock guitars and Beatles-esque vocal harmonies that were like candy to the ear.
The crowd favorites “Leaves” and “Doin’ it Right” are testaments to the talent this group has of making quintessential road trip songs that can be played over and over without growing old, and sounding even better and more full of energy live than recorded. A contagious blend of The Strokes and The Kooks, this band is a must for any indie rock lover’s music collection. We had the great opportunity to hang with the band earlier in the week to ask important questions about their hairstyles, the origin of their band name, and more important stuff like that. Read on.
Vinyl Mag: You guys relocated to LA from your home in Philly. How has the transition gone? Has anything been particularly better or worse?
Derek Krzywicki: Around there, yeah. But it’s wonderful. We don’t have winter, so that’s great. [Leaving friends behind] was definitely a downside to moving though.
Robert Kingsly: We had a really close group of friends back in Philly, which we still have. That’s probably the biggest thing we miss about the east coast is our friends and family that are over there, but other than that everything’s been wonderful since we have been out on the west coast.
VM: You guys just dropped the lyric video for your song “Peoples.” Who was the visionary behind the project? How so?
Travelin’ Mat: It was just footage that our manager was taking on our tour last summer through a couple of really nice places like Maine, and the island off Maine. So it was just a lot of beautiful shots strewn together with lyrics on top of them.
VM: You guys have been at SX a few days now. Any other artists that have really impressed you guys?
Jordan del Rosario: Black Angels were really cool last night, but I think that is the only band we have really seen. Oh, and J Roddy was cool. We hope we see Train Conductor as well.
DK: But we are performing so much this year that we don’t really have a bucket list of bands that we want to go see. But if we do have free time, who knows, we might be trying to get some sleep.
VM: Any favorite moments yet of the festival or any showcases you guys are super pumped to perform?
DK: Oh yeah, tonight is going to be great, at 1 a.m. at the soho lounge – that’s our official showcase. But we are also playing Rachel Ray’s Feedback that has free beer and free food.
VM: Would you say your music has evolved since the formation of the band, and if so how?
JR: It’s gotten more mature and polished throughout the years. We were pretty young when we first started and didn’t really know what we were doing. But now we are pros.
VM: How did you guys agree on the band name Cheers Elephant?
DK: Kingsley is good at telling the story. But we didn’t all exactly agree.
RK: It all came down to the first elephant to come over to America, and along the way the boat ran out of wate,r because they underestimated how much they would need. All they had left was barrels of ale, so they gave that to the elephant. But once it got to America, it refused to drink water anymore, and it would only drink beer. So, of course, it turned into a Coney Island sideshow where you could pay a nickel and come watch the elephant uncork the beer, put it back. Hence Cheers Elephant, America’s first alcoholic elephant…
VM: What is your favorite venue you have ever played?
Travelin’ Mat: Summerfest was a fun festival that we played…it’s two weeks long, so its technically the biggest rock music festival in the world.
VM: What would you say your biggest influences are?
DK: Beatles, The Kinks, but everything and all sorts of music. Ethiopian Jazz to Train Conductor; it’s all the there.
VM: So you guys have won all of these really impressive awards, including best indie haircuts five years running. So how do you manage to keep your hair looking so not mainstream all of the time?
RK: You know, the key is to not over think it. Just let it happen.
TM: What everybody else is doing – just don’t do it.
VM: I know all of your loyal fans in Philly are dying to know – any chance you guys are headed back anytime soon?
DK: Maybe when it warms up a bit we will consider going back.
Best Coast is sharing a new video for “Baby I’m Crying.” The track comes from Fade Away, their new EP.
Today Conor Oberst is sharing “Governor’s Ball,” a new track from his upcoming album, Upside Down Mountain. The album will be out on May 20th.
Last week, Owls released Two, and today they are sharing their video for “I’m Surprised…”
Check it out here:
As one half of The Beets, Juan Wauters gave us laid back garage rock that garnered the band comparisons to The Ramones. Juan Wauters is legit. Eager for a new musical endeavor, in 2012 Juan set out to write and record a solo album. The result is 2014’s N.A.P. North American Poetry. With a gentler folk feel, Juan’s solo album takes a step away from The Beets’ garage rock reputation in order to delve into the melancholy moments of everyday life. Juan recently took some time out of his day to talk with me about the new album, his experiences at SXSW, and to school me on the Existential side of Tango music.
Vinyl Mag: So how’s it going?
Juan Wauters: Pretty good. I’m actually in Boston right now. Someone that I know is getting married, so I came to the party.
VM: Nice. Weddings are the best.
JW: Yeah. I’m looking forward to it. Should be fun. And then after this weekend I go on tour.
VM: What’s your favorite part about going on tour?
JW: Oh, man. There are a lot of things, but I love meeting people that I don’t know. I love to hang out with new people. I always try to look for interesting characters when I’m on the road. People that I wouldn’t see in New York or in my normal day to day. I just enjoy making new friends and seeing how different people live.
VM: What’s the farthest a tour has taken you?
JW: I’ve played all across the U.S. One time we were supposed to play in Mexico, but the show got cancelled. I’ve played in Europe and in Israel, but those were both sort of random solo shows, so they weren’t really for a tour.
VM: So will this upcoming tour be the first time that you’ve toured solo?
JW: Yeah. I mean, last year I did it a little bit. This solo album is something that developed during my time with The Beets. In 2012 The Beets didn’t really play a lot of shows because we were having some problems and trying to figure out how to take it to the next level. So last year I did a little bit of my own stuff and a little bit with The Beets. So, I’ve done some touring, but just a little bit here and there. I just got back from Austin, Texas though.
VM: You played at SXSW, right? How was that?
JW: It was great! When we first started with The Beets we just took everything as it came to us rather than putting a lot of thought into it, so when we played at SXSW for the first time in 2009 we were still learning to play together. It was pretty wild those two years that we went there but it wasn’t really that fun. It was more stressful and intimidating. I left with a bad taste in my mouth those times, but this year it went really smoothly. I went with a different attitude this time and it was really fun. It was just me on the guitar, so I was able to change the show up and it was more laid back. It was cool, because we gathered quite a little following.
VM: Do you feel like that sort of freedom is the biggest difference in making music by yourself as opposed to working with The Beets?
JW: I guess so. Yeah, that’s something that I look for in music. I always want to have a freedom in music or in any art form. Freedom gives me the opportunity to explain the moment. It’s just a different experience. Playing with a band is always fun too, but going on tour with a band is tough. People can get moody and it can get really tense and affect the whole thing. When it’s just me I can decide what I want to do and how I want to do it and not have anyone rock the boat.
VM: So the new album is called, N.A.P. North American Poetry. Are you big into poetry?
JW: Nah, honestly I’ve always kind of steered clear of poetry. I mean, I love words and I enjoy the feelings they can evoke, but sometimes the title of poetry can make something uptight and less accessible. I enjoy poetry, but I enjoy the poetry of the street. Anybody talking can be poetry. I mainly named the album that because I wanted an acronym for the word nap.
VM: The album has a really 60s sound to it. What type of music did you listen to growing up?
JW: Definitely. I love The Beatles and Ramones. I just wanted it to have a festive vibe. I grew up listening to the classical guitar and my father listened to Tango music. You know, Tango music is almost a way of being similar to Rock & Roll. It’s like a lifestyle. Tango talks a lot about that enjoyable sadness in being alive. It’s really melancholy. Like, I’m trapped in this life and I have to deal with a lot of bullshit everyday, but I’m so happy to be alive.
VM: I didn’t realize Tango was so melancholy and existential…
JW: Oh, yeah! It’s a lot about the feeling of enlightenment and realizing that there is sadness in all of life, even the good things. It’s about embracing the questions of life. Tango is great. A lot of songs about everyday situations like hanging with friends, family, about gambling on horses and losing all your money. Everyday things…
VM: So if you could only listen to one album for the rest of eternity would it be Tango?
JW: For me? That’s a tough question. Maybe something by Ramones or The Beatles. I don’t know though, because I feel like one album is going to drive me crazy no matter what it is. Maybe Revolver or Ramones. I’m just trying to think which album will make me the least insane. Maybe John Cage’s 4’33”. Just silence. That’s what I’d choose.
VM: If you weren’t playing music what would you be doing?
JW: Driving around. Haha I don’t know. Music is always something I’ve had in my life. Until 2012 I never really tried to see music as an income. I always had a lot of different jobs. But since 2012 I’ve decided to focus all of my attention on music. So, I don’t know. I studied math in school. I like to paint. It would have to be something that keeps me meeting new people and moving around. Maybe a UPS deliveryman? Yeah. That’s it!
N.A.P. North American Poetry is out now, so be sure to snag a copy and give it a listen. Be on the lookout for Juan’s tour coming to a city near you!
For Cleveland based grunge-soul group SomeKindaWonderful, songwriting comes naturally. “There’s always something holding you back. I think that’s the human condition. It keeps you playing for something,” says Jordy Towers, lead singer/songwriter for the group. Jordy’s powerful vocals combined with the band’s haunting melodies drive their first release Reverse beyond your average pop break-up ballad.
With lyrics like, “I told my story in REVERSE ’cause it hurts” and “Could I get a DO-OVER?!,” regret and second-guessing become songwriting avenues that lead the listener on a reverse chronology love story.
“One of my favorite movies is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. They tell a love-story backwards. I’ve always wanted to do a song like that. The lyrics started coming out, and as they came out it, I started noticing that maybe I can just write this backwards,” says Jordy of his inspiration for the song.
“Reverse,” written the first night the three band members got together, provides an eerie soul-rock punch to the ears. On a soul-searching journey after leaving his LA rap career with [a major label], Jordy stumbled into a small-town Ohio bar where he met Matt Gibson and Ben Schigel. Matt (guitar) and Ben (drums) combined their Cleveland rock influences with Jordy’s LA hip-hop sensibilities to create a sound that doesn’t quite fit neatly into any genre. In addition to the three members that emerged from that fateful meeting in the Ohio bar, Sarah brings her gospel upbringing, with a love of neo-soul and rock to SomeKindaWonderful while Steve adds hip-hop, soul, and gospel elements to the sound.
The members of SomeKindaWonderful kindly took the time to sit down with Vinyl Mag during SXSW to talk about the evolution of the group, their inspiration and upcoming album.
Vinyl Mag: So, you guys are from Cleveland and LA?
Jordy Towers: I’m from LA, and these guys are from Cleveland.
Vinyl: And you left LA, and you found your way to Cleveland. Tell me about that.
Jordy: Dude, I got depressed [when my major label deal didn’t work out]…so, I had some family out in Ohio, and I was doing some soul searching.
Matt: We were in this bar just drinking right by this studio in Cleveland, and Jordy is in there for whatever reason on his soul-searching trip. We went back and started talking and wrote “Reverse” that night.
Jordy: We wrote “Reverse” that night, and we finished it the next day. It was pretty much demo-ed out that night with rough vocals.
Matt: Like 90 percent mixed that night.
Jordy: Ever since then, every little thing has felt like fate. Even timing things, like obstacles, we got over them at the right time…I’m not mad about anything, because everything led us up to this point.
Vinyl: Could you all talk about what each of you do in the group?
Jordy: I’m pretty much the tip of the band; I bring all the elements together. I used to be a rapper – an underground rapper. I toured with Lupe Fiasco. I’ve been in a freestyle battle with pretty much everyone in the game. I’ve moved on to something else. That’s where our music is. Our music is a mesh of hip-hop, reggae and rock. Cleveland is really known for rock.
Matt: I was thinking about that today, because Jordy brings the hip hop reggae vibe. You were always listening to Folky music, and I was always into the Genesis and Rush, high production stuff, and we interfused everything together.
Ben: It’s a songwriting vibe mixed with great production and sound.
Matt: Steve probably comes from the hip-hop world with a little bit of reggae, soul, gospel. Sarah brings her beautifulness of bringing it all together.
Matt: It’s a really cool mix.
Vinyl: Sarah, what about you?
Sarah: I had a heavy gospel influence in my upbringing. I grew up a huge hip-hop fan, a huge neo-soul fan, a huge rock fan, and it just works. That’s why, even though each of us has different backgrounds and upbringings, it works, and it’s very natural. You can hear my gospel element in the music. I balance out the testosterone.
Jordy: And she brings the perfect hair.
Matt: Stunning good looks.
Jordy: Perfect style.
Vinyl: And you guys bring the….stubble?
Ben: We almost called ourselves The Stubble Boys.
Matt: If we were going to play Irish music, we’d be The Stubblins. But like I said, I play guitar and ukulele and little bits of other stuff…harmonica at times.
Vinyl: Ukulele! That’s the instrument of peace.
Matt: It reminds me of Hawaii; that’s where I bought it. I had to take the island with me, musically.
Jordy: There’s something about when it comes to writing songs; there’s something about the way he plays that pulls songs out of me. I write the lyrics and most of the songs. Just something about Matt, and it’s not just the way he plays but something about him, he makes me really comfortable to just f*ck up if I have to. You know what I mean? If I sing a bad note, it doesn’t matter. He just wants to get it done with me.
Ben: The musical chemistry is crazy between all of us.
Sarah: You would think we’ve all been life-long friends.
Vinyl: How long have you been together as a group?
Matt: About a year; we’ve known each other longer.
Vinyl: Tell me more about the process of getting your songs out. It sounds like you have been hampered by legal and logistical difficulties.
Jordy: We have a song called “In Chains,” which is about how we’re all still locked down at some point in our lives regardless of how we have gotten our release…as far as we think we’re getting, there’s always something holding you back. I think that’s the human condition. It keeps you playing for something.
Sarah: Yeah it does.
Matt: Gotta have struggle.
Vinyl: It’s really impressive that your first song “Reverse” was not only written in one night but on the first night you guys met.
Jordy: One of my favorite movies is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. They tell a love-story backwards. I’ve always wanted to do a song like that. The lyrics started coming out, and as they came out, I started noticing that maybe I can just write this backwards. I wasn’t sure if the guys were going to like it but…
Everyone: We really like it!
Jordy: I wasn’t sure; I was like f*ck it! I just tried it, and it f*cking worked.
Ben: Musically, we didn’t have any ideas for what we wanted it to sound like. We just ended up with this haunting eerie cowboy soul R&B song.
Jordy: Now it’s become our sound.
Vinyl: How would you define you your sound?
Jordy: We actually call it grunge soul.
Sarah: Regardless of the genre, that element of the soul is there, and it’s raw and powerful.
Ben: I think that stems from all of us having different things we like, different kinds of music; it’s not like I like what I like, and he likes folk music, and I’m like, ‘I don’t want to hear that sh*t.’ We’re all open to whatever.
Jordy: Subconsciously, we all want to please each other musically. Subconsciously, we all know that we are pleased musically. It’s a mixture of everything that we’re happy with.
Vinyl: Can you tell me more about your name. When I first googled you guys, this 1961 song “Some Kind of Wonderful” came up by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Jordy: That was us. We produced that.
Vinyl: Ha! But where did the name come from?
Jordy: I had a dream about the word wonderful. At first I was like, we hate to use the word wonderful, because our music is f*cking gorgeous. There’s wonder and then there’s wonderful, and I was like man, let’s just call it SomeKindaWonderful.
Ben: It’s how it makes us feel. We had about five or six different ideas of band names before that but [Jordy] actually still changes it everyday. Everybody who hears it loves it. That was the first one that we were like, ‘that’s it.’
Vinyl: So what other things inspire you?
Sarah: Inspiration in life. Life itself is inspiration.
Jordy: When people do good deeds out of their character. Anything that makes you feel super strong.
Ben: Any feeling you have could be inspiring.
Jordy: Being around my family, my band; that’s what inspires me. I love you guys, you know? And being around our fans; the people that are there for us.
Sarah: You know…there are also lot of things that make you feel pain when you see in the world, and our songs hope to empower people. Our inspiration comes from wanting to make the world better, from wanting to help, from living up to a sense of purpose in our being. Jordy and everyone likes to say, it’s about the message.
Vinyl: What’s the timeline for your upcoming album?
Jordy: We’re kind of wrestling with the name of the album. [It will be out this summer]…one more thing I want to say: I feel like music is in an intermission stage right now, and they’re waiting for something, and that’s where we’re going to give them something. I’m honest about that, too. Our record is f*cking ridiculous.
Matt: We have been so part of every genre that we try to put that in our music but make it have the artistry again. But we write such great songs that it still has a pop appeal but not to the point where that’s what our whole thing is about.
Sarah: Kind of like how Lorde was; I don’t think Lorde had the intention to make a pop song, but her song really thrives in that arena.
Matt: Here’s another thing I want to say: a lot of times the whole listening of an album from start to finish is lost. It was created with the intention of a certain experience. I want people to put it on the beginning and be taken on a journey. We want to release it on vinyl, really cool color with a bonus track.
Vinyl: What does the year have in store for you and what upcoming shows are you most excited about?
Ben: This is kind of our introductory show, us presenting what we have to the world and to SXSW and then LA next. We will continue after that, but we’re not exactly sure yet as of now.
Vinyl: Craziest moment?
Matt: Partying on the road, getting roofied in Chicago, showing up at the hotel at 9 a.m. with no shirt on – just a sports jacket. This is ON the record.
Jordy: This is on the album!