It’s part of a larger progression that we’re working on. The record is mostly about illusion and false ideas about reality, so it’s the process of moving from the shadow shows to reality. I guess the best way to do that is to think about it in terms of moving out of the dream and into reality, that process of awakening and acceptance. A lot of lyrics tie into that idea, whether it’s dealing with life and death and the reality of it, versus mythology or dreams, or fancy false notions. And the music is just more electric than the first record. We think we’re a better band now, so we’re able to record a higher quality, fidelity-wise. Tell me about how you’ve developed your sound. It’s a mix between stuff that we like, stuff that we actually can do, and also our own ADD. I kind of like to think of it as ADD music because because we don’t really have the same sound from song to song. Really light drums on one song and really heavy drums on the next, or even within songs. I think the sounds just comes from things that we gravitate toward. I spent a lot of times playing in instrumental bands or bands that didn’t have a lot of vocals, so with this project, I’ve always had a focus on lots of harmonies, lots of vocals. And then also being a big fan of instrumental music.
Then a lot of it’s born out of frustration, too. In the new record, it’s reflected a lot because it’s a lot easier to get an electric guitar to sound really good at a live show than it is to get an acoustic guitar to sound really good at a live show, or a banjo, and especially if you’ve got drums going. So, again, walking about of this illusion of an acoustic guitar is going to sound so great during a show, and the reality is that most of the time, an acoustic guitar live just sounds like a shaker.Īs far as songwriting, what’s the dynamic in the band?Įverybody writes their own parts and has final say, but we work on things organically. On this record, Trenton, the lead singer, he actually did a lot more of the lyrics writing, and a lot more of the melody than he did on the first one. A lot of the musical ideas started with guitar, or guitar and bass, or guitar bass and drums. Trenton would take a small idea or piece, and bring it to us.
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