Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
219 posts, May 2005 to January 2012
Why did you release "The Secrets" online? How much did Wilco play an influence in that decision? "The Secrets" was released for free and legal and distributable download online because I had weighed 1.) the financial aspects of duplicating…
How do you manage to combine a young, childish feel while still creating enjoyable music? That's just my personality popping out in the music, I work with children and senior citizens on a daily basis and that sensibility tends to take…
As a child, were you around music much? Sean: Only when I got to school and started learning instruments. I think we're just classic geeks and we spent a lot of time at home listening to music when we were teenagers because we didn't know…
An Idea Of a Horse is sometimes staggeringly hard, and sometimes flowing and ambient-like. How did you manage to combine your influences to make something with such variety? Too much coffee! That's the secret behind all of the madness!…
What were your reactions upon discovering that Broom was in the top 200 CMJ? Were you at all surprised? Well, the promotion company thought it would chart...but we were still surprised. I think we're still surprised when someone REALLY…
Do you have a favorite track on Newborn? Each song does something different for me. There's something about "Warm Blooded" that I can't quite describe. When I finished that song, it seemed to live and breathe on its own. Something bigger…
A lot of the songs on the Our Home Is Gone are acoustic; what made you decide to switch from that style to a full instrumentation? Meg and I have always liked the sounds of drums and bass...and all other instruments for that matter: piano,…
What are your major musical influences? I think some of my more obvious influences would be Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (for awhile I was unsure whether I was being overly derivative of his style until I began writing a few folksier…