Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
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What plans do you have, once your full-length is released? We have opted to put out an EP before full length plans (The Letter Grade EP) After this is finished, we are going to play as much as possible in an attempt to shove it down…
How do you think your live performances fare when compared to your recorded material? live is better. you're in the room where the sounds are actually being made. so it's likely to sound more impactful and possibly be exciting on an…
From where do you draw your influences -- and how do you manage to combine them in a way that remains true to your intentions? this is exploding writes its music together as a group. Sometimes one person will bring in an idea and we'll all…
Where do you draw inspiration for your music? From a combination of sources both musical and spiritual. Spiritual in the sense of the interconnectiveness of art w/ the Universe, not spiritual in the sense of dogmatism. I think there is a…
You have a unique method of creating a live sound -- how did it develop? A few years ago I was playing in a band, all the guys I was playing with were great musicians and friends, but also in other projects. I was ready to tour and not…
Somewhat obviously, you seem philosophically inclined. Do you hold a philosophy as your own, or are you, like many others, still searching? I personally don?t think our music is ?philosophically-inclined? at all, and if we ourselves are…
What are your thoughts on having been featured on KCRW/BBC Radio 6? It was a pleasant surprise really. We didn't know much about it, particularly the KCRW thing. When it was on radio 6 they phoned us up about a minute before it went on so…
How does it feel to be called the next Beck? weird. Does your cultural background have any influence on your music? i suppose it must. i mean the reason i started playing guitar was cause of the movie La Bamba. the first songs i ever…