Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
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How does your location influence your music? Our little practice space is pretty dirty, but at least it is dry. We borrowed a lamp from a band down the hall two or three months ago after I accidentally fried ours. It emits a soft,…
What are your feelings on your being featured on KCRW and Nic Harcourt's Morning Becomes Eclectic? Its great that this guy (Harcourt) is playing our stuff on the other side of the country. Whenever I've learned about a station in Canada or…
Would you sign to a label, given the opportunity? Well, I have been given the opportunity, and I probably will be doing something label-related either late next year or in 2007. It is a difficult decision, though, and the only way I would…
How does it feel to be compared to musicians like Ben Folds and Billy Joel? All at once, it can feel flattering, challenging, and limiting. I am often told I sound like Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Joel, and Elton John. Most of the…
Was it difficult getting back into the groove with an eight-year gap between albums? No ... the groove is a very patient, forgiving kind of chap ... he seems to always take a shine to us when we eventually show up.
In the track "Sylvia Plath," you combine hip-hop and an early Jazz style -- you seem to be fond of combinations like that. What brought that about? I think jazz is one of the more interesting genres of the last century. I'm certainly no…
What's it like, being a growingly successful band from a small town? Do you think that your roots play a definite role in your musicianship? Growing up in a small town, you don't really have any distractions at all. I mean, what did we…
What prompted your putting "Stories of the Old Country" in old books? It just seemed natural. It was a album of stories. Instead of stories with specifics, they were stories with unspecifics. There were no lyrics, so the stories became…