Introduce yourselves. Great
set today, by the way. How was it for you?
Garrett: Great
because I do not think there was a Nashville show scheduled originally.They
scheduled it late. I didn’t know there was going to be a date here. It has been
like 8 years since they've done it here.
Jared: All that
aside it was an incredible set. There was wonderful energy and it felt nice. I
had a great time. It’s cool because it’s good weather. We just came from
Florida and it was a nightmare for Warped. So we are happy to be in the son and
not melting.
How does it feel being back
on Warped after five years? Atlanta 2009. Woo!
Garrett: We didn’t
know what to expect because we’ve been apart from it for awhile, like you said.
I think it’s gone so much better than we thought it was going to go. We’ve sold
a bunch of CDs. The shows have been kick ass.
Jared: There was a
little bit of hesitance from our camp because it’s been half a decade.
Five years is a half a
decade. I feel so old now.
Jared: It’s been
a different group of kids that come to Warped than most of our fans. They do
come, but it has exceeded our expectations. It’s been a huge opportunity for
our band. We get to corral in those fans that haven’t kept up with us and we
bring in new people.
How have your fans and music
changed in those five years?
Garrett: Musically,
we try not to make every record the same thing. Some bands get nervous and try
to do the same thing over and over again. We just try to push ourselves and
make a new name for ourselves. We’ve been lucky enough to where fans have stuck
around. It’s been great.
Jared: We try not
to make it feel forced, because it’s not. If you’re an authentic fan of the
band, we can tell when you’re bullshitting. We try to do what we do best: write
and record music. We recorded the last record live which gave it a little bit
of a different feel. It was different for us to be in that situation. We like
to put ourselves a little bit outside of the box from where we started and
it’s led us on this weird path where we are now.
Forever Halloween reissue.
Talk about that?
Garrett: There are
five extra tracks on that. Two were from the Pioneer sessions. Two were from
the Nashville sessions when we did Forever Halloween and there is a song called
Ice Cave which we had only played live before. We never tried to attempt to
record before. It’s kinda a stony, spacey jam. A little bit outside of the box
from what we normally do. We took songs from previous records to our studio in
Phoenix and polished them up. We are selling it on Warped. Seventeen songs for
five bucks. That’s a killer deal.
What do you have planned
after Warped Tour?
Garrett: We have a
month-ish off. Then we are going to the UK for a week. Then we are going to do
some shows to wrap up this album cycle.
Jared: We are
doing a show with The Replacements too.
I saw them a few months ago
in Atlanta.
[We discussed the show and
Billie Joe Armstrong among other aspects of that performance.]
Jared: So yeah,
we are doing that show with them, then we are going to the UK like Garrett
said.
Garrett: Then we
are wrapping up the year and making another record
Yay!
Both: Yay!
I’ve noticed that y’all put
out records a lot. It seems like it was just last year that Black and White
came out. My fangirl is showing.
Jared: We are
independent so we can release music whenever we want, provided the funding is
there.
[I knock on the table.
(Knock on wood) They follow suit.]
Jared: It’s
exciting. We have free reign over what, when, where, who we do it with. I don’t
really know what’s going to happen with this next one. We are still too far out
to really give any info on it. We are excited to get back in the studio. We
love the studio.
Well that answered my next
question. So, is there anything else you want to add?
Garrett: Thanks for
doing the interview.
Jared: Thank you
for anyone who pays attention to our band. Just a general thank you!
