Seems So Bright

by CD
photo by Scott Irvine

What year did the band form 2003?

Michael: 2004.

How did all the band members meet?

Falling in and out of Brooklyn bars

What is the band's favorite venue/city to play?

Now that wouldn't be nice to the other venues, now would it?

What s your funniest audition story?

We had a potential drummer turn up at a bar for drinks to exchange ideas. After a solid 20 minutes of him listing awful top 40 influences and how he wanted to re-record our first ep, we casually handed him a "Stop Talking"  card, which by the way, everyone should carry.

What was the strangest/most interesting thing to happen to the band?

Having fans get into a Myspace comment argument on our page regarding who brought the most models with them to one of our shows. As strange as it was, it was difficult to complain.

If you could meet any musical hero living or dead, who would it be and what would you say to this person?

Guy Garvey - 'Thank you.'

Ok time to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, what do you simply hate about being in a band.

Continually trying to find the right balance between art and commerce can be a frustrating, fine line to try and walk. But it's also liberating to know that we're entering into an artist's market.

What is the band currently working on?

We are currently in the studio working on the follow-up to "Blinds Down." Where the first record focused more on layers and textures, we're really trying to focus on core songs and scaling down some of the electronic stuff. Then again we might go down that path as well, I guess it's still too early to tell.

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