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Following on from our assessment of ‘What Burns Beneath‘, from We Feed Alone, we’ve requested the band some questions, to seek out out what really makes them tick.
Who’re your largest music influences?
Hey EssentiallyPop, so good to speak with you! Our largest influences must embrace many of the stuff we grew up on. This contains issues like 9 Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, and Device. I additionally should embrace the good stuff that our mother and father uncovered us to love Led Zeppelin, The Who, Electrical Mild Orchestra, and so forth. Issues are just a little extra eclectic now. I really like the stuff Puscifer is placing out, such a cool sounding band. I dig into as a lot stuff as I can and the way I’m feeling in the meanwhile. Stuff from my playlist contains Phil Collins/Genesis, to Ghostemane, to Large Assault, to Freddie King, to Kesha, and on and on.
What was the catalyst that introduced you all collectively to type We Feed Alone?
We Feed Alone is mixture of artists who’ve lots of historical past enjoying collectively, plus the invitation for brand new collaborators as was performed in a number of current singles. After a hiatus because of our busy lives I (Eric Straton) grew to become impressed to start out recording drums alone. It was a quite simple and enjoyable time. All I needed to do was report drums and make them sound pretty much as good as I may. All kinds of various experiments with room acoustics, mics, mixing methods. That is as the guts of all the pieces and is a steady journey and all the time bettering. As issues began coming collectively, I naturally began including issues like drones and ambient noises, then some guitar. All of the whereas I used to be sharing what I used to be doing and I believe I sparked one thing in all of us to report extra full songs collectively. It’s been good and considerably surprising.
What has been your proudest second as a band to date?
Our latest launch is a proud second, and the following one can be too! “What Burns Beneath” is a proud second as a result of we self wrote, recorded, and produced each the tune and the video. It’s fairly an accomplishment, particularly when it’s all self made.
What are you able to inform us about your newest launch, ‘What Burns Beneath’? What was the inspiration behind it?
It began as a drum beat. It was really a drum beat I used to be messing round with to make a remix of ‘Maintain My Liquor’, by Kanye West, one thing a buddy challenged me to do. It was cool, however I didn’t actually have massive plans for it. I preferred the beat, and one other guitar groove I used to be engaged on simply slid proper into place over the beat. It simply type of wrote itself from there. Doug Wagner started getting concerned with the bass and completed the tune with lovely lyrics and vocals. Lyrically, this tune tells a narrative of fated love. Two souls eternally sure, to seek out each other each within the dwelling world, and the afterlife. Inspiration was private, and later developed by historic examine of the traditional Aztec legend of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl.
How private is the tune to you? Is there a selected line that holds essentially the most that means?
I can solely communicate for the music, although I do know that the lyrics are very private to Doug. For the music, the second half of the tune may be very highly effective to me as a result of I truthfully don’t know the place the guitar and bass groove got here from. Perhaps it was accident, however I’d prefer to assume one thing extra supernatural. It definitely makes it enjoyable to hearken to since I really feel like extra of a listener than a creator. Very cool expertise.
How do you strategy directing music movies? How does it differ creatively from writing music?
This video has lots of authentic video from after we had been recording the tune so I can’t actually say there was an excessive amount of intentional directing. We did add some extra footage that every of us did independently and we tried so as to add by capturing the sensation of writing the tune. Doug has some footage of him singing in his automobile, since that’s the way in which he works lots of the time. Driving round listening to the observe and dealing on concepts.
Is there any recommendation you’ll supply to newer artists?
I’ve discovered that every time I work with a trainer, or mentor, or no matter you need to name it, I get considerably higher outcomes. Over the previous few years I’ve been working with Ryan Earnhardt (Artistic Sound Lab) who has helped me tremendously with my studio abilities and in addition helped me get into video. I’m additionally at present working with John Falstrom (EADG4) to higher perceive bass and music principle.
What are you guys engaged on subsequent?
A number of new singles within the works. Three are very near completed and so many extra concepts. We’re specializing in singles in the meanwhile. It’s extra enjoyable to us and offers us a chance to have fun every tune as we end them. It actually provides us time to discover sounds and enhancements with out worry that every tune will sound too totally different to be on a single album. I’m certain they’d work simply wonderful on an album, however this is sensible proper now.
Watch the music video for ‘What Burns Beneath’ beneath, and discover out extra about We Feed Alone and their music on-line on their official web site, Instagram, YouTube, and Fb.
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