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The Avid Light's Tanner says New Album will Connect with a Wide Range of People
Alternative modern rockers The Avid Light, have been hard at work upon their latest album titled "Pressures". They feel that the variety of lyrics and music offered upon it, will serve as a connection to a wide range of people. Guitarist Tanner discusses this release, the band, and future.
1. What type of band are you?
Tanner: Alternative/Modern Rock
2. Who are you and what do you do in the band?
Tanner: I am Tanner and I play lead guitar.
3. Tell us the brief history of your band.
Tanner: We’ve been a band for about five years now. Chase (lead singer) and I have been playing music together since middle-school. We officially started the group together in 2010 and after a few lineup changes we added Colton (drums) back in 2011.
4. Who are your musical and non-musical influences?
Chase: Coldplay
Tanner: Sigur Ros
Colton: Radiohead
5. Who writes the songs, what are they about?
Tanner: Chase writes most of the lyrics to our songs. They mostly talk about personal struggles that we’ve had as individuals and as a group, and how we’ve tried to power through them as time has gone by.
6. What is your latest album and why should people buy it?Tanner: Our latest album is titled, “Pressures”, and we feel that the variety of lyrics/music displayed in our album will be able to connect with a wide demographic of people.
7. Where did you record your latest release at?
Tanner: We recorded our album at 5th Street Studios in Austin, TX.
8. Who did you go with to produce your record?
Tanner: Our personal friend Aaron Matthew helped us produce the record.
9. Tell us about your experience in the studio recording the new record?
Tanner: It was a lot of fun, and a lot of hard work. We worked 12+ hours on the regular, and we were constantly pushing ourselves to be the best that we could be musically and vocally.
10. Would you say that the band was comfortable in the studio?
Tanner: “Pressures” is our third album, so I guess that you could say that we were pretty comfortable. It was like a home away from home for us.
11. Do you remember the very first time you heard the final mix of the new record and what you were thinking?
Tanner: I remember specifically thinking, “This is awesome and I’m so glad that we’re finally getting close to the finish line.”
12. Why did you think that titling this album "Pressures" was the right choice? Do you think the band was filled with pressures, hence the title?
Tanner: We stand by the album’s title 100%. This past year has presented many new challenges for all of us. We all quit our jobs to do music full-time, and I got married last year. I guess you could say that “Pressures” accurately describes our time writing/recording this record.
13. What about the album's artwork, what does it reference and mean for your music?
Tanner: We went with the thinking statues because we felt that it would represent a “great weight” on the listeners mind, and that the album wasn’t something to take lightly.
14. You released a single "Journey", why go with this particular track, will you be releasing more singles and or videos?
Tanner: “Journey” we felt was a great introduction to our new sound, so that’s why we went with the more upbeat and pop/rock song. We have plans to release more lyric videos in the future as well as a music video (hopefully) down the road.
15. Did you get the album, that you wanted or was there more to it, or stuff left over that we may get to see?
Tanner: The album that you see if exactly what we wanted to put out. There are some more songs in the vault that may yet be used on a future project, but only time will tell.
16. Do you have a favorite song off this album and why is it so?
Tanner: The general favorite between the three of us is either “Strong Enough to Last” or “Rise & Fall”.17. What does the next year hold for you and your band?
Tanner: We plan to move to write/record more songs, as well as play in new places and take our career to the next level.
18. Why are you called The Avid Light?
Tanner: We hope that our lyrics reflect that there is hope through all of the struggles in life, and that there is light to be found in dark situations.
Delirious Gives Us the Rundown About Themselves
Thrash metalheads Delirious have released their new album "Moshcircus", where they discuss about there being no pressure and had a lot of time to get it just right. They also talked about what they have planned for next.
1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.
Delirious was formed 1990 in Hamm/Germany. We were all school friends and played in two different bands, called Deterrent and Atomic Death. After both bands split up, we decided to make music together in a new band. Today Delirious are Markus "Betty" Bednarek - Vocals, Markus Keller - Drums, Andreas Supplie - Guitar and Christian "Spletty" Splettstößer - Bass.
2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?
Oh that is very easy...you know ZZ Top - Afterburner? Every day after school, we met us at a youth club, we listen to music, play football and do alot of other things. One day our singer Betty came there with the Afterburner Album, on the back he read the song "Delirious"...and he says that is a good name for our new Band. We all says OK great yes, now we are Delirious.
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?
We all live here in Hamm and the near Area. Our rehearsal is here, our work is also here, this is our home. In the late eighties the local scene were very big. There were many Metal Bands we met, drink Beer with and play some Gigs...Deterrent, Final Decay, Crusader, Javelin etc. Most of them were split up. Actually active from the old ones were only Delirious and Javelin. Today the scene is not so big. Only a few concerts and some new younger bands.4. How would you describe your style? Which bands influenced your music?
Our style is Bay Area Thrash. We were influenced by Thrash Bands like Metallica, Testament, Exodus, Forbidden and earlier from Maiden, Priest, KISS.
5. What's your take on this new album as a whole?
All of us are very happy...because it takes very long time after we had the ideas and it was released. But we had no pressure at work, because we have our own studio and so we have a lot of time.
6. When can we expect to see the new album to be released?
The new CD "Moshcircus" was released in May this year and we hope that the vinyl version comes very quick.
7. What should labels/zines/promoters know about your band? Why should they be interested in it?
Because we are a very sympathetic Band, we have fun on what we do. Everybody can meet and talk to us after the shows. Every show we try to do our best. And we hope that the power on the stage comes to the audience .
8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?
Our plans are very simple...we want to play so many shows as possible and record a new CD very soon.
9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?
You can listen our music on the internet at www.bandcamp.com. Naturally you can listen us at our live shows. You can buy our Merch at the concerts. Or you can contact Delirious Titti at www.facebook.com/deliriousthrash or direct at titti666@unitybox.de10.What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?
We play music from fans to fans...and we hope the people feel that. That`s the music we hear and we like.
Swinging Popsicle To Release New Album flow in December
J-Pop band Swinging Popsicle has announced the release of their new album flow at the end of this year as part of the band’s 20th Anniversary . The 6-track album will feature 3 new songs, 2 previously-released digital-only singles, “at Christmastime” and “mobile phone”, and a cover of The Jackson 5′s “I’ll Be There” with guest musicians from Japanese indie mainstays VASALLO CRAB 75 and GOMES THE HITMAN.
flow will also contain a DVD of music videos (including “I Just Wanna Kiss You”) and international touring/performance footage from the band’s long career which began with Sony Records in 1995. The band has gone on to find international success with numerous overseas performances in the United States, Mexico, and Korea, as well as contributions to various soundtracks for Japanese video game company Nitroplus.
Fans can learn more about the new album and preview the song “Small Blue Sailboat” at the special album release website: http://www.swinging-popsicle-20th.com/#!album-flow-special-site/y764w and check out a preview of the album HERE.
TRACKLISTING:
CD
01 seseragi (lyrics: Mineko Fujishima / music: Hironobu Hirata)
02 Small Blue Sailboat (lyrics: Mineko Fujishima / music: Osamu Shimada)
03 mobile phone (lyrics: Mineko Fujishima / music: Hironobu Hirata)
04 at Christmastime (lyrics: Mineko Fujishima / music: Hironobu Hirata)
05 I’ll Be There (Jackson 5 cover)
06 RIBBON (lyrics: Mineko Fujishima / music: Osamu Shimada)
DVD
01 I just wanna kiss you
02 Chocolate Soul Music
03 Stay by my side
04 Nothing’s gonna change my world
05 rainbounds
06 SP-ZERO
