Q&A
JA: Tell me a bit about your debut album, Existence. CM: We pretty much spent the entirety of 2012 writing the album. We spent a lot of time demoing and tracking pre-pros of each song. We really wanted the album to show a big progression as a band and in our song writing since the release of our debut EP, The Only Way We Know. We have all come a long way and experienced more as a band, and as individuals, and I feel Existence really shows that.
down to New York City to relax and let off some steam. NYC has everything… seriously. I don’t think anything I could say here would justify the experiences we had.
JA: Is there anything you hope people will take from listening to your music? CM: I just hope that people really enjoy listening to it, not because they feel obliged to in any way, but because it does something for them. It was a lot of work and we put a lot of heart and soul into it. So We are extremely proud of how the album came in saying that, I hope people can take from it what out and we are so grateful for all the positive feed- we put in. back we have received so far. JA: Can you tell me a bit about Perth and how JA: You guys went all the way to America to re- your local music scene has influenced what cord it at Getaway Recordings. Tell me about you guys do? the whole experience. I heard it was your first CM: Perth is very isolated. However, I believe our time ever experiencing snow. scene is very tight and very promising. There’s been CM: Personally, it was one of the most amazing ex- a lot of bands develop from quite humble beginperiences of my life. Firstly, the set up was great. Jay nings and if anything, it breeds a good work ethic. [Maas] was an amazing host who made things very comfortable for us. His work ethic was very profes- JA: Tell me about your upcoming November/ sional, but at the same time, he knew when it was December tour with Forever Came Calling? time to sit back and relax a little. Saying it was one CM: Like previous tours of ours, it’ll take us around of the most fulfilling production experiences I’ve most capital cities around Australia. All shows had, would be an understatement. should be a party so I suggest if you ever thought about coming down, you definitely should. Production aside, just being where we were in itself, was mind blowing. It was the first time many of us had seen snow and coming from Australia, Get Existence at you can imagine how big a deal that was! As said bandcamp.HindsightRecords.com.au earlier, Jay was great. He took us all around town, Like Monuments on Facebook at gave us a taste of what it’s like being a local. After facebook.com/monumentsmusic recording was wrapped up, we all made our way
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