BACKWOODS PAYBACK
Their music is dark and aggressive, but don't judge a book by it's cover—Mike
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Cummings Jessica Baker and Rylan Caspar are are anything but
THERE ARE A LOT OF HARSH WORDS USED WHEN TALKING ABOUT YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC, BUT HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?
I’d say our two biggest inspirations are Black Sabbath and Black Flag. I love the expansive doominess of Black Sabbath and the aggressiveness of Black Flag. We draw on those elements to make our own sound.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE AT A LIVE SHOW?
The live show is loud and very bass heavy. We can fit into any venue on any bill, and we have. We have played to 150 people on a Tuesday, 12 on a Wednesday and 1,000 on Friday. It’s always different and we always just adapt and bring our energy to the stage.
TOURING SINCE ’03, YOU GUYS MUST HAVE SOME GREAT ROAD STORIES...
WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE OUT AND WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
One time we were on the last leg of a tour, and we drove from Green Bay, Wisconsin (where we played the venue that Buddy Holly played his last show in!) towards North Dakota. We got to North Dakota to find out that the promoter was cancelling the last leg of the tour, so we turned around and drove all the way to Cleveland where there was a show opportunity. We played that and then drove home to West Chester. It was a lot of driving on not a lot of sleep, but that’s the nature of the beast and we love it! We have actually played every state in the continental U.S. except North Dakota.
We released a record with Small Stone Records and plan on doing another full-length one. For right now, we are really excited about the upcoming release of In The Ditch. It’s going to be a sixsong project that we recorded at Noisy Little Critter. This record is definitely on the dark/somber side. It will be available on iTunes and Bandcamp, and we’re going to print CDs, and we’re also going to press vinyls this summer. I love the experience of buying a physical form of music, and I want our fans to experience that.
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