LA indie rock band wilt focus on relationships, psychological well being, and navigating a rising viewers in a perspective-shifting, unfiltered chat as they enter the following chapter of their careers with their self-titled debut EP!
Stream: “you’re the one in charge” – wilt
Anyone who has heard wilt’s music is aware of they’ve a knack for honesty and vulnerability of their lyrics.
Combining components of grunge, bed room pop, indie rock and extra, they repeatedly defy expectations as they discover their music and themselves. Whereas their music might lean in the direction of the darker finish of the spectrum, the members themselves are humorous and quick-witted, taking part in off one another with the comfortability of life-long pals. They shift between critical matters and goofing round with ease as they chat with me about lyrics, minivans, bands they love, how they bought right here, and the place they’re headed. And naturally, their self-titled EP – set to launch on April fifth.
wilt are impartial and audacious by nature – with no supervisor, staff, or exterior producers, they do the whole lot for themselves. Aaron Liebman, a pressure to be reckoned with as each a guitarist and a producer, says wilt is “actually blessed to have three audio engineers within the band.” All 5 members of the band play their half in each side of making their music, from writing music of their bedrooms to mixing and mastering.
Up till now, wilt have solely launched singles. This upcoming EP will probably be their first longer-form physique of labor, and it guarantees to fulfill their present viewers and garner a plethora of latest listeners. How has the method of making an EP differed from releasing singles?
Guitarist Andrew Perrea, whose skills permeate each side of wilt’s music, shares some perception: “Nicely, there was completely a studying curve. We needed to actually work out what our course of was like in actual time having already had music out and having consideration on us.”
The band nods in settlement.
“We took all of the songs that we had that we’ve got been taking part in dwell for the previous yr actually since we debuted our dwell present and began touring. We simply made them extra cohesive and at last a couple of month in the past we have been like ‘Oh! This sounds proper. It’s finished!’”
So whereas these songs could also be new to most of us, they’ve been dwelling with and remodeling them for fairly a while. This comes as no shock, as every observe is imbued with a depth and complexity that may solely come from months of laborious work and contemplation.
One thing that basically makes wilt stand out is the simultaneous range and cohesiveness of their music.
Lead vocalist Chelsea Rifkin, armed with an extremely sturdy voice and a expertise for writing lyrics, explains how they efficiently navigate this balancing act.
“For every track it’s been somewhat completely different,” Rifkin tells Atwood Journal. “It’s been extra placing myself in these locations that I’ve been in my life, these locations the place I keep in mind feeling so strongly, as a result of I’ve grown up with psychological well being issues. That’s actually the place my artistic course of begins is getting in that area. It’s additionally a method to escape – I do know lots of people will say that about music, and lots of people put their emotions into their music, and for me reflecting on it after the very fact actually helps me discover readability in conditions.”
Rifkin has no set objective or intention when she sits down to put in writing a track; she is just not making an attempt to inform a narrative from track to track, neither is she making an attempt to suit into any molds. Every observe (on the EP and of their earlier work) stands alone and has a unique which means, each from track to track and amongst the band members.
This sentiment rings very true in reference to a track titled “greater than this,” which will probably be featured on their upcoming EP. Perrea had initially began penning this piece as a relationship-centered track, depicting emotions of expectation vs. actuality in a blossoming romance. Nevertheless, Rifkin linked with the lyrics for a completely completely different purpose: “After I heard the track it resonated with me, however I hadn’t actually had that sort of relationship at that time in my life. However you understand how it does resonate with me? Having temper stabilizers and medicines like that; antidepressants and stuff like that. You may positively get that somewhat bit extra within the verses of the track.”
Perrea chimes in: “It’s like we took each of our particular person emotions of malaise and blended them into one track.”
This can be a good instance of the facility and fantastic thing about wilt’s work and music on the whole; everybody who listens to it will possibly connect with it in numerous methods, bringing their very own life expertise and views to a track that might be written with fully completely different intentions. wilt loves that about their music, and it absolutely one of many many causes they’ve gained a (repeatedly rising) following in a reasonably brief time frame. Folks really feel heard and seen after they hearken to wilt’s music. They really feel much less alone.
This affect on their listeners means the world to wilt.
“It’s actually surreal how the songs have an effect on folks. It’s all we ever wished” says Perrea, adopted by resounding settlement from the remainder of the group. They defined how unbelievable it has been to obtain messages from followers and seeing folks cowl their songs. Liebman says folks protecting their beforehand launched single “the riff” has been “a really massive pinch-me second.” They by no means anticipated or imagined the overwhelmingly constructive response they obtained from listeners. Rifkin explains how the band’s affect actually hit her after writing and releasing their single “puberty,” a deeply private and emotional track about Rifkin’s late father.
“Getting so many messages about individuals who had misplaced their dad and mom – it made me notice that perhaps I do have these writing capabilities, and in addition it made me suppose ‘Wow! That is all I’ve ever wished. My music affecting folks. My music serving to folks by means of issues.’”
These reactions to wilt’s music are certain to proceed on with the discharge of their EP. They launched a single off the EP on March eighth, giving listeners a style of what’s to return in April.
Hiding within the cracks
Of all of the people who I really like
I would like my physique again.
I’ve been considering how
I battled with myself
Made my mother proud
However f**ed my psychological well being.
Clearly, the sturdy lyricism featured of their singles is carried on on this new (to us, to not them) physique of labor. Rifkin explains a few of the which means behind this highly effective writing: “That one is about somebody who was in very shut proximity to me rising up who did some not-so-great issues and made me have a skewed actuality round relationship and my physique and sexualization, which is the place that lyric particularly comes from. The whole thing of the track morphs from one aspect of that into what everybody in my life anticipated of me.”
Whereas the group’s writing course of is extremely collaborative, Rifkin does a lot of the songwriting for wilt, and doesn’t draw back from sharing about her struggles with psychological well being and the confusion with which she is usually confronted when navigating life (as are all of us, whether or not we admit it or not.) The honesty and vulnerability that every member of the band brings to their music makes every track extremely particular.
Whereas there may be a lot to deal with and unpack lyric-wise, the bass, guitar, and drum ingredient to wilt’s music deserves simply as a lot recognition. Liebman, a self-proclaimed “guitar nerd,” explains how “within the studio, you’re gonna hit the fitting notes. You’re making a recording. So you will get actually granular on these cool sounds – I name it guitar sound design. We are able to get actually artistic.” The band’s consideration to element throughout all their devices comes throughout in an enormous method all through their EP, coming collectively seamlessly by means of meticulous mixing – which, lest we overlook, is all finished in home.
So apart from highly effective lyricism and an extremely cool soundscape, what else can we count on from this EP?
This query resulted in some giggles from the band. Rifkin shares her ideas on their upcoming physique of labor: “It’s positively somewhat little bit of a trauma dump. A bit of little bit of an exploration by means of my trauma. So I assume it’s sort of open to interpretation. After I take into consideration the final concept of every track, they’re all fairly darkish and unhappy apart from “she desires me too,” which I didn’t write most of, so it sort of is smart!”
“However even “she desires me too” has components of confusion and doubt that permeate all of our music.” Perrea chimes in.
Their pleasure about this launch is palpable, and they’re already fascinated with writing and releasing new music as quickly as their tour wraps. Gaining perception into the method of making EP (and studying extra concerning the members of the band) has imbued their music with much more which means.
My dialog with wilt delved additional into the nitty-gritty than I can categorical by means of this text, stuffed with attention-grabbing anecdotes and bared feelings, in addition to showcasing the levity and humor that’s inherent to the group. Observe together with our chat beneath and prepare for wilt the EP, out April fifth!
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A CONVERSATION WITH WILT
Atwood Journal: Hello guys! First off, thanks all for making the time. I do know you might be tremendous busy proper now.
Andrew Perrea: After all! Yeah we’re in a van in San Diego! We had a present the opposite evening and right this moment is an off day driving to our subsequent present tonight.
How has the touring course of been for you to this point? I do know it simply began.
Chelsea Rifkin: Its been actually enjoyable! It simply began however we went to SXSW in Austin final weekend and did 4 reveals in 4 days there, so it sort of felt prefer it already began. We’re all feeling it somewhat bit.
Aaron Liebman: That was to be predicted. We now have an off day on the second day of the tour! We in all probability might’ve used it a bit afterward.
Andrew: Because it’s a fairly fast tour there’s not a number of off days. There’s a number of driving.
Chelsea: We rented two minivans this time and it’s been so clutch.
Andrew: It feels much less international than a tour bus. We’ve all been in a minivan earlier than.
Chelsea: It seems like we’re going to soccer observe or one thing.
Some consolation there for certain. That is smart! So I’ve a number of questions for you – be happy to leap in each time. To begin with, I hoped to listen to a bit about how wilt got here collectively as a band and a bit extra about every of you individually.
Aaron: I’ll take this one! I’ll provide the fast model. So Chelsea and I have been producing – similar to producer singer vibes – and it was very bed room pop oriented. She has this belt of a voice that she subdued, extra bed room pop. It was proper earlier than COVID, so it was sort of in that period, in that style and the whole lot. Then she went to school and we sort of misplaced contact for a second. When she got here again, she booked a session herself and I used to be like “Is your mother paying for this?” as a result of she was so younger, however she was paying out of pocket and I used to be like “Woah! She is so proficient. I don’t actually wanna cost her anymore.” So we began determining what our new sound was and what that might appear like. She wished to start out a band, so I pulled in my session drummer. I used to be newly pals with this man (Andrew), so we bought Andy in on the sport. Then we discovered a bass participant – we bought DM’d by a bunch of bass gamers in LA, then we discovered Jake (Jake waves) who went to highschool with Chelsea. That’s the short model. I do know Dan the drummer, who’s not right here proper now, by means of Guitar Middle, and he’s a producer as nicely, Andy’s a producer, I’m a producer. So we’re actually blessed to have mainly three audio engineers within the band.
That’s superior! You may positively hear that in your sound – the blending is unbelievable.
Aaron: Thanks!
Andrew: We’re actually proud that we do all of it ourselves. However it additionally drives us insane.
Chelsea: We now have actually no staff in any way – in terms of the artistic course of, the sound, the enterprise aspect of issues…
Aaron: All of it stays throughout the band.
Chelsea: All of it stays with us!
You might be clearly doing an superior job with it! I bought the chance to hearken to your EP that’s popping out quickly – it’s tremendous superior and I’m wanting ahead to the world with the ability to hear it.
Andrew: Thanks! We’re too.
What was the method of making an EP like after releasing a bunch of singles previously couple of years?
Andrew: Nicely, there was completely a studying curve, as a result of the band actually took off proper from the beginning and so we needed to actually work out what our course of was like in actual time having already had music out and having consideration on us. There was no time to develop it earlier than folks began paying consideration. When it got here to creating the EP we have been nonetheless within the mindset that we had in 2023 of simply making singles and writing songs. These have been actually the primary ten songs we have been writing and it got here to the purpose the place we have been like “Nicely, we all know we have to put a fuller size factor out, and we’ve got all these songs. Like Aaron at all times says, we sort of began the EP midway finished. We had all of those songs that have been sounding okay –
Aaron: Greater than demos, lower than completed.
Andrew: Yeah, someplace at 75%. We actually simply locked all of it in within the final couple of months. We took all of the songs that we had that we’ve got been taking part in dwell for the previous yr actually since we debuted our dwell present and began touring. We simply made them extra cohesive and at last a couple of month in the past we have been like “Oh! This sounds proper. It’s finished!”
Aaron: We needed to begin over somewhat bit, within the sense of what makes an EP an EP. In pop music, manufacturing may be vastly completely different, proper? However in rock it’s the identical drum package, and we had songs the place we recorded drums in numerous rooms, on completely different kits, on completely different mics. So we went again only for 4 of them and simply tracked all of the drums once more. That helped a ton.
Andrew: Once we began we didn’t have a constant course of for recording something. For Chelsea, completely different microphones would make her voice sound completely different, make the track sound completely different. So simply within the final couple months for this tour we determined what wilt is gonna sound like for this EP.
Chelsea: For writing the songs, it’s sort of been a unique course of for each. Particularly for this EP, a number of these songs me and Andy simply wrote in his bed room. We name it “bed room rock” for that purpose. He would make these little demos that have been sounding sort of post-punky after which it ended up not sounding that post-punky. I’d sing over them, we’d work on lyrics collectively. For “you’re the one in charge,” since that was one of many first ones we wrote, I had began writing it after which I noticed it was simply “Creep.”
Radiohead is my favourite band, however we needed to change it up a bit and it ended up being certainly one of our most crowd-pleasing songs. We now have one other track coming off the EP known as “she desires me too” which can also be certainly one of our favorites and appears to be a crowd favourite. That one we wrote with Andrew’s finest pal Lee, and he or she’s a giant Taylor Swift and pop music fan, and it was actually attention-grabbing writing together with her as a result of that’s not likely the music we hearken to. It positively comes out within the songwriting with a extra catchy hook and refrain. I really like that about it. I’m actually pleased with that track, and I really feel like that’s the one which’s gonna be our track, you realize? Fingers crossed it will get on some playlists!
I wouldn’t doubt it! The EP sounds actually congruent, however there’s a number of range throughout the songs as nicely, which is de facto cool.
Andrew: It was not a straightforward course of. We’re actually pleased with the place it’s at. “You’re the one in charge” would possibly truly be the primary track Chelsea and I wrote collectively.
Chelsea: Yeah I feel it was!
Andrew: Songs like ”gwen” and “moved alongside” – Chelsea wrote them earlier than wilt and the band completed them. For “you’re the one in charge,” Chelsea got here to my room with some lyrics and a melody and we got here out like an hour later with the track mainly written.
May you inform me somewhat bit extra about your lyrics? The strains “Hiding within the cracks/ Of all of the people who I really like/ I would like my physique again” actually stood out to me and I’d like to know extra about your strategy of writing lyrics.
Chelsea: Yeah completely! So I write just about all of the lyrics apart from “she desires me too” – that was extra collaborative – and identical factor with the track “greater than this.” Andrew and I wrote that collectively. He wrote the hooky-ass refrain and the bridge which I’m so obsessive about. It’s my favourite track on the EP. I wrote the verses. For every track it’s been somewhat completely different. I discovered it laborious to take a seat down and take into consideration how I’m feeling within the second and put that on paper. It feels somewhat too private – I don’t know if I’m at that degree of writing but the place I’m capable of simply gush all of it out. It’s been extra placing myself in these locations that I’ve been in my life, these locations the place I keep in mind feeling so strongly, as a result of I’ve grown up with psychological well being issues, like each different artist. That’s actually the place my artistic course of begins is getting in that area.
It’s additionally a method to escape – I do know lots of people will say that about music, and lots of people put their emotions into their music, and for me reflecting on it after the very fact actually helps me discover readability in conditions. Particularly with a track like “you’re the one in charge.” That one is about somebody who was in very shut proximity to me rising up who did some not-so-great issues and made me have a skewed actuality round relationship and my physique and sexualization, which is the place that lyric particularly comes from. The whole thing of the track morphs from one aspect of that into what everybody in my life anticipated of me. I grew up doing theater and acapella {and professional} stuff. That world is all I wished to be in however its additionally tremendous fucking laborious for teenagers. There’s a lot strain – it’s truly insane. In order that’s just about what “you’re the one in charge” is about.
The method with every track is completely different. “greater than this” – like I mentioned is my favourite on the EP – I feel that one simply displays most of how I’ve been feeling these days, I assume. Like I mentioned, I’ve struggled with psychological well being all through my life and when Andrew had written this track, he’d kinda written it as extra of a relationship track, the place he “favored it higher earlier than we bought collectively,” earlier than we bought on this relationship, “earlier than we kissed,” you realize? After I heard the track it resonated with me, however I hadn’t actually had that sort of relationship at that time in my life. However you understand how it does resonate with me? Having temper stabilizers and medicines like that; antidepressants and stuff like that.
You may positively get that somewhat bit extra within the verses: “I’ve been so numb, don’t know what my voice feels like.” That’s very very similar to if you first go on antidepressants and temper stabilizers, you don’t really feel shit! You don’t really feel something! Whereas my life was getting somewhat extra steady and somewhat higher, I didn’t have my strong-ass emotions anymore. I felt fully dehumanized, like I misplaced my persona. In order that one hit the toughest for me personally. I feel that’s probably the most private track on there, and I’m in all probability the proudest of that one.
Andrew: It’s like we took each of our particular person emotions of malaise and blended them into one track.
Chelsea: Into one depressing-ass track!
It’s actually particular that the track has two completely different meanings to you, and it might imply so many different issues to your listeners! How does it really feel that your music is touching so many individuals and so many individuals are reacting so positively to the lyrics and music that you’re writing?
Chelsea: Truthfully, I’d by no means have imagined that. I’ve a number of confidence in my voice and my efficiency capabilities. Like I mentioned, I did theater! So I’m very used to that. One thing that I’m not tremendous assured in is my writing abilities. I don’t suppose I’m the perfect songwriter – I imply, I feel I’ve some relatable lyrics or no matter, however a number of occasions after I’m writing lyrics I don’t really feel like I’m notably artistic or notably sensitive. The one I’ve gotten probably the most compliments on is a track known as “puberty.” My dad died two years prior, so it was deeply private. I wrote that on the seashore with our outdated bassist and I didn’t actually suppose something of it. I used to be like puberty… that’s such a silly factor to place into a tragic track. How can I say as little as potential whereas saying as a lot as potential? I used to be somewhat petrified of writing my emotions fully into it, so I describe the conditions all through my life with my dad within the least quantity of phrases potential. I didn’t suppose something of it – who names a track “puberty”?
Andrew: It felt like a daring selection on the time.
Chelsea: Then getting so many messages about individuals who had misplaced their dad and mom – it made me notice that perhaps I do have these writing capabilities, and in addition it made me suppose “Wow! That is all I’ve ever wished. My music affecting folks. My music serving to folks by means of issues.” Since I used to be youthful, since I used to be like 10 – no youthful! I’ve at all times recognized I wished to be a rockstar. I actually have movies of my dad saying “That is my daughter Chelsea. She’s gonna be a well-known rockstar” after I was like 4 or 5! I used to be at all times so into it.
Andrew: It’s actually surreal how the songs have an effect on folks and having them get on the market. It’s all we ever wished. It could actually really feel actually intangible. It was laborious for me to course of “you’re the one in charge,” the track Chelsea and I wrote in my bed room and actually completed it like a month in the past. Then to see it on this playlist subsequent to The Black Keys on a Spotify official playlist! It’s laborious to fathom that I made that and that’s me.
Aaron: In a bed room! And “the riff” has been loopy too. While you identify a track “the riff,” persons are gonna cowl it. I didn’t actually count on that. It was a rejected riff from my final band! Simply this morning I bought a DM of a man being like “Is that this the way you play it?” and he despatched me a voice memo.
Chelsea: There’s been so many covers!
Aaron: That’s been a really massive pinch-me second. Even Remo Drive performed a pair bars from it.
Andrew: Wait what? I didn’t hear that! I actually didn’t hear that.
Aaron: Yeah! On the Phoenix present they have been like “Give it up for wilt!” and taking part in “the riff.”
Andrew: Oh my God I completely missed that. That’s superior.
Aaron: Remo Drive is a band that I very a lot appeared as much as in my early twenties, in order that was loopy.
That’s superior! So how did touring with them come about?
Chelsea: So like I mentioned we’ve got no staff in any way. Normally a band has a touring agent in order that they pitch you for these opening slots. They’ve somebody mainly bragging for you. We don’t have that. I don’t wanna say something has been handed to us, but it surely’s just about fell into our laps!
Aaron: We wait, we attempt to make ourselves as dope as potential, and hope folks hit us up!
Chelsea: Our final tour, we did with a band known as Lovejoy, and it was after we have been positively method smaller. Not that we’re enormous now, however we have been positively method smaller. Approach much less of an viewers. They emailed us!
Aaron: I’m gonna exit on a limb, and I can’t verify this, however I feel Remo Drive noticed the Weezer riff we lined. I feel that’s how they discovered us. I feel Lovejoy noticed a pair viral movies. We are able to’t pinpoint it precisely however I’m certain we got here up on their For You pages, scrolling similar to everybody else.
Chelsea: Or Uncover Weekly!
That’s actually superior that has labored out for you – you positively deserve it! We got here throughout your single “moved alongside” and that’s how I used to be launched to you.
Aaron: Most cost-effective track that we’ve made. We recorded Chelsea’s vocals on 100 greenback snare drum mic and all of the guitars are from this forty greenback Amazon pedal. And naturally it’s our high track!
You wouldn’t know from listening to it! You all have already advised me a bit concerning the EP, however is there anything that is particularly actually thrilling to you?
Aaron: “chew my tongue” is de facto cool. I feel it may be one of many purest wilt collaborations. I wrote the verse riff, Andrew wrote the refrain riff, Chelsea wrote the vocals and melody, Dan and Jake thickened it up like flour. I’m fairly enthusiastic about that one.
Andrew: It’s additionally actually cathartic for us as a result of that one was within the works for a very long time. We began writing that earlier than “gwen” got here out. It was initially imagined to be the following single after “puberty.” We have been virtually finished with it, then we got here to the conclusion that ithe track was superb but it surely’s simply not a single. It’s extra laid-back and expansive.
Chelsea: I’d additionally say that “chew my tongue” is an efficient instance of what the method of writing a bigger physique of labor would appear like, which we are going to hopefully launch throughout the yr. With “gwen,” for instance, it was very grungy and rock-heavy. We’ve sort of ventured out right into a extra indie pop/rock sort of vibe. Lots of stuff that we’ve been writing extra not too long ago has been in that rock vein. I feel “chew my tongue” is an efficient instance of the place we’ve been heading.
Talking of the place you’re headed, what does the longer term appear like for wilt? Any targets or plans for the approaching yr?
Aaron: We now have plans, but it surely by no means appears to go precisely like we predict it would.
Chelsea: We now have targets greater than plans I feel. We’re taking part in our first pageant – it’s known as Shabang; it’s a Cal Poly SLO pageant in Might. Then we’re simply hoping to get on one other actually sick tour in a gap slot. That’s been actually working for us to this point. I feel that’s our essential objective. We’d like to do a UK tour subsequent yr. That’s a very massive objective for us as a result of like half of our listening base is within the UK and Europe.
Aaron: Planning for one more launch later within the yr. That might be perfect.
Chelsea: Hopefully a full size album, if we get there. Possibly a music video for the primary time.
Andrew: When the tour is wrapped we’ll do the pageant after which I feel we’re prepared to put in writing some extra music. These songs have been within the works for awhile so it’s not like we simply wrote them. We’ve simply been determining manufacturing and recording.
Chelsea: They’re not new to us by any means. We’ve been taking part in them since our very first present.
Have you ever been gaining extra inspiration as you are touring?
Chelsea: Each time we see a brand new band carry out we get some new concepts. We’ve solely had one present with Remo Drive to this point, however seeing them – they’ve these superior little transitions and band moments throughout the set and we’re like “Rattling we wanna try this!” Very inspiring.
Aaron: You recognize what I’m actually excited for? I’ve been speaking about this with Andrew, however he and I are on the age the place we don’t get obsessive about bands the identical method we did after we have been youthful.
Chelsea: I nonetheless do!
Aaron: However Chelsea does! I keep in mind discovering enormous inspirations and actually massive style adjustments for me after I was 23 and 24, so I’m actually curious and actually excited to see what hits Chelsea’s ears and what finally ends up stoking her hearth because the years go on.
Andrew: For me, at SXSW, everybody just about known as it the final evening and I used to be nonetheless buzzing after our present. So I went out and actually proper outdoors of the lodge I heard this superb band and I went down and it was this band known as Slim Head taking part in. My girlfriend loves them however I had by no means locked in on their sound, and I used to be blown away. Slim Head was superb, Voyeur out of New York, this Texas band Glare. These three units between midnight and three within the morning – and the whole lot at SXSW – was tremendous inspirational to me. Vitality I wish to be channeling power as we make extra songs.
You’ve by no means been shy about bands that encourage you, like Radiohead and Nirvana. In what methods do you draw inspiration and in what methods do you diverge from bands which have formed your music?
Andrew: Nicely, Chelsea pulled up “Reside By This” within the automotive –
Chelsea: That’s my favourite album of all time!
Andrew: So we’re nonetheless rinsing that and Sluggish Pulp and a number of the stuff that we’ve been speaking about since day one.
Aaron: How does it work its method into the music? The guitars are loud.
Chelsea: The guitars are loud and we additionally love Weezer. Opening for them is a giant dream of ours. We positively take a few of their tones and put them in our music.
Aaron: We’re guitar nerds, so we’ll go to the tone zone. Actually dial it in. I feel that’s a type of issues the place it differs dwell, as a result of dwell folks simply wanna hear you hit the fitting notes. They care much less about what the guitars sound like. However within the studio, you’re gonna hit the fitting notes. You’re making a recording. So you will get actually granular on these cool sounds – I name it guitar sound design, virtually. We are able to get actually artistic, as a result of in 2024 a recording is not only a four-piece band and that’s it. It nonetheless occurs, but it surely’s not like The Strokes or Arctic Monkeys anymore. They’ve manufacturing. It’s actually cool – Sluggish Pulp will do some issues that may be outdoors of a typical rock band, and it’s actually cool to listen to that.
Chelsea: Particularly the track “Excessive” – that’s like the primary wilt reference track. You’d love them.
I’ll positively give it a pay attention! Little little bit of a subject change right here – what are a few of the themes within the upcoming EP that you just wish to come by means of, if any?
Chelsea: It’s positively somewhat little bit of a trauma dump. A bit of little bit of an exploration by means of my trauma.
Aaron: That’s our style!
Chelsea: Lots of people who’ve listened to it or gotten a sneak peak have thought it was a break up album. It’s not. I had not had an actual relationship whereas I wrote all these songs. So I assume it’s sort of open to interpretation. After I take into consideration the final concept of every track, they’re all fairly darkish and unhappy apart from “she desires me too,” which I didn’t write most of, so it sort of is smart!
Andrew: However even “she desires me too” has components of confusion and doubt that permeate all of our music.
Chelsea: It’s a number of confusion. Lots of I don’t know what the fuck is occurring.
Andrew: “from time to time” additionally has this reflection on being youthful and nostalgia, extra innocence I feel.
Chelsea: All of it has its personal little twisted trauma dump inside happy-sounding music. Like “moved alongside” for instance (I do know it’s not on the EP) however that’s such a very good instance of a happy-sounding track and the lyrics are like “I’m thrown by the issues that I really feel after I’m alone” but it surely’s so enjoyable and dance-y, you realize? That’s my favourite sort of music: sad-ass lyrics with such a enjoyable melody and refrain.
Any ultimate ideas on the upcoming EP or anything that could be in your minds?
Andrew: EP is out April fifth! We actually need folks to test it out. We’re on the highway till April 18th so come see us with Remo Drive. Actually chill venues. And we’re fairly humorous outdoors of the intense music stuff!
Aaron: We don’t take ourselves too significantly. You’ll be seeing a lot extra memes on our instagram.
Andrew: That’s the vibe!
Thanks a lot for chatting with me! Good luck with the remainder of your tour and it was so beautiful to fulfill you all.
Chelsea: I don’t suppose an excessive amount of about what I’m gonna say beforehand, so these interviews are at all times actually formative and also you requested actually nice questions!
Andrew: We’re writing the lore in actual time. Thanks! Take care.
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