You were accompanied by Producer Will Yip for the third time. Will would give his thoughts on if anything needed to be enhanced or not and go from there. Some songs take longer than others, but we solidified all the ideas in the studio with Will after months of writing and getting the songs to where we thought they should be. An individual would come up with an idea and then bring it to practice and expand on that idea. The song writing itself was kind of how we always had done it. Can you describe the songwriting approach with this album?ĮP - I didn’t write any of the lyrics, but Jon and Bailey both played a big part in the melodies and lyrics. The lyrics, “Let your feelings show, it’s easier than you would ever know”, speak for themselves. One song in particular would be “Afterparty”. Lyrically, this album seems to be multidimensional in its ability to be both raw and emotional. Whatever we thought the songs called for, we tried. We wanted to use new instruments and tones that we haven’t used before because we thought they would sound cool with the music we were creating. I’m not sure we ever gathered around said “We want to make a sonic progression on this record.” We just made songs we wanted to at that time, and looking back you could say that the style of songs progressed from our older stuff, but it wasn’t calculated. Would you say this album is a sonic progression? If so, how?ĮP - That’s really for other people to critique. You guys are no strangers to stepping outside of comfort zones. There will probably be more of that in the future I would imagine. Always inspired to push ourselves and attempting to create art out of our comfort zone. We listen to a lot of electronic based music, and wanted that to show through in some of our new material. What inspired this shift? And are you inspired to experiment more in the future?ĮP - We are all big fans of artists that implement different instrumentation. On your recent single, “Postcard” you experimented with electronic drums as opposed to an acoustic drum kit. We went with it and are thrilled with how it turned out. For awhile we had talked about asking her to do some artwork for us, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. A local artist and local band forming one collective presentation. She is super talented and figured it could potentially be a cool marriage. Where did you draw inspiration from?ĮP - We knew the artist Dessie Jackson for a bit now, being that she is from Philly. Your latest album artwork is definitely a statement piece. Album artwork sets the tone for what’s to come. When it comes to releasing an album, new songs are only half of the creation. Also, we wanted to watch them play every night. It’s a cool opportunity for us to be able to do that. It happened to us when we were a younger band, and we like to pay it forward. I think it’s more established band’s duty to do that. How did the opportunity come about?ĮP - We have been a fan of them for a minute and like to expose our audience to newer bands that we are into. I find it very refreshing when established bands give spotlight to fresh faces. Speaking of touring, Philly indie pop newcomers Mercury Girls will be one of the acts on the road with you. But now we are out and about, feeling good. We did make a conscious decision to take a year and write without traveling before recording the record. How does it feel?ĮP - Well actually, we took 3 years to release this album, but we were touring for the most part of those 3 years. Have a listen for yourself and be sure to catch them on their latest U.S tour through October and November 2016.Īfter taking a three year cool-off, you’re back on tour promoting your latest album “Light We Made”. The first single on the album “Midnight Zone”, is a perfect segue into solid consistency and flow of each track. A new sonic exploration that is nothing short of fresh with dreamy synth chords and harmonious guitar and bass riffs. Pennsylvania natives Balance and Composure show us how it’s done with the release of their latest album, Light We Made. There’s something to be said about musicians with creative chemistry and a knack for progression.
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