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There’d be no point of us looking below
over many years and sort of find a You moved to NY. Where were you out Is the music scene tremendously
sound that we are comfortable with of before? different from NY to Boston?
and also sort of grow in songwriting
and production to the point where we We all lived in Boston, went to school Boston to me seems a lot more rock
are pretty happy about the stuff we’re in Boston and we were very involved n’ roll, I love that stuff but we sort
making now. in the music scene in Boston. It was of moved a little bit out of that and
a great town to cut our teeth and get sort of merged into electronic and
How did you move from Gentleman our feet wet. hip hop, we still have guitars. We
Hall to Tribe Society? were sort of misfits the way we were
How did NY receive you? headed in Boston. Boston was a lot
Well, we had another lead singer and That’s tough to answer, it wasn’t more like no tricks rock n roll shit,
he was one of the major songwriters in like we were really received, we just which I love. So I’ve got a lot of love
the band and when he left it changed started launching the project right for the scene in Boston.
the whole dynamic and we just started now. As far as being in a community
creating completely different music, I of people we look up to in the music You are pushing that edge, there’s not
would say more alternative music. It world, a lot of rappers, producers and a lot of flautists in rock n’ roll, I can see
felt like a very different group and it really talented bands NY has been it in your style of music, it’s a little bit
was, we also moved to NY and was a lot of fun and just being amongst different. I read that you’ve all been
influenced by producers in NY, new peers we look up to. In that way, in living together and making music for
friends in NY and the new scene that the community we feel very lucky to about 10 years now, living together
we were influenced by. It encouraged have been well received in NY. We’re and making music like that how do
us to make different music so when creating with a lot of people we look you sustain relationships outside of
we started writing new stuff it seemed up to and we’re all just making our the band?
obvious it was a different thing so we own production and our own ideas.
changed the name and we’d also lost a It’s been an awesome year/year and a To be honest, I stick to myself. I don’t
member so it felt like it was time to do half since we’ve been in NY. really have a social life outside of the
a new chapter. band. I make music all day then when
we’re touring that’s the focus. When
we get back here I’m just writing and
