It’s important to gel isn’t it. I mean it’s like being married, being in a band.
Rick: Yeah, four times over.
Only without the good parts.
Rick: Yeah, it’s really just the hate part. (laughs) You get the love on stage.
From a vibe thing, Chris and I were definitely happening. What was interesting to me from the very beginning was the fact that I do come from such a different musical place that it’s really is good for me. Your instincts are to go searching for like people, people that are like you. What that tends to get you is people who validate your idea structure but it doesn’t really stretch you in anyway. It doesn’t challenge you. So the fact that Chris and I were so different, it was a huge challenge and that’s the part of it I liked. I figured that would translate into the music and I think it has because the convergence of the styles. Hopefully people will hear that.
Tell me about your debut album The Nights You Lost Your Voice. That’s a long title.
Chris: I love the title. I like what it means. There are so many different reasons why you lose your voice. You could be extremely emotionally betrayed so you just can’t even talk, or you could be so excited and happy, like from being at a show where you’re singing along, where you so ecstatic to the point where you’re beyond words. Or it could be more figurative, like politically we have lost our voice as Americans because we have a fucking schmuck making decisions for us.
Each of the songs on the record has ties to that whether it’s in a relationship, or you're ecstatic or it’s in a situation that you encounter, or politically. Rick and I are extremely emotional. We both tend to wear our hearts on our sleeve. This record is that; I think it’s all about that.
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