Interview: Plain White T's - Page 4

It’s something that you’re always tinkering with?

Tom - Yeah, exactly.  And, even songs like “Hate,” the new single, I don’t think we ever thought that it was going to be as cool as it turned out to be until we actually started recording it and playing it. 

Tim - I remember when Tom shared it with me in a total stripped down version that he probably made in [iTunes] GarageBand.  I thought it was good, but at the time, I just felt like it was another song.   

What is it like performing the finished product of “Hate”?   

Tom - It is awesome.  It sounds cliché, but everybody wants to hear the song they’ve heard on the radio.  The fans will really react to it and sing along with it.  It is an incredible feeling. 

How was the recent experience on CDUSA, where you performed the new hit single? 

Tim - We’ve done CDUSA before, and it is always a good time.  [CDUSA] know how to take care of bands.  There are always a lot of artists piled into one building, performing one after another. 

Describe the experience of the recent video shooting for “Hate”? 

Tom - That was a lot of fun, and we did it all in one day.  I think we started at six in the morning and went until midnight. 

Tim - We were up in Canada for the filming of that video.  It was fun.  It was our third time working with director Jay Martin (also worked with Death Cab for Cutie).  Now working with Jay is so comfortable that it’s a lot of fun.    

I saw on your website’s news/journal entry that you were asking fans to come out for the shoot.  Did a lot of fans show up?

Tom - We put it up the day before the filming, so there wasn’t a lot.  But, kids were trying to drive from as far as Texas. 

Tim - (laughing) I don’t recommend that.

It seems like the band has been on tour nonstop from day one.  Do you plan on taking a break after this tour?    

Tim - We are coming off a little bit of a break from Warp Tour until the recent release of our new CD, so we had a month or so off. 

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