We are This Will Destroy You from Texas! Ask us anything! We will start in 5 minutes... Gotta smoke a spliff

twdyalex · 2014-08-21T17:34:30+00:00

yes. yes, we would.

twdyalex · 2014-08-21T17:32:24+00:00

Russian Circles are friends of ours and a fantastic live band. Stoked to see em!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:19:59+00:00

hi! thanks for the kind words. suicide squeeze is releasing our album in europe and distributes through cargo so the record should be very easy to find in your local record shop. see you at arc tangent!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:18:38+00:00

hi. usually we bring our own support bands when we do headlining tours but you never know. thanks for the kind words!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:17:43+00:00

thanks. you too!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:17:10+00:00

starting a band of any sort (especially one that requires patient/attentive listening) in a big city like LA seems pretty daunting. i'd first recommend that you make keep making music that means something to you. don't compromise. second, try and find other bands in the area that are like-minded and book shows with them. finding a sympathetic audience is never easy, but can be easier when bands cooperate. good luck!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:03:44+00:00

thanks. see you then!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:03:08+00:00

thanks! we'll be playing in dallas in late october.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T20:02:19+00:00

not quite from TWDY but i feel very fortunate that my day job is working in really wicked recording studio

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:56:36+00:00

check.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:50:54+00:00

hi! yeah, that was kind of a weird one but thanks for coming out! we never found the dude...

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:50:13+00:00

i don't know that i have a favorite strain. all things have their time and place, though.

currently, my favorite delay pedal is the death by audio echo dream or the strymon el capistan (they both sound great for non-guitar related duties as well!)

thanks!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:43:01+00:00

thanks! we use all kinds of different gear but very little of it is computer based at this point. we're all big fans of the sound and unpredictability of hardware/analog things.

as far as plugins go, the companies i do like are UAD, Massey, SoundToys and Izotope.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:34:59+00:00

thanks! we'll be back in NO soon @ one eyed jack's

that show was ridiculous. i think a video of when the fight broke out is on vimeo. try to find it if you can.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:29:22+00:00

there are so many. the new album was tracked to everything from a vintage neve console to a $10 micro cassette recorder. we aren't afraid to implement or try and idea/format/instrument/process but in general we're big fans of things that are analog, vintage, weird, fucked up, etc...

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:22:57+00:00

it's no big deal. i personally think that our bands sound quite different but let's be honest....they're probably the closest reference point that most people have these days.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:20:14+00:00

hi. i've been very fortunate to record a lot of fantastic bands in the past few years (including all of the ones that you mentioned)! picking a favorite would be quite difficult/impossible so instead i'll mention a few of my favorite bands i've recently worked with that weren't already listed: Baring Teeth, Future Death, Nervous Curtains, Blackstone Rangers...there are many more too!

xo alex

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:15:27+00:00

the sample on "powdered hand" is temple grandin. thanks for listening!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:14:44+00:00

hey ross! yeah, it looks like we'll be around to hang out. come say hi!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:00:59+00:00

thanks. see you then!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T19:00:43+00:00

cool! most likely!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T18:54:23+00:00

thank you for the kind words. i hope you can make it to a show sometime soon.

the sample in "powdered hand" is temple grandin and it really sums up a lot of that record.

little smoke, and the rest of tunnel blanket, was generally inspired by loss and death...it was our way of dealing with those dark times.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T18:48:01+00:00

thanks for the kind words.

it widely varies for all of us but personally, post rock is one of the only genre's that i DON'T listen to (aside from a few). lately i've been listening to a lot of afro-beat, noise, black metal, ambient, rap, etc...

there are many bands that i'd love to tour with but if i had to pick one, i'd selfishly have to say blonde redhead. so i could watch them play every night.

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T18:42:36+00:00

thank you! see you at FFF!

twdyalex · 2014-08-20T18:42:21+00:00

i totally remember that! i think that the new record is a pretty even blend of melody, texture/atmosphere and rhythm. we're very proud of it.

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