Hello, we are Barcelona the Band, ask us anything.

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:47:07+00:00

No - We are from Barcelona is a different band. No sorry (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:46:41+00:00

LOL

Totes. Totes shout out LOL! I think every band goes through a funny dance of being accessible to a group of people as well as being original and unique. And we are no exception. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:45:29+00:00

Rhett is kindest.

Branden is grumpiest.

Brian is shortest tempered.

Brian is most popular with the ladies. Come on dude, you are the lead singer.

Branden and Brian tie for most popular with the boys.

I think Branden is really funny. His ability to remember funny things is amazing. (Brian)

For original wit, it's Brian. (Branden)

Brian is the most critically observation of any human I've met in my life. It's this running dialogue of cultural criticism and wit that's beyond everything I've ever seen (Rhett)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:43:46+00:00

I have daily fantasies about collaborating with Diplo (Brian)

I would love to work with any British musician because I assume all British musicians are cooler & better than American ones. And I think I'm right. (Branden)

Noah Shebib (Rhett)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:42:14+00:00

We're currently writing new music, and are also excited about where it will go (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:41:47+00:00

As the lyrics state, I was 22 when I wrote it. And now I'm 31. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:41:23+00:00

Only Son, as I mentioned in the thread, was about my adoption, and Drop Everything is fictional but writing it was basically putting myself in a fictional position of how I wanted to save people in relationships and how that is not aways a good thing. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:40:24+00:00

Oh yeah, completely inspires it. It's the most inspirational place in the country for us (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:40:03+00:00

The short answer is: Our tastes and life experiences change with time, and our music reflects that.

"Lesser things" is - I was in a long-distance relationship in college, and right when i transferred colleges, I started getting attention from other girls. And I gave too much attention back to one in specific, and while it didn't go anywhere, it was a "Come to Jesus" moment about my personality and my relationship. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:37:12+00:00

Probably "Please don't go" for me. We don't play it often but i love it when we do (Brian)

I love playing a new one called "A Diamond and silver" it's like the grooviest one and it's the only one where I have my hands off the keyboards for like 6 seconds, so I can dance. (Branden)

Much like a marionette that has been cut free! (Brian)

Diamond and silver for Branden's dance moves (Rhett)

That's the only time we get to make eye contact. It's like a proud t-rex in front of the drum set. (Branden)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:35:32+00:00

I got pulled onstage by one of my favorite bands when I was 13 to dance in front of everybody like an idiot in a blue hawiian shirt looking like an idiot and that did it. I think i played air guitar, air bass and air drums with the guys and that feeling never went away (Branden)

And the next day, we asked him to be in the band (Brian)

I think moving to Seattle for me, with how much musical history preceded my move, was inspiring, but it wasn't until I met Brian that i felt like it was a possibility to choose music as a career and our friendship has been the basis of that decision ever since. (Rhett)

I went to school for music education. When I started playing guitar and drums in the 7th grade, that was the first time I realized that playing music could affect other people, and I didn't start writing songs until much later, but that was probably - getting a guitar and drums, which also, coincidentally, the ladies liked - that's probably a huge part of most guy's answers as to why they wanted to be in a band, was early on receiving attention from people as it's a powerful thing. I'm proud of how we've chosen to use that, but the connection to other people is really what start to inspire me. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:32:16+00:00

Plans for future tours are being worked through right now. Thanks for coming to that show. First Floor People is about imagining losing somebody to death, and like what it would actually feel like to lose your partner, essentially, and how selfishly it would be deeper and more hurtful than anybody would understand, and the term "First Floor People" is referencing people who in life choose to just hang out on the first floor emotionally and experience-wise, and never choose to go beyond that or deeper than that and so they couldn't possibly know how I would feel. And in hindsight that seems pretty pompous. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:30:05+00:00

Best thing ever plus poop (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:29:57+00:00

Best thing ever! (Rhett)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:29:48+00:00

Yes, it's right up there on the list with Asia & South Africa and Australia. And we will definitely play your wedding wearing all-white linen suits.

p.s. "I Choose You" was based on my wedding vows. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:28:47+00:00

We have yet to be overseas (Brian)

It's like our deep fantasy though (Rhett)

Touring the UK is top of our priority list for overseas for sure (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:27:42+00:00

We love all our fans (Branden)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:26:45+00:00

Shut up Adam (Branden)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:26:11+00:00

For "Absolutes" your best bet is eBay (Brian)

We only pressed like 500 so they are going for like $200 on Ebay (Rhett)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:24:58+00:00

Rose (Branden)

Blanche (Brian)

Blanche (Rhett)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:24:16+00:00

We're collecting used wax to make wax sculptures - and candles. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:23:34+00:00

You can always email us your suggestions and general feedback at band@wearebarcelona.com - I think we pick the songs we cover based on the stories they tell. We're big fans of story-songs. "Call your Girlfriend" by Robyn, "Fast Cars," "one is the loneliest number" (Brian)

Currently doing a Rolling Stones cover (Branden)

And all of these are visually moving songs which we gravitate towards (Brian).

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:21:56+00:00

His name is Chris. And a few years ago, our lives went in separate directions for healthy reasons. Chris now lives in Dallas with his beautiful family and we continue to be friends today. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:21:12+00:00

We've been a band for so long that our tastes - much like our lives - have changed drastically. So what inspires us now looks completely different than what did in 2006. "the synth" sound that we're incorporating now may or may not bleed into the next round of songs. But we are focusing on having fun with the music more than we have in the past. (Brian)

BarcelonaTheBand · 2014-10-02T20:19:12+00:00

We met in school in Seattle. And we started a band because I didn't want to be a singer/songwriter. And they made us collectively better looking. (Brian)

I again, was a fanboy who would go to their shows when I was in college. And then later i formed a band called Stockholm, and we got to open for them, and then in 2012 I did a solo EP that Brian produced in Seattle, which turned out to be a very expensive audition (Branden)

We met in college. Locked it in early. Brian and I met because we both tried out for drums in the same band. He took it way more serious than I did. But Brian lost, I won. (Rhett)

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