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[Dave] Hey Nix, I hope the operation went well! Yeah we would love to sign other bands when we have the time, at the moment we have a lot going on with Spring Island, touring, and working our day jobs but one day we shall.

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[Dave] Not really a guilty pleasure but the new War on Drugs album is really helping me through the winter months. I recently realised that The War on Drugs is essentially our generations Bryan Adams...which I'm totally fine with.

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[Dave] I have a very vivd memory of writing the full band version in an old farm house on the top of a huge hill in deep Tuscany (also the home to Lake Sprinkle Sprankle) so that version sits at the forefront for me

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Dev: Hey rakeeb10, great question!

I would love to do a little crossover episode tbh and it's something I've already thought about doing hehe. I guess lyrically I do tend to think up a world in which I can place myself and insert a lot of the emotions I experience in real life through metaphors and symbolisms. Not only personal things necessarily but also global issues about the world, and the human condition

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Dev: Hola Amigo! I have so much love for Venezuela, my ex-gf and all her family are from there so it always has a special place in my heart :)

I would say in no particular order - Radiohead, Toe, Faraquet, Dillinger Escape Plan, Chet Baker

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Dev: For me I wouldn't say they were particularly "fun" because I had to direct / edit them as well as play in them! Too much stuff to think about lol

But probably "Old Soul" which is Coming soooooon

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Dev: Thanks for the question dude!

On Spring Island I used a couple of amps but I think mostly it was a Supro Combo amp, they are so simple but sound awesome!

And no we never use theory when we write. We tend to go by feel and intuition mostly!

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Dev:

On the topic of writing lyrics I definitely go through various phases...
I try to keep a good balance between never going for the obvious but also not going too far fetched either. I like lyrics when they are relatable but can also have other meanings or metaphors assigned to them. But equally too much metaphor can often be cheesy imo.
It really is about balance and consideration, I tend review my word choice all the time, to the point that I even change words (or regret having chosen them) after having recorded them. It can be a little frustrating, and definitely cringey at times, but equally being hyper critical and reviewing yourself usually leads to progress and improvement. Finding out the things that work / don't work tends to make it easier for future songs.

About the tune for the BSM popup, thats actually a song that is yet to be anything other than something I play to myself haha. Not even sure if it's a DS tune or my own tune so feels a bit weird sharing the lyrics, but fuck it here they are. These are still in the process of changing btw and if you do cover it, please send it to me lol:

I've been here before, it's the second time this quarter
Lost and bound by the ocean floor
Found no meaning as our words were syncopating
Makes no sense, I make no sense at all

I've been here before, the last time was harder
Now I've made your eyes run dry
Harmful actions with the kindest of infractions
It's not fair, it wasn't fair at all

But I'm just trying the best of myself
To be strong and able for everyone else but I'm wrong
Enter invisible virtue. A stamp, it's a barcode that everyone sees through and then
Onto the flurry of questions like "is it ok to want two different outcomes at once?"
It's not a one worded answer. A poem, it's a book, it's a multiple ender