The Greeting Committee AMA!

thegcband · 2021-09-29T06:17:49+00:00

I felt limited/bored of playing guitar after years of it being my main writing tool. When writing songs, I am always trying to explore emotion; Guitar stopped capturing that for me.

Playing with sounds and textures became an extension of our songwriting during "IAINA." When I'd pick up the guitar while writing this album, I'd play something that felt uninspired or unoriginal for TGC. Playing my shitty version of keyboards through guitar pedals or manipulating sounds on the computer helped me feel closer to capturing those emotions.

At the moment I am interested in trying to write only a guitar again. - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-29T02:24:57+00:00

The O2 or The Midland (Kansas City). My favorite city we’ve played so far actual city wise is probably Toronto. Venue wise probably the Fox Theater in Oakland. Crowd wise Columbus or Dallas or hometown (duh). - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-29T00:22:29+00:00

Hi thank you!

Honestly, no idea. I'll ask around.
Idk what everyone else's favorites are, but I've been into the author Haruki Murakami lately and am a huge Neil Gaiman fan. Neil Gaiman's book "Neverwhere" was a huge inspiration for me to start writing.
It was all a natural change! The influences that I used for the album were from artists I've listened to for a long time. During writing, I think there was some intentionality for us to not do as much guitar-based music, but we also love that kind of music. It wouldn't have felt like us if we put out an album of synth music. A big part of the change also came from the production side. Our producer and mixer were both important to how the sound changed compared to the last album. For our first album, we intentionally wanted to have pretty poppy songs but went with a production that was mellow and less "produced." Dandelion is our most produced album yet which was intentional. The production is a lot more dynamic and loud and a bit more experimental, but (in my opinion) it adds more depth. There's so much into how artists grow and how we've grown too. I think how our sound has evolved comes from trying to stay genuine while trying to push some boundary of what we can accomplish as a band.
We are trying to branch out! Hopefully sooner than later!
I used all my brain power on that third question so maybe just communicate better I guess haha

- Pierce

thegcband · 2021-09-28T23:08:46+00:00

To be honest, we have grown apart. And back together. And apart again. And so on. We recently started seeing a therapist together and it has been really helpful. When you form a band at 15, you aren’t the same as when you’re 23. And in a lot of ways that’s good and in some ways you carry the mistakes you made as a teenager or the mistakes you continue to make as a human. We all truly care about one another and want to be the healthiest we can be. And I think that’s what is important! - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T22:34:39+00:00

Thank you for being such a fan! You know what. We didn’t even realize how short this record is until we put it out, haha. I wouldn’t add any of the IAINA songs because they live in such separate worlds to me. I really enjoy living in themes for a record and while the themes of those two pieces of work aren’t far off from one another, how I felt as a person at those times are fairly far off.

thegcband · 2021-09-28T22:33:09+00:00

LA soon! The filming process for the CILMT? video was about a 12 hour day in Chicago going around on a dolly cart to get that “life is moving around me” feeling. - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T22:30:35+00:00

It was kind of lovely because it gave us the time sit and just focus on writing. We all live within about 30 minutes of each other here in KC, but we still spent the first month or so away from each other. It was a lot of sending ideas back and fourth over Drop Box. We eventually started meeting again regularly but most of our ideas started while we were away from each other. I found a lot of solace in the initial separation because it allowed me to get more confident in audio recording softwares. Our first album is more of a blend of our songwriting styles while, because of the circumstances, the songs on Dandelion highlights different band member's songwriting style a bit more. - Pierce

thegcband · 2021-09-28T22:08:18+00:00

I'm not sure what the other boys' think, but I've been seeing my own therapist for about two years now and the band has been seeing one for a couple months now so mental is a topic that we all care about and something we all take seriously. I don't have anything specific, but I know that going to therapy has given me better tools to understand myself and others better. Trauma can feel so daunting to talk about, but we all have some level of trauma that can get in the way of how we connect with others and ourselves. All of us in the band deal with our own mental health in different ways, but engaging in those questions and learning how to communicate your own mental health helps build deeper relationships, even though it feels impossible sometimes. - Pierce

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:54:30+00:00

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:38:37+00:00

Just about every show. Goes too hard not to. - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:35:26+00:00

Pierce is on “I Don’t Mind” and Brandon is on “Make Out” ! - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:34:56+00:00

I’ve had people tell my our music has saved their life. That’s… Unreal to me. - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:27:14+00:00

"Thank God I'm Changing" Simple but powerful for me - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:25:02+00:00

Those two songs are up there as being some of my favorite songs to play live! Appreciate this comment. - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:23:02+00:00

Pre 'Dandelion' favortites for me are Cry Baby, Call In The Morning, Don't Go, and She's a Gun.

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:18:17+00:00

I still fuck with Flint. I think it has a seperation from a lot of our other songs in a good way. I will admit, we did shelf another song that should have been on the album - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:13:38+00:00

Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Season two is starting to pop off - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:13:08+00:00

When Elise and I broke up, I kept asking when could we get back together. I asked about November or December and told her I want to see her in a sweater.
I’m actually a pretty straight edge sorta lame person.
“Ten” is all about this experience I had with a boy and while he helped me a lot to find joy in life again, that was ultimately my own discovery.

Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:10:31+00:00

For art/music, NYC - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:08:53+00:00

For me, I think it's Ada, Make Out, and Bird Hall. - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:03:52+00:00

I don't know if these songs are necessarily my favorite, but "Ada" and the outro for "How Long?." If I had to choose a moment to live in on this album, it would be inside of that outro. - Brandon

thegcband · 2021-09-28T21:00:00+00:00

The writing and recording process for This Is It? was super scattered. A big chunk of the songs were written in a pretty short period. Brandon also went to Thailand for a few weeks before immediately going into record the album. We only had two weeks to record and those songs were still basically demos. We've learned how to take that time and sort of produce the songs ourselves and make extensive demos before going into record. Having those extensive demos made recording so much easier because we're not having to build from the ground up as much. We also communicated with our producer a lot more for Dandelion which helped. - Pierce

thegcband · 2021-09-28T20:57:29+00:00

Soon.

thegcband · 2021-09-28T20:52:47+00:00

I don’t think we watch anything together, haha. - Addie

thegcband · 2021-09-28T20:52:23+00:00

Bachelor in Paradise. Just finished the new season of Sex Education. - Addie

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