It's all been really good and thankfully a lot more open minded than I was, personally, expecting. Quite encouraging.
Did the album turn out the way you had envisioned it? Did you have plan for it when you began songwriting?
There was no tightly pre-conceived plan for this record when we started. I guess there was a rough idea of things that we wanted to do but we didn't all sit down and make a plan of sorts. There wasn't really any time for that either. We just had lots of ideas and just bounced those off of each other when writing. I'm stoked with how it turned out though.
How did you work on the songs? In the classic way, jamming in the rehearsal room or did everyone work at home on ideas and songs?
More of the latter. Lots of little ideas al recorded at home and emailed to each other prior to meeting up and rehearsing for a few days and then going straight into the studio to lay the tracks down. It was an intense process once we go together because of time restraints etc. but seemed to work out ok.
When and why did you start NARROWS? What's the purpose of the band?
Before this became NARROWS, it seems that Rob, Sam and Dave have had different versions of this band before it actually became a band and eventually NARROWS. It started 'officially' I guess when I was visiting Ryan in Seattle for a few weeks. I had known Rob from our previous band, SOME GIRLS and BULLET UNION, touring together in Europe a little while back. I found out Rob was then living in Seattle so told him I was coming to visit and that we should hang out. He then asked if I was into doing a quick band type thing and I said sure. He then asked Ryan to be in it and he was up for it too. That was around October 2006 if I remember rightly. We recorded 3 tracks during my stay there and that became the EP we put out. I then returned the following year in March 2007 and we laid down what became “New Distances”. I guess the purpose of this band is to have fun creating music with not so likely collaborators who also happen to be good friends which is awesome.
Is NARROWS a "real" band or does it have more a project-like character?
It's as real as it can be given our obstacles of where we live and the lives we lead. I think that's a positive though as we don't rehearse all of the time and haven't got sick of each other yet and more importantly, not sick of playing the songs. It's funny really, since we have started, we have only really been together as a band for around 3 weeks! *laughs*.
With the background of you guys (including BOTCH and UNBROKEN) it's easy to say that NARROWS is an all-star-band... what do you think about that?
If that's what you want to call it that's fine but I know that we all like to think of this as just a band that we do and is really fun for us. Of course, this is seen differently outside of the band and that's understandable but there are no egos or anything that we have to work with. It's still new and fun for us but we also have years of experience of operating in bands so that makes things easier.
Had it been easy for you to sort out how NARROWS should sound like?
It kinda came naturally really. Lots of different influences between what we listen to and how we all play and I think it all combines well.
The cover art of "New Distances" is really cool - who created it?
That was the work of our very own Ryan Frederiksen. We all love how it looks and it really ties the whole of the record together.
What are the lyrics on the album about? Do you personally care much for lyrics at all?
I'm not going to speak for Dave on this but I think they're there for you to work out and relate to however it hits you. I never used to care to much for lyrics a little while ago and has always been much more fascinated and into how songs and pieces were arranged but over the past few years I have really got into it. Even now, some lyrics and their delivery are more important to me than some music.
Your video for "Gypsy Kids" is really strange - how did work on the ideas you had for the video?
An old friend of mine, Craig Murray, made the video and all the imagery and flow are solely from his mind and inspiration from the song. It's pretty bleak and epic but we all love the job he did. Hs other videos are awesome too and I'm excited to see the new videos that he's doing for CONVERGE and OXBOW.
How important are music videos today for a band like yours, what do you think?
I wouldn't necessarily say that music videos are particularly important, but I think that if they're in tune with the song/music enough to enhance each other to the point where both seem to be making a bigger impact then that's awesome but I guess it depends what you like too.
"New Distances" is available in vinyl too - do you plan to release a 7" in the future too?
Maybe. We have already recorded 3 new tracks back in January, but I'm not sure what we're going to do with those right now.
What are your plans for the rest of this year and 2010?
We're planning on doing an US east coast tour in November but I think that will most likely be it. We're hoping to make some European shows happen next year though. We're itching to play some Eureopean shows!
14. and some final words?
Thanks for taking an interest and for the questions. I hope it isn't a boring read! (lh)
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