from high school band to indy success and finally to intense radio airplay
and finally to intense radio airplay
and finally to intense radio airplay these guys have paid their dues and are
these guys have paid their dues and are
these guys have paid their dues and are finally seeing results hi I’m Rebecca
finally seeing results hi I’m Rebecca
finally seeing results hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with young a giant
today we’re speaking with young a giant
today we’re speaking with young a giant about their self-titled debut album the
about their self-titled debut album the
about their self-titled debut album the track is run down to the station
so let’s talk about the album ID you
so let’s talk about the album ID you want to tell us but the writing process
want to tell us but the writing process
want to tell us but the writing process what you guys were going for and what do
what you guys were going for and what do
what you guys were going for and what do you think you’ve achieved I mean
you think you’ve achieved I mean
you think you’ve achieved I mean everyone’s first record is always
everyone’s first record is always
everyone’s first record is always interesting because it encompasses many
interesting because it encompasses many
interesting because it encompasses many years of writing first I was exactly the
years of writing first I was exactly the
years of writing first I was exactly the case we had songs as old as cough syrup
case we had songs as old as cough syrup
case we had songs as old as cough syrup and Garon’s at which from when we were
and Garon’s at which from when we were
and Garon’s at which from when we were 17 and 16 years old and and then songs
17 and 16 years old and and then songs
17 and 16 years old and and then songs that ranged all the way up to right
that ranged all the way up to right
that ranged all the way up to right before we know we had finished recording
before we know we had finished recording
before we know we had finished recording some of them completely last minute we
some of them completely last minute we
some of them completely last minute we really wanted to have that sense of a
really wanted to have that sense of a
really wanted to have that sense of a live feel so we record everything live
live feel so we record everything live
live feel so we record everything live and we did in a very old studio we did
and we did in a very old studio we did
and we did in a very old studio we did at sunset sound where the doors and the
at sunset sound where the doors and the
at sunset sound where the doors and the Rolling Stones and led zeppelin have
Rolling Stones and led zeppelin have
Rolling Stones and led zeppelin have required a lot of their records at same
required a lot of their records at same
required a lot of their records at same time I was a huge learning experience
time I was a huge learning experience
time I was a huge learning experience for us was the first time we’d ever been
for us was the first time we’d ever been
for us was the first time we’d ever been into the studio and so this next record
into the studio and so this next record
into the studio and so this next record you know it’s going to be very very
you know it’s going to be very very
you know it’s going to be very very different but in a good way I think
let’s talk about the concepts behind
let’s talk about the concepts behind some of the singles we’ll start with my
some of the singles we’ll start with my
some of the singles we’ll start with my body
body
body my body was kind of written in the
my body was kind of written in the
my body was kind of written in the middle of the writing process at that
middle of the writing process at that
middle of the writing process at that time we had gotten ourselves in a bit of
time we had gotten ourselves in a bit of
time we had gotten ourselves in a bit of a writing Rhett we’d been writing a lot
a writing Rhett we’d been writing a lot
a writing Rhett we’d been writing a lot of down tempo mid-tempo stuff which
of down tempo mid-tempo stuff which
of down tempo mid-tempo stuff which isn’t necessarily bad but I think we
isn’t necessarily bad but I think we
isn’t necessarily bad but I think we were getting a little bored of it and we
were getting a little bored of it and we
were getting a little bored of it and we were living in Hollywood at the time and
were living in Hollywood at the time and
were living in Hollywood at the time and we’re all living together and we had a
we’re all living together and we had a
we’re all living together and we had a studio space upstairs in the loft and
studio space upstairs in the loft and
studio space upstairs in the loft and we’d spend a couple hours that day I
we’d spend a couple hours that day I
we’d spend a couple hours that day I remember and we were very frustrated
remember and we were very frustrated
remember and we were very frustrated with the whole process and we decided to
with the whole process and we decided to
with the whole process and we decided to try something completely different just
try something completely different just
try something completely different just try and do something that was almost a
try and do something that was almost a
try and do something that was almost a joke that we didn’t think that we could
joke that we didn’t think that we could
joke that we didn’t think that we could pull off and within 10 or 15 minutes my
pull off and within 10 or 15 minutes my
pull off and within 10 or 15 minutes my body was pretty much completely written
body was pretty much completely written
body was pretty much completely written and ironically was the least touched of
and ironically was the least touched of
and ironically was the least touched of all the songs in the editing process
so it kind of really came from
so it kind of really came from spontaneity and that frustration and
spontaneity and that frustration and
spontaneity and that frustration and overcoming that frustration so you know
overcoming that frustration so you know
overcoming that frustration so you know it’s amazing to us at that song has
it’s amazing to us at that song has
it’s amazing to us at that song has lasted so long on radio and everything
we try not to take ourselves too
we try not to take ourselves too seriously and take a lot of writing
seriously and take a lot of writing
seriously and take a lot of writing style and influence from the Beatles and
style and influence from the Beatles and
style and influence from the Beatles and a lot of just how they created
a lot of just how they created
a lot of just how they created nonsensical lyrics that ended up meaning
nonsensical lyrics that ended up meaning
nonsensical lyrics that ended up meaning something to themselves and to other
something to themselves and to other
something to themselves and to other people and so for that song it was
people and so for that song it was
people and so for that song it was really you know just screwing around is
really you know just screwing around is
really you know just screwing around is us trying to get bearings of you know
us trying to get bearings of you know
us trying to get bearings of you know who we were as songwriters it was trying
who we were as songwriters it was trying
who we were as songwriters it was trying to get out of suburbia at that time we
to get out of suburbia at that time we
to get out of suburbia at that time we were in we were in Orange County and we
were in we were in Orange County and we
were in we were in Orange County and we were young and we not yet left for
were young and we not yet left for
were young and we not yet left for college and we felt trapped there i
college and we felt trapped there i
college and we felt trapped there i think it was about the last year that
think it was about the last year that
think it was about the last year that you know we could withstand living there
you know we could withstand living there
you know we could withstand living there and i think that song is just about
and i think that song is just about
and i think that song is just about anyone trying to break free of you know
anyone trying to break free of you know
anyone trying to break free of you know things that they think are tying
things that they think are tying
things that they think are tying themselves down
you guys started as a high school band
you guys started as a high school band so presumably you guys have matured and
so presumably you guys have matured and
so presumably you guys have matured and evolved throughout your career so do
evolved throughout your career so do
evolved throughout your career so do tell us how yeah we first started when
tell us how yeah we first started when
tell us how yeah we first started when we were 16 and the music has evolved a
we were 16 and the music has evolved a
we were 16 and the music has evolved a lot since then ironically enough cough
lot since then ironically enough cough
lot since then ironically enough cough syrup is one of our oldest songs I was
syrup is one of our oldest songs I was
syrup is one of our oldest songs I was 17 and Eric was 16 when we wrote the
17 and Eric was 16 when we wrote the
17 and Eric was 16 when we wrote the song together so it’s weird to us now
song together so it’s weird to us now
song together so it’s weird to us now that it’s you know on the radio and
that it’s you know on the radio and
that it’s you know on the radio and heavy and rotation people thinking it’s
heavy and rotation people thinking it’s
heavy and rotation people thinking it’s you know this year’s music buddy music
you know this year’s music buddy music
you know this year’s music buddy music from five or six years ago
you know we were excited for this next
you know we were excited for this next record because we’ve been writing a lot
record because we’ve been writing a lot
record because we’ve been writing a lot together and we’ve grown a lot together
together and we’ve grown a lot together
together and we’ve grown a lot together especially in his last two years as
especially in his last two years as
especially in his last two years as musicians and as individuals and so I
musicians and as individuals and so I
musicians and as individuals and so I think people have yet to see like the
think people have yet to see like the
think people have yet to see like the full maturation of the band and
full maturation of the band and
full maturation of the band and hopefully they will soon
the next album why don’t you tell us
the next album why don’t you tell us when might we expect that or the next
when might we expect that or the next
when might we expect that or the next album should be out in spring of next
album should be out in spring of next
album should be out in spring of next year hopefully we’ve been doing a lot of
year hopefully we’ve been doing a lot of
year hopefully we’ve been doing a lot of writing we had two or three months off
writing we had two or three months off
writing we had two or three months off the end of last year coming into the
the end of last year coming into the
the end of last year coming into the beginning of this year we were living
beginning of this year we were living
beginning of this year we were living together in another house and did a lot
together in another house and did a lot
together in another house and did a lot of writing all the sets we’ve been
of writing all the sets we’ve been
of writing all the sets we’ve been playing for this tour have included
playing for this tour have included
playing for this tour have included three new songs and so we’re
three new songs and so we’re
three new songs and so we’re incorporating new songs into the set
incorporating new songs into the set
incorporating new songs into the set trying to see how people feel about them
trying to see how people feel about them
trying to see how people feel about them and we’re just excited to get back in
and we’re just excited to get back in
and we’re just excited to get back in the studio at the end of the year
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