We talked about touring in the UK
You were last over in the UK
LUKE [Holland UK
TONY [Pizzuti, guitar]- It’s a completely different crowd too, a lot of
younger girls compared to a bunch of manly dudes. I feel like kids are more
accepting of our music here too, as opposed to say like Germany
LUKE- What I don’t like is the weather [laughing].
You’ve been over here for the past couple
of weeks- all the shows have been sell-outs are you having fun?
TONY- Yeah, awesome and it’s been great exposure for us as
well. This is one of the first tours we’ve done that’s had more of a poppy side;
we’re probably the heaviest band on this tour, so we stand out, but in a good
way I think. Even some of the younger girls in the crowd have been getting a
little rough and aggressive.
Do you enjoy that opportunity to win
new fans?
LUKE- Oh yeah it’s great.
TONY- Yeah, absolutely.
And you’re playing at the sold out Slam
Dunk Festivals too- are you looking forward to them?
LUKE- First time we did Slam Dunk was last year and I loved
it; we had a great time.
TONY- Yeah, we loved it. And catching up with friends too
in other bands from the States; it’s a big party.
“Life Cycles”, your second album, came out
last year. You’ve said that the process of putting it together was very different
and you learnt a lot.
LUKE- Yeah, definitely. I mean I wasn’t in the band really
when they were writing and recording, but it was all very different than
“Deceiever”. And this next record, we’ve heard that it’s pretty typical for a
band’s third full length to be their most prominent and we feel that for us it
will be the case. It’s going to be different with me writing with the guys and
we’ve been coming up with some really cool stuff, and we’re all excited to show
it to everybody.
TONY- I think it’s going to be our most mature album too. This
one will be less scattered; I feel like each CD has been closer to where The
Word Alive wants to be and this one will be cohesive. I think there will be a
lot of different elements and doing different things that we haven’t done
before, so we’re really excited for it.
I know you’ve said that you will be
releasing an EP this year?
TONY- Well, we were planning on doing an EP but then
started running songs and then tours came around, and we just decided that by
the time we can start recording the full length it’ll be just over a year since
“Life Cycles”. And because the band is completely different now, just from
having Luke join, we want to hurry up and push out another album; this is
finally The Word Alive. Each CD we’ve done we’ve had different members and it’s
always been super difficult and really last minute so this CD we’re excited
because we’ll all have the time to sit together and write the best album we
can.
And what can we expect from it?
LUKE- We’re still gonna be heavy, y’know but we’re going to
take out all the screams and all the drums. I’m just kidding [laughing]. We’re
still going to be heavy, but we want to stray away a bit from your typical
metalcore. We all have such different musical influences and different
abilities that we put together as one; that as a unit is something really
unique and special.
After this you’re going on a run with Killswitch
Engage and Miss May I- are you looking forward to it?
LUKE- Yeah, definitely, we’re really looking forward to it.
We’re also going to be offering lessons on the tour for kids to come out and
get lessons with us, so that’ll be fun.
TONY- It’s a heavier line-up so we’ll fit in a lot better.
We grew up listening to Killswitch Engage so I’m really excited, it’s a dream
come true for me.
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