These guys are amazing.
Neighbors, too.
Seeing them tomorrow in Asheville.
Check this out from a recent interview:
One of the things you guys have done over the last year is open for U2. How was that experience? How did it affect the band?
Matt
Caleb: Going out with U2 really opened our eyes. Hearing their songs - song after song after song after song – and seeing them play every night in these huge arenas, it was just amazing that every one of the songs sounds so good. We wanted to make a record where it would come across playing in arenas that big. That was one of our goals for this record, to make a big sounding record that would sound good in a club in front of 200 people or in Madison Square Garden.
Nathan: U2 was a very big part of our headspace going into this [new] album. That tour is where we tapped into some of the layered sounds and effects. They opened our eyes to new guitar sounds and vocal effects. They were definitely very influential, not only musically but they kind of mentored us. Touring with them was great.
Caleb: By the end of the tour, we all had our own U2 nicknames. Matt's nickname is now "The Curve." Nathan had a beard so we called him "Hairy Mullin Junior." Jared was "Jaydam Clayton." And I was "Wino."
Neighbors, too.
Seeing them tomorrow in Asheville.
Check this out from a recent interview:
One of the things you guys have done over the last year is open for U2. How was that experience? How did it affect the band?
Matt
Caleb: Going out with U2 really opened our eyes. Hearing their songs - song after song after song after song – and seeing them play every night in these huge arenas, it was just amazing that every one of the songs sounds so good. We wanted to make a record where it would come across playing in arenas that big. That was one of our goals for this record, to make a big sounding record that would sound good in a club in front of 200 people or in Madison Square Garden.
Nathan: U2 was a very big part of our headspace going into this [new] album. That tour is where we tapped into some of the layered sounds and effects. They opened our eyes to new guitar sounds and vocal effects. They were definitely very influential, not only musically but they kind of mentored us. Touring with them was great.
Caleb: By the end of the tour, we all had our own U2 nicknames. Matt's nickname is now "The Curve." Nathan had a beard so we called him "Hairy Mullin Junior." Jared was "Jaydam Clayton." And I was "Wino."