SH: Do you feel that “Home” has evolved since you have been touring?

JC: Oh, very much so. That’s the thing about that song. We have grown, changed, and evolved and the song has been able to do that with us. It started out maybe as just a spiritual love song between friends who were just in love with each other. And now it’s this constant reminder that home is wherever you are…that’s music.

SH: With such a large group of musicians in the group, are you able to find the time for side bands and personal projects?

JC: Well our percussionist Orpheo (McCord) and Sal (Salvador Placencia), they are in the band Fool’s Gold who we are touring with right now which has been really great. The same with Local Natives—they are really amazing musicians.

Lewis Pesacov from Fools Gold walks by

LP: You are just saying that!

JC: Yeah, I want your twenty bucks. You can pay me later though.

SH: How did that relationship start?

JC: We had played a bunch of shows together and with Orpheo playing with us it was just a common denominator. We seem to always be in each other’s midst and it’s really nice playing with bands you really like.

SH: Even though you have been mostly hitting the club scene on tour, I know that you were able to get some prime exposure on The Late Show with David Letterman. Can you tell me a little about that?

JC: It was so cold in New York! It was really fun, I actually ran into the Angel and Amber from the Dirty Projectors while we were there and they were just awesome. It was really great talking to them.

SH: Several of you have been in different bands before—especially Alex with Ima Robot. Do you find that when you take a debut album out on tour again, after having been through the early stages of the process before, that there is a sense of renewal?

JC: Oh, absolutely. It’s a new choice every night. When it really becomes live music is when we are changing it up and being spontaneous. We try to do that every night.

SH: Sounds like you must be happy with the reception so far.

JC: Well there has been a lot of love and openness, people being receptive and free. I think—I don’t know if I can speak for everyone else—but I have this feeling that maybe, possibly all over the world it’s sort of happening where people are growing and changing, freeing up and having more fun. There has also been a lot of support, a lot of friends. Not just a crowd you know—people who you know and can count on.

Check out the band on Letterman

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