The entire album and all the samples and extraneous sounds were recorded by the three of you. How did that extra layer of love result in a more cohesive finished product? And conversely, from the point of the beginning the recording process to the finished album, how did your perception of what you created evolve?

The three of us are real close. We shared a lot of the same highs and the same lows in the album writing process. As a result, that was funneled into this record. During the album writing process the record takes on a life of its own. You might think it’s going to end up a certain way and it never does. We just let the album be what it was meant to be. Nothing more, nothing less.

New album and new stage set up leads to new gear. Tell me about some of your new technology and how it’s enabled The Glitch Mob to take their sound beyond the boundaries of what was expected.

We have used a laptop as the brains for the live set and that hasn’t changed. We’ve used Jazzmutant Lemurs for close to two years now, so that hasn’t changed either. For this new album we’ve introduced a guitar, a bass and V-Drums. One of the newest pieces of equipment that have really helped us is our Line 6 POD X3 Live foot pedals. These allow us to save guitar and bass setups for each song, and they can be recalled instantly by stepping on a foot switch. This is great for songs where there’s three or four different guitar or bass sounds in the song. Also they eliminate the need to use guitar or bass plug-ins like Amplitube or Guitar Rig. This frees up our laptop’s CPU so it’s less likely to fail.

As I’m sure you guys noticed, many of the Low End Theory guys and your peers were much quicker to the draw with getting an album out to the public. Why did it take so long?

Music is not a competition to us. We honestly did not realize this until a lot of press began pointing it out. For us, the record is done when it’s done. We do not let social trends dictate when should release our music.

I just attended Lightning in a Bottle and saw your festival-closing set. That was undoubtedly the loudest concert I’ve ever seen. Did you guys just go up there and say, ‘Let’s just straight out murder this crowd?’

Hah! No, definitely not. Our normal sound guy was not there.

Songs like “We Swarm” off Drink the Sea still have that gritty; old school The Glitch Mob vibe of years past while incorporated much of the new school live instrumentation sound not seen before. How do you think these songs will progress/evolve through more playing?

We’ve got lots of ideas as to how we evolve these songs once they become a little more familiar. For the time being that’s top secret.

At LIB, you still played “West Coast Rocks” and “Red Dress,” both of which had the entire place getting low. As your new sound and configuration continues, will you continue to incorporate older material in with your new stuff?

We’re artists first and entertainers second. Although our music is not made to order pizza, it’s still good to throw the crowd some classics. We love our fans and throwing in some of our older jams is just a way to give back to them.

Speaking of “Red Dress,” have any of the guys have TV on the Radio ever caught your remix? I bet it would blow their minds.

They’ve heard it. They’re great guys and we’ve been in constant email contact since. More TVOTR / TGM goodness to come in the future.

“Drive it Like You Stole It” will be a Glitch Mob classic for years to come. I can also envision it as being the track that reaches the ears of a much wider listening audience then you’ve seen in the past. Where do you take that sound and momentum from here?

It’s the journey not the destination. We have the best jobs in the world and we’re just thankful that we get to make music every day. Only time will tell where our music takes us.

Lastly, I’m pretty sure I heard it on a “Biggest Loser” preview. Are you guys reaching out to the mainstream to start utilizing Glitch Mob tracks in TV, radio and beyond?

The Glitch Mob is not necessarily consciously reaching out to the mainstream. We think the “music” just finds its way out into the world. And that’s a beautiful thing.

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