It’s interesting to hear you say that the songs came about spontaneously because they seem to have some type of shared theme or direction among them.
See, that’s what I love—what I just said about people making their own what they will out of it. That’s what art does. When we play some of these songs tonight, some people have heard demos, but playing it live is a different animal. It’s performance art and that’s what I’m interested in.
So, you just rehearsed, is this the first time you’ve rehearsed with the full band since the album was recorded? How are the rehearsals coming?
Yeah. There’s nothing I can really say, we just practiced for one day. The last time we played was like, December. Makes me nervous, I hope people don’t flub too much.
Well, that could bring new life to the song perhaps?
No, it throws me off.
The cool thing about it is that there’s a built in safety. Were playing last at a psychedelic festival, so either everyone’s so fucked up that it sounds great to them, or who listens to sober opinions of people at a psychedelic festival?
On that note, what is your perception of Austin Psych Fest and the scene here?
It’s like a folk gathering of people, so it’s a broad umbrella of different things.
More in terms of the actual the festival, what do you think about the “psychedelic” scene that does or does not exist?
I don’t think too much about it, I just want everyone to do what he or she does. It’s good for musicians. It leaves a lot of room for expression for people.
Lately I’ve seen a lot of bands and artists claiming the “psychedelic” label offends them.
Well, screw people. It doesn’t matter what the label or the topic is.
People need something to call something. What would you call this if this weren’t called a table?
Same thing about everything.
People are afraid of being pegged?
People don’t want to be put in a box. Music and people come together. I come to listen to music not hear an idiot’s opinion.
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