1. How would you describe your music?
Jonathan Habermacher
“Our music has major roots from punk and rock but spans from chill to metal.”
Logan Miracle
“A good mixture of Rock, Metal, Pop-Punk that can please anyone.”
David Nunez
“Everywhere in a good way. Essentially it’s rock but I feel we have something for everyone’s tastes.”
Kody Rattler
“We’re somewhere between Pop-Punk and Post-Hardcore. We try to write with a wide audience in mind.”
2. What gave you the idea for the single title?
Jonathan Habermacher
“This took a while for us to agree on and changed a lot. They represent the lyrics and the meaning of the song, we all know that person that never changes and seems to always be repeating mistakes or bad choices.”
Logan Miracle
“Sometimes you have someone in your life that is almost like a broken record and doesn't change their ways. And at that point, you need to cut ties and move on.”
David Nunez
“It came down to just what made sense. It’s about a person stuck in their ways that just keep screwing up.”
Kody Rattler
“Logan wrote the lyrics to be about someone who is stuck in their ways no matter how hard you try to get through to them. It’s that person in your life who always makes the same mistakes. Stuck on Repeat was just a way to summarize that. It’s also a double-entendre because it’s a song that we hope people literally keep on repeat.”
3. Do you work together with others in the writing process?
Jonathan Habermacher
“We all as a band write the music together. Someone usually has a riff or lyrics to start the process.”
Logan Miracle
“We work all together as a group.”
David Nunez
“We write the music together and it gives us all real ownership to each song.”
Kody Rattler
“We write songs together as a band, Logan usually puts lyrics together once the music is mapped out. Once we get it to where we want it, we often bounce ideas back and forth with the studio engineer until we’ve tweaked it to perfection.”
4. How much time to do you take record songs?
Jonathan Habermacher
“Usually we take either a day or two in the studio to record a song. It really depends on producers and their process.”
Logan Miracle
“It really depends on the process and how we're feeling about the track.”
David Nunez
“Usually takes us a day or two. Recording demos helps a lot with the final piece. We figure out the tempo, tuning, and some vocal ideas during that process.”
Kody Rattler
“This question ties in with one of the greatest compliments I receive when recording: It takes us longer to set up the drums/mics for recording than it does to record my parts. That being said, practice preps you, always remember that!”
5. Does this release differ from past music releases? How?
Jonathan Habermacher
“Yes, this is by far our best release so far. We put a lot of time and effort into this and really tried our hardest to make it the best possible. Every release we learn and do better.”
David Nunez
“Definitely different. We had Matt Good of From First to Last produce this one so it definitely has his flavor of production quality to it. He even gave some great ideas we applied to the final cut of the song”
Kody Rattler
“In my opinion, I believe this is the most well-written song we’ve released to date. A few of our industry friends have said its ‘all killer and no filler.’ It starts hard and maintains that energy until the end. The video itself is also a step up from prior releases. We put a lot of thought into how we wanted to portray the Groundhog Day effect and I think it came out well.”
6. Do you like to change it up for each release with lyrical themes?
Jonathan Habermacher
“Our songs differ vastly with the feel of the song and instrumentals. The lyrics are usually about people we have dealt with or experiences we have gone through.”
Logan Miracle
“We want to touch on as many subjects as we can. Our music really is just what we're feeling or going through at that time”
David Nunez
“Probably with whatever we write next might change. Now we have a catalog of music vs just a five-song EP. Now we can see if we should change it up.”
Kody Rattler
“The idea behind releasing three singles this year was to write across our spectrum of music and see which people lean towards which vibe. We wrote a heavy song for the people that like to hit the pit, a melodic song for the people who can relate to lose, and an upbeat song for the jumpers in the crowd.”
7. Where do you draw your influences and inspirations from?
Jonathan Habermacher
We all listen to different music and bands so we draw from so many different genres. I think this is why we have so many different songs that sound completely different.
David Nunez
“We write what we want, but we have a decade of an age difference between the youngest and oldest members. This means we have a lot of different bands we like. The one band that ties it all together has been Blink-182.”
Kody Rattler
“We all bring our own ideas and style to the table, then it mixes until we’ve written a song.”
Henry Cota
“We get inspired from life events. Some bands use imaginary instances or make-believe, for us, we pull from what we have experienced.”
8. What has been the most enjoyable thing you have done as a musician/singer?
Jonathan Habermacher
“The most enjoyable is concerts. I love that we can bring so many people around the city into one room and rip it all night. I have seen so many friendships be formed from our concerts and it is a great feeling to bring people together.”
Logan Miracle
“I think just playing for crowds that appreciate and understand our music.”
David Nunez
“Playing on stage is awesome, but some of the people we meet make it so much more worth it. Whether it be other bands and fans we make solid connections with people.”
Kody Rattler
“There’s plenty of things I love about playing music; the stage, the people we meet, the experience to say ‘we did this.’ There’s a lot of perks to being a musician too. One time a server recognized me at a restaurant and paid for my meal. I don’t know what I did to deserve that, so it was both shocking and humbling.”
Henry Cota
“Playing The Marquee, it’s a venue in Arizona that I would dream about playing as a kid. It’s my most enjoyable moment, so far.”
9. What do you feel is the biggest challenge going forward with your career?
Jonathan Habermacher
“Just getting noticed, there are so many bands out there and with the internet, it is extremely easy to be overlooked.”
Logan Miracle
“I guess just really set ourselves apart from everything else out there. We don't want to be a copy of anything. We want to be After The Calm.”
David Nunez
“At this point, it’s making a name for ourselves outside of Arizona. We do great here but now we got to show the rest of the world what we bring to the table.”
Kody Rattler
“Breaking outside our home state. We’ve played a few one-off cities, but never an official tour. It’s something I crave but has proven to be very difficult. We’ve spent the last several years building a name for ourselves in Arizona, but the moment you step outside your state it’s like hitting the reset button: no one knows us. It’s a slow climb, but we do our best to meet bands as they tour through AZ.”
Henry Cota
“Time. Getting our schedules in line with one another. We all have relationships, some of us have children. Finding the time to get together to create.”
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Two previous releases:
"Captive" Released July 2018- Produced by Hiram Hernandez
https://youtu.be/cVRj4cxSDow
"Porcelain" Released August 2018 - Produced by Cory Spotts
https://youtu.be/kVyGcNheavc
Next Show:
Arizona Humane Society Benefit Show
11/10/18
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