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PODCAST: Episode 728 - Miss May I’s Levi Benton Previews Vans Warped Tour 2025 · Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast

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  It sort of sparked a whole new excitement in the band.
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  Not that there wasn't an excitement, but it just, like,
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  makes us feel like kids again because we're like, oh, yeah, I
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  remember. Like, maybe we can be crazy here
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  again like we did when we did this.
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  Because once you do it so long, it becomes your career.
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  You forget about those risks you took back in the day.
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  And now you, you, you do it again.
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  You're like, oh, yeah. Like we got to this point
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  because we used to take these risks, you know, like you guys
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  want to open up Pandora's Box again a little bit.
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  This is Justice from Ghost Cult magazine.
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  Everybody. Today I'm joined by Levi Benton
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  from Miss May I. The band has a bunch of exciting
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  things coming up soon, including some tour dates and festival
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  shows, maybe even some new music, which we'll get into that
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  here in a bit. But Levi, thank you for joining
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  me. How's it going?
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  Good, good. It's.
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  Finally sunny here so. Thank goodness I'm over in the
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  Midwest. So we have about like 3 fake
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  springs before it actually gets, you know, really nice.
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  So totally, totally there with you.
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  But like I said, you have a bunch of exciting things coming
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  up here in the future. Probably first coming up for you
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  is your Latin American tour dates coming up next month,
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  which is super exciting. But what are you most looking
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  forward to with those shows coming up?
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  Oh man, Latin America is awesome.
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  Because I think so we haven't been there for a very long time.
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  And the biggest thing I remember last time we were there was it
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  was the first time a crowd like, and probably the only time, at
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  least at this volume, like they sing our guitar riffs and it was
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  crazy. So I can't wait to go back
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  because it's just like an entire different level of energy.
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  And we're adding some extra dates and yeah, I don't know.
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  It's going to be great. And there's the we might have
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  some new music that we might be playing there.
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  And I think it's going to be exciting to sort of tease it for
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  that crowd. No, I love that.
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  And I like how you mentioned that they tend to sing the
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  guitar riffs as well. I also kind of wanted to ask,
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  kind of going off of that, how are crowds over there maybe
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  different from crowds over here in the States?
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  So we're like exotic. So that's what I always tell
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  everyone. It's like that.
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  That's the only way to really compare it is if you're going to
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  see a band that's say from Japan or Russia that only comes here
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  once every five years, you're really not going to miss it and
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  you're probably going to lose your mind when they come in
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  town. And it's sort of like it's sort
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  of the same thing. It's it's just a very special,
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  it's such an elevated experience and event because we know, we
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  know going into it that we're not going to be back for a long
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  time. And they know as well.
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  So it's just that excitement just like this is it.
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  So not only is this a circle pit, but like this is got to be
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  a circle pit because who knows the next time we're going to be
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  back. So people lose their minds.
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  It's awesome. Got to live it up while you can.
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  So definitely some high energy for sure.
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  Is there any? Like a Chicago, right?
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  Is there any specific places over there that you're maybe
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  most looking forward to checking out?
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  So I became last time we were there post pandemic and being a
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  dad I sort of am really enjoying cities more and just enjoying
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  like traveling. Not that I didn't back in the
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  day, but we were just kids and being hooligans and friends and
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  I really wasn't absorbing the the city and how everything, the
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  community and how the restaurants and coffee.
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  And now like now that we're coffee drinkers and Elijah, our
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  new guitar player, he's a huge coffee head and he's really got
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  our band into it. So I cannot wait to go to Cap
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  America and just blam some amazing coffee.
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  I love that you bring that up. I'm going to have way too much
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  coffee. No, as you should.
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  As you should. A fellow coffee addict myself,
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  so I totally get it. I had just seen an interview
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  with you where you're actually, I think it was, it might have
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  been in Australia where you're talking about the amazing coffee
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  from Australia everywhere. Where is probably the best
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  coffee? What's the best cup of coffee
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  you've ever had from everywhere you've traveled to?
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  OK, so we had this really crazy coffee.
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  It's called Luloc coffee and it's it's from a LULOC, which is
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  this animal and it poops out the coffee beans.
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  So it's it's that's where you get the coffee.
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  It has to be from that like animal.
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  So we went to this luak farm that did like, we actually went
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  to a place that did that. And it's awesome because the
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  animal absorbs all the acid. So it's like the smoothest,
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  strongest coffee. And you gonna meet the animals
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  that ate it before you drink for poop water.
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  So. But it was great.
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  That is a good stuff. I thought you would have just
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  said Australia, maybe Brazil, but no, definitely.
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  I don't even know what kind of animal.
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  I can't even say I've ever even seen a picture it.
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  Looks like a lemur. It looks like a lemur A.
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  Little bit, OK. Yeah, and they're in Asia, so it
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  was actually really funny. Sorry, last little thing where
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  the story is, we were trying to find it and we were all on
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  mopeds like in Asia, just trying to be like, where can we find
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  this coffee? And this guy meets us at this by
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  on a moped and he's like, what you guys looking for?
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  We're like, oh, sure, if I look place, he's like I'm going to
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  work. I actually work at a lock farm.
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  Follow me and we're like, this is amazing.
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  So he took us straight to his farm and it was awesome.
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  The universe just aligned so that could happen for you.
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  That's amazing. That's right.
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  And the whole band, they were all for it.
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  They're like, yeah, I'm going to drink this crazy coffee.
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  Yeah, well, we've heard about it.
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  It's like a, if you look it up, it's like a big thing.
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  It's like known to be crazy. So.
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  And we're, we were in town. Might as well, you know.
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  You had to, I'm going to fall down that rabbit hole after this
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  interview. I'm going to Google it and and
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  I'll I'll see into it. But obviously, like I'd
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  mentioned earlier, you also have some festival shows coming up as
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  well in the future, some pretty exciting ones.
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  I had seen an interview also where you had mentioned that any
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  day you prefer a festival show more than just a regular Miss
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  May I show. I was wondering if that was
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  still true, or maybe if that's true, why do you feel that way?
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  Yeah, I like, I like the festival vibe because it's a lot
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  of fans that aren't our fans and I love the challenge of trying
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  to win people over. So I just, I just like the
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  challenge. I love our shows obviously too.
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  It's a different vibe, but the challenge of sort of the first
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  song being very difficult and by the last song everyone sing
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  along or jumping around or smiling.
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  It's like then I've done my job and it's it's just really
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  rewarding to play a festival show.
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  Right, for sure. Is there any different way you
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  might prepare yourself for a festival show compared to just a
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  regular show? Oh, yeah, And I, I look goofy.
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  Definitely learning some parts of like, you just got to watch
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  where you, you learn where to ask them not to sing or like to
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  be like, I'm actually going to do this tonight because they're
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  not going to support me on this. And I've played many shows where
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  I put the mic out. I'm like, oh, this, this nailed
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  it every time. And I'm like, this is not a
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  crowd. And it's just dead silent
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  crickets. And I'm like, I look like an
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  idiot, so I'll do it. So this learning that and sort
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  of anticipating it and writing new songs for that.
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  Like for instance, we have new music, we're talking about new
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  singles. One of the things was to not
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  have like sort of gang vocals at beginning of songs because
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  playing those you're going to play it to the festival crowds
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  that aren't going to know that song.
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  So you sort of after this is our eighth album, so now you're
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  always learning new things. That was just like we should
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  probably we went down this rabbit hole before.
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  Let's fix it so. I super, I know you mentioned
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  new music, super excited to kind of ask about that as well, but I
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  know kind of ahead of when that music might come out.
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  You also have some really cool festival shows coming up and
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  you're playing Louder Than Life, Welcome to Rockville, but you're
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  also playing Warp Tour this year, kind of the return of Warp
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  Tour coming up. And I know that festival
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  specifically, it just means so much to a lot of people, a lot
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  of memories from that festival for a lot of fans who've gone.
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  But for somebody like yourself and Miss May I kind of veterans
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  of Warp Tour, what are you most looking forward to with kind of
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  returning to Warp Tour again? I I mean, I decided for the
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  crazy crowd, like at the time, the Warp tour was the only place
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  that sort of had those kind of crowds.
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  And since Warp tours left, the radio circuit has sort of taken
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  their place. So that, so I mean, I'm excited
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  for the crowd, but I'm mainly excited for the the Hangouts.
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  Like there's so many bands. That's what Warp Tour was all
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  about, was like just the shows are great, but the hangs with
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  all your friends and like the behind the scenes is awesome
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  because it's not like a normal show where there's like green
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  rooms and everyone's got production.
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  There's this huge hierarchy and all this stuff on stage.
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  It's just like a reunion and everyone's like, oh, it's your
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  turn, OK, let me play real quick.
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  And then you're like, I'll see you in 45 minutes and then you
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  get done playing like, OK, what's up?
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  Like, and then you're and you just all hang out.
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  It's it's a it's a really good time.
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  And it it was cool because at least for us and a lot of our
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  friends, they didn't tell the bands who was on it.
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  So we didn't all know unless it was word of mouth or you heard
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  from a friend of a friend. So the announce was just as
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  surprising for all of us. So like my phone and all these
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  home, like just a bunch of homies that texted each other
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  like, I can't wait. I'll see you in Long Beach or
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  this is going to be awesome and we're going to do that song
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  together. It's like it's, it's just so it
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  was cool. I actually didn't know that.
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  I feel like that would be like such AI can only imagine like
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  the major Warped Tour group chat of all the bands just kind of
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  coming together and like saying, oh, I'm going to see you there.
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  Like I feel like that's such a cool.
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  There's a, there's always been a really great sense of community
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  for the fans who go, but also, like you're saying, even for the
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  artists who play and get to kind of hang out and reunite every
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  year like when it would happen. So very excited to see what
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  memories might be made at this. Not to sound cheesy or anything.
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  No, it'll be an awesome like for like, like the Road the Warp
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  tour got announced a few days ago and I don't think telly from
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  Border Live was thinking about it, but he's like, we're gonna,
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  he's like we're singing 2012 together.
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  It was gonna be awesome. But that was like a text I got
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  the same day to announce. And so it's like, yeah, things
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  like that do happen. It's cool, yeah.
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  Sorry, yeah, no, you're good. But it has been.
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  I know this is kind of almost like a return of Warp Tour in a
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  sense, but how do you think you played 2011, 2012, 2015 I
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  believe if I did my research right, but how do you think this
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  Warp Tour now might be different compared to when you played Warp
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  Tour maybe 10 or so years ago? I think we're, at least for us,
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  our performance is more performance based and not just
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  being loud and crazy. So I mean, I think, and I think
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  a lot of bands like, I don't know, it's just so different.
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  It's, I think the performance is going to be a lot different
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  because everyone has learned a lot and all the upcoming bands
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  are so advanced to where upcoming bands were 10 years
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  ago. So I think the performances are
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  just going to, I feel like it's going to be the same vibe, but
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  we're just, we're just an elevated experience.
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  Sort of like it almost reminds me like Warped Tour meets like a
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  Coachella or like a like a riot fest.
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  Because I feel like those everybody is sort of getting
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  better as musicians, like even bands that are starting out
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  today. It's just the the the starting
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  point has moved significantly and I think that's going to be
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  really cool for Warp Tour because it's only been known as
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  like ruckus and craziness and now everyone's really honed in
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  on the craft. So I think it's going to be a
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  really a cool experience. No, for sure, I'm excited to
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  see, especially like you mentioned, even like the kind of
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  more advanced up and coming bands.
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  I'm excited to see what they do at the these upcoming Warp tour
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  shows. Are there any specific kind of
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  up and comers that you're excited to see or that have been
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  kind of on your radar? I'm excited to see Scowl.
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  Yeah, I'm just obsessed with them.
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  I think they're going to be really, really cool to see.
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  And yeah, just a bunch of friends.
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  I don't know, I really haven't looked at the lineup because I
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  feel like I'm just going to try to get lost and walk around.
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  Yeah, I was even like that when we played Warp Tour.
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  I never really paid attention to the lineup because I discovered
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  bands because I would just like put my backpack on and put a hat
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  on. And after we played, I would
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  just put sunglasses on and walk around and just go to Warp Tour
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  for the day. And I'm like, oh, this band's
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  pretty cool. And I'm like, I'll hang out with
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  them or I've seen them around. I'll say hey, and I'll be like
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  good set yesterday. So it's like it's nice to
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  organically sort of discover the bands too.
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  Also, if you've been to the Warp Tour, I don't want to get
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  invested in the band because trying to catch everybody on a
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  random crazy lineup, I don't wanna get my heart, my heart
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  broken. So I just.
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  I'm gonna organically find them, yeah.
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  Right. Just let everything happen as it
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  should. Almost don't plan too much when
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  it comes to work for. But I love that you mentioned
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  scowl. I feel like they're kind of one
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  of my favorite. They were just on the late.
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  It's crazy. Last night, yeah, it was so
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  cool. I'm glad to see that kind of
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  more alternative groups are kind of getting more of a spotlight
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  with late night TV and kind of more mainstream media.
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  But no, had to rant about scowl there for a little bit.
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  I know kind of looking back on Warp tour.
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  Speaking of the history of the band, I know last year you also
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  all put out a 15 year anniversary re recording of your
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  famous album Apologies Are for the week, which I feel like a
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  lot of people were very excited for.
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  But after all this time, like, how does it feel to kind of
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  revisit that album and to realizing how far you've come as
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  a band after all these years? It was really cool.
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  It was it was refreshing because you sort of forget, I don't
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  know, just just that feeling of that of the adolescence and
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  where you were starting the band because we are not to write
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  songs. So it was really cool to go back
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  to do that because after that album we started on the
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  producers and we're like, oh, we have to really like do this,
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  that first album, just like pretty much our demos with like
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  a couple songs we wrote with the producer sprinkled in there, but
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  we didn't know how to write songs.
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  So we showed up and we're just like, this is what we got.
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  And it was cool to go back because I'm like, what the hell
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  was I thinking doing this? And like, because we had to do
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  word for word, line for line and even the like, it was Eliza, our
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  new guitar player's intro to the band.
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  So it was funny because we're like, hey, we know you joined
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  the band, but actually the first assignment is to play nothing
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  like we play now. And we're going to just put a
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  blender on all the riffs and just figure it out.
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  And that's like, everyone. So it was a cool, like, boot
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  camp. Yeah.
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  It sort of sparked a whole new excitement in the band.
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  Not that there wasn't an excitement, but it just, like,
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  makes us feel like kids again because we're like, oh, yeah.
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  Remember. Like, maybe we can be crazy here
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  again, like we did when we did this.
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  Because once you do it so long, it becomes your career.
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  You forget about those risks you took back in the day.
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  And now you you do it again. You're like, oh, yeah.
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  Like we got to this point because we used to take these
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  risks, you know, like you guys want to open up Pandora Box
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  again a little bit, be weird. So it was.
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  It was refreshing. No, I love that.
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  It is kind of cool to see like almost go back to your roots a
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  little bit and see like what you can do different or what you can
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  kind of go back to. I know you mentioned kind of
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  lash or last year kind of marked almost a new era for the band
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  with revisiting that album and then also setting onto a
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  different label. But and then you mentioned
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  revisiting this kind of famous album that you all put out, but
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  I believe is almost like 17 years ago or so when the band
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  first formed and you first started.
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  In what ways is the band different now compared to when
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  you all first started, when you all were still in high school?
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  It's, it's really cool. Jared and I, we were just
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  together for a few weeks, all of us in the studio.
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  So we were just all hanging out recently and like living
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  together. And Jared and I were just
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  actually talking about this because him and I are the oldest
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  members because we were like started the band and stole Ryan
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  from other local bands because he was great.
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  But the band, our band was also like a big enough local band by
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  the time we got Ryan. So that was like, we're already
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  like not established, but the thing And then Elijah just came
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  on the last few years. So but me and Jared actually
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  were just talking about this because we still do it and
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  everything has been like an accident and just sort of has
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  happened. We're like, remember, we're just
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  like, we just always like whisper each other days.
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  Like we're still just screwing around.
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  And it's like really people are taking this seriously.
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  We're like, this is crazy because to us we're just a band
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  of friends. Like Ryan joined a band.
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  Like their perspective is just different because they joined an
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  established band. Jared and I started.
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  This band is like messing around and it's cool because I still
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  feel that like we just played not Fest.
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  It was one of our biggest festival shows, one of the first
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  days with like 22,000. It was just insane.
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  And then like we're like laughing before we go up there
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  because everyone's taking us so serious, which like we take it
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  seriously, but we're like this is and our families are there
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  and all this. We flew into Australia.
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  We're just like, this is just insane.
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  We're like, look how far it's taken us.
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  So I think, I think that's like, I don't think that's that's
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  changed. And that's like sort of what's
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  been a part of our band since the beginning is that we just
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  love what we do because we've also done tours and had our ups
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  and downs where we've done tours for free, but we still pretty
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  much like or like lost money doing tours and you're just
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  like, we still show up because we just love what we do.
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  And I think that's like the core.
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  And I think people know that like especially our long time
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  fans because they've seen us ups and downs, got coffee with us,
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  hang out with us before or after the shows, Like we're we're just
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  dudes and we're just stoked to be hanging.
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  So long answer. No, no, love me a long answer.
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  It's fine, but I love that you mentioned just all these
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  different things about just not taking yourself too seriously
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  because I feel like when the band is all just having fun on
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  stage after all these years, I feel like from a listener, from
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  a fan's point of view, I feel like that's just so obvious to
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  see when a band is having a great time.
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  But kind of going off of that, again, the band has been around
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  for so long. What do you think the key is for
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  longevity or just sticking through it the whole time?
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  Especially, like you say, the band has had its kind of up and
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  down moments, Like what's the key to just kind of sticking
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  through it? I think the key is just like
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  being in it for the right reasons and sort of always
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  remembering why you joined the band.
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  Because I, I'm not saying it's for every case, because there's
• 17:17
  bands that are like super bands that are built to be successful
• 17:20
  businesses and like huge mega bands like, and those are
• 17:23
  different obviously vibes. But for our I, I just, I guess
• 17:26
  just remember that, like when it gets hard, remember why you
• 17:29
  joined the band. And, and hopefully that's like
• 17:31
  the same principle. Like ours was to hang out with
• 17:34
  my friends. And if I, I think if it wasn't
• 17:36
  three of my friends that I was out on tour with, I wouldn't be
• 17:39
  leaving and go in doing the stuff.
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  Like I, I love it because I'm hanging out with my friends.
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  The show is just like the, the cherry on top of the end of the
• 17:46
  day because we all, even our crew, like it's all friends.
• 17:49
  Like we're all so excited, like our first day of rehearsals and
• 17:52
  stuff. We're all like, because now we
• 17:53
  have families and we all live in different States and life is
• 17:56
  just crazy. So when we get to do it, it's
• 17:58
  like a big family reunion and we all get that like have a hug and
• 18:01
  hang out. But that's like why we started
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  it and now. And it's cool because it's also
• 18:05
  work. So we see work as like a huge.
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  It's just, yeah, we're just very thankful that we get to go to
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  work and remember that it's the same feeling as when we were
• 18:15
  fourteen in the basement and now we're just still doing it.
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  We've actually been doing it longer than we haven't been
• 18:20
  doing it, which is a weird feeling.
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  I'm sure that's probably crazy to realize, but it definitely
• 18:26
  doesn't hurt when your job is touring around the world in a
• 18:29
  rock band with your friends. I'm sure that's kind of probably
• 18:31
  a great life to. Yeah, well, that's why.
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  And you have to, like I said, like when we're having downs and
• 18:37
  stuff, you have to still remember that, you know what I
• 18:38
  mean? Like when it's a crappy day,
• 18:40
  you're like, it's not that crappy.
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  You're like, it's still pretty cool, right?
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  And we'll, we'll, we'll get through this or like, let's put
• 18:46
  our heads together and like, remember, maybe we need to go
• 18:48
  back to the basics, you know? So just yeah, as long as you're
• 18:52
  like a good group and there's, yeah, there's so many different
• 18:55
  ways. I've met so many bands along the
• 18:57
  road that have their own sort of lore and story and their own
• 19:01
  idea of that. But that's ours.
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  No, for sure. And also kind of going off of
• 19:06
  that, especially, I feel like the band has done so much, done
• 19:11
  so many different things throughout their years,
• 19:13
  throughout your years as a band. But at this point, is there
• 19:15
  anything still, like do you have any bucket list items or goals
• 19:19
  that you still have, like maybe things for the band that you'd
• 19:21
  love to do that you just kind of haven't crossed off your list
• 19:23
  yet? Oh man, umm, I really want Pyro.
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  We've never had a show with Pyro.
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  OK, I really want some explosions.
• 19:30
  I would like some explode. We're close.
• 19:32
  We're like this close, but I really want some explosions.
• 19:36
  I think the fans would like. That Alaska, yeah, I write in my
• 19:39
  mind when I close my eyes and I'm on stage, there is pyro,
• 19:42
  right? It's not really there, right.
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  And then yeah, Hawaii and Alaska has always been on my list.
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  We've like done. We've been touring so long we
• 19:51
  just haven't hit there and then yeah, I think that's where my
• 19:55
  pyro is a big one. I just and I always get teased.
• 19:58
  It'll be like on stage and I'm like, we can't have it till 7:00
• 20:01
  PM And I'm like son of A and I'm like, why can't we turn it on?
• 20:05
  So yeah, that's my big truth. Hopefully the albums and why I
• 20:09
  always joke with the our drummer wants a bigger drummerizer and
• 20:12
  we I want pyro. So every time we have a song
• 20:15
  that's like in the studio, we're like, this is the one our like
• 20:18
  Ryan is not the realist and he's like.
• 20:20
  Don't get your hopes up, guys, don't get your hopes up.
• 20:22
  But I'm like, this is the pyro song.
• 20:24
  This will get us to the next level.
• 20:26
  If you just keep saying it out loud, if you just keep
• 20:28
  manifesting it, I mean, it's gonna stand.
• 20:30
  It. Yeah, see, that's what I'm
• 20:32
  saying. Yeah, it'll happen eventually.
• 20:34
  It has to. Are there any certain?
• 20:37
  I know some bands are so known for their use of pyro on stage.
• 20:40
  Or are there any bands that kind of inspire you in that sense or?
• 20:43
  Oh, Parkway for sure. I think Parkway, yeah, well,
• 20:48
  Parkway and Avenged Stemfold, because we've with both of them
• 20:51
  a lot and they both do it differently.
• 20:53
  And I think like, I would love to have like a cross between
• 20:55
  those because Avenged does it for Skinky and aesthetic, Pkwy
• 20:59
  does it for the wow factor. They're just like just trying to
• 21:02
  blow shit up. No, for sure, which again, for
• 21:05
  as a fan, from a fan point of view, I feel like we always
• 21:08
  appreciate a little fire a little.
• 21:09
  Pirate guitar solo and fire. Come on.
• 21:12
  Absolutely. That's my 14 year old dream.
• 21:15
  Exactly. Like just let me get the last
• 21:18
  little thing, that's all. We can do the fire and then like
• 21:21
  we will ask for nothing else. Like that's that's all our last
• 21:24
  little thing. I know we we've been kind of
• 21:28
  talking about it, but I know you mentioned new music is on the
• 21:30
  way. I think I saw an interview where
• 21:32
  you even said a new album is pretty much done.
• 21:34
  But without giving too much away, what can we kind of expect
• 21:38
  in that sense in the future? What's that kind of What's
• 21:40
  Future Music looking like for Miss May I?
• 21:42
  It's coming out really cool. It's it is.
• 21:46
  It's the first time we're riding as a new lineup and I think it's
• 21:51
  brought a lot of spiciness to the band that I think people
• 21:54
  will like. And there's just so much dynamic
• 21:56
  in between the songs because not only is there a new line up, but
• 22:00
  like Ryan is also writing a lot more.
• 22:03
  And yeah, we're all for writing a lot more.
• 22:05
  We've always all for Rope. But now because we have so much
• 22:09
  time in between tours and we have so much home time, we have
• 22:11
  home setups and home studio setups.
• 22:13
  So everyone's it's now a blender of just riffs and then we all
• 22:16
  get together because Elijah, our new guitar player, he has the
• 22:21
  Armory, which is his studio out in Cape Gerardo.
• 22:24
  We use his studio now. So it's cool because now we have
• 22:26
  that in house. So every instead of us like
• 22:28
  flying and only having a month to do an album, we've been doing
• 22:31
  it in like when we're ready. So it's been very on our time.
• 22:36
  And when it feels right, it doesn't feel rushed and it's
• 22:39
  coming out so awesome. So I'm very excited for yeah,
• 22:42
  I'm excited for it to come out and I'm excited for just to be
• 22:45
  something new for fans. It's our eighth album, so just
• 22:48
  there is some new ingredients and I think everyone can hear
• 22:50
  it. So it's going.
• 22:51
  To be cool? No, I'm very excited.
• 22:53
  I think a lot of other fans would be excited too to see
• 22:55
  whenever that comes out in the future.
• 22:57
  But very glad to hear that. Also, you're very much looking
• 23:00
  forward to a bunch of new stuff featured on the album as well.
• 23:03
  But I think with that, that was kind of all the questions that I
• 23:05
  had for you. But was there any final thoughts
• 23:07
  or anything else you wanted to add that maybe we didn't touch
• 23:10
  on? No.
• 23:11
  When's this come out? Do you know when this comes out?
• 23:13
  I do not. I do not soon.
• 23:15
  I think it comes out before Wednesday of next week.
• 23:18
  Probably not that soon. I don't know.
• 23:20
  I wish I knew. I don't have the answer.
• 23:22
  OK, no worries. I was gonna say we have a tour
• 23:24
  we're announcing on Wednesday, but OK, so, but it was just a
• 23:28
  yeah, no worries, I'm not gonna say anything.
• 23:30
  That's it. Right.
• 23:31
  We won't, we won't talk about it probably off the record.
• 23:33
  Where would where is the what tour is being announced?
• 23:36
  It's it's on the way to work tour, the first work tour day.
• 23:39
  It's us with Gideon. It's a headliner.
• 23:42
  It's us with Gideon. And I'm the worst because I
• 23:45
  don't have a whole line up on my I'm going to tell you in 2
• 23:48
  seconds, idiot and. Too much to memorize all the
• 23:52
  time anyway. No, it's just because it changed
• 23:54
  so many times. I don't want to tell you the
• 23:55
  wrong thing. Oh, right, right.
• 23:56
  OK, here it is. Gideon Dream Wake.
• 23:59
  OK, OK. And is that AUS tour you said?
• 24:02
  OK, cool. What'd you guys have?
• 24:03
  From Canada. OK, cool.
• 24:05
  And like, yeah, I don't know if this will come out like when
• 24:07
  that's announced, but we have the inside scoop now, so.
• 24:10
  Exactly, Yeah. But no, like once again, that
• 24:13
  was all I had for you. But thank you so much for taking
• 24:15
  the time is super cool chatting with you today.
• 24:18
  So thank you so much. I appreciate it.
• 24:20
  Anytime was there. Nice to meet you.
• 24:21
  Thank you for having me. Yeah, you too.
• 24:22
  Thank you so much and good luck with all this exciting stuff
• 24:25
  coming up. Super cool for all of you.
• 24:27
  So good luck with everything. Awesome.
• 24:29
  Thank you.