When we began contacting composers about this project, we did not have an overarching theme in mind. Our primary goal at the time was simply to play some new music together, but the project quickly developed into something much more. Once we had all the works in front of us, we began to see the full scope of the album, and the concept became very clear to us.
Each of the pieces represents, in some way, the plethora of reasons we decided to pursue music. We experienced music’s ability to convey ideas that words cannot express. We have had music create vivid imagery in our minds. We have felt the inexplicable power of music and its ability to move us. And hey, all of us were at some point inspired by some sick, nasty grooves.
Though each of us have very different stories, our early roots are the same. Our debut album, Roots, is an homage to the various aspects of music that caught our attention, shaped the way we viewed the world, and firmly planted a passion for music in each of us.
credits
released February 23, 2018
Up/Down is: Joel Castro, James Klausmeyer, Jonathan Mashburn, Jordan Walsh
A work of beautiful, pointillist guitar from Martyn Heyne, the moving songs on “Electric Intervals” are made of tiny pinpricks of sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 11, 2017