#hashedout

1- where are you from?

We're all living in Montreal, except for Kevin, who lives in Vancouver.

  2- what do you do in the band?

I'm Alex, and I do all of the shouting. Taylor drums, Kevin and Mean Jean play guitar, and Balloo plays bass. 

3- what are your upcoming projects?

We've got an EP coming out this week, so we've got a handful of shows coming up. I think we might take a breather in the late summer/early fall to do some writing. After that, more recording, more gigs, more fun. 

4- tell us something that we don't know but should know about your band.

Kevin performs stand-up comedy in Vancouver. Taylor runs a fantastic mexican restaurant/delivery service called Velo Burrito. Mean Jean can open most locked doors through sheer brute strength. Balloo owns the greatest pair of Guns N Roses sweatpants any of us have ever seen. My favourite television show is Murder She Wrote.

5- what bands do you like these days? what have you listened to today?

I'm pretty all over the place lately. A lot of soul and R&B because it's been so nice out lately. I've been really into the last Har Har Superstar record, Bye Bye Seventeen. Ceremony, Trash Talk, Noothgrush, Scholastic Deth, Iron Chic, Like Bats. There's a band called Institute from Texas that Taylor got me into, and I've been listening to their demo 12" a lot. And a shitload of hip hop. Balloo and I are both big A$AP Rocky/Ferg/Mob fans, so that's been getting a lot of play.

6- do you have friends in bands or who run labels/zines that we should know about?

Oktoplut. The new LP is un-fuck-withable. I will not rest until they're officially recognized as the greatest band in Canada.  

7- why are you in a band and what do you want to accomplish in said band?

Speaking for myself, it's basically all I'm really wired to do. I don't have a whole bunch of marketable skills, but I'm good at this. And it's fun as hell. So we'll keep writing and playing shows for as long as it's fun. I don't think we're too stressed out about achieving any specific goals with the band. We're happy just playing as many shows as possible and seeing where it takes us.

8- how did you decide upon your band’s name?

The name was already in place when I came in. There's a story, I'm sure.

9- when was the last time you slept on a floor?

A few weeks ago? May 9th? That sounds about right. After a show in Toronto. Specifically, I fell asleep on the floor of a friend's living room, behind the TV for some reason. At 7:00am. 

10- do you have anything more to say?

I'm rewatching all of Newsradio right now, which has confirmed what I already knew: Newsradio is one of the greatest television sitcoms ever produced. Watch Newsradio.