3/31/2023 0 Comments Slapdash quartet you tube![]() SP: What are your major inspirations, musically and personally? What about people you collaborate with? We are all competent players so none of us get too stressed if we’ll be prepared. It’s pretty slapdash, but that’s also what makes it fun. Usually months later we’ll finally get in a rehearsal space and flesh everything out. Then Matt and I will record our idea and send it to Mike. I’ll write my bass and some vocal melodies. From there, him and I will get together to fine tune it. Weiss: Matt will write a song to where he feels it’s complete. SP: How does the song writing process go? Is this the kinda thing that only people who play in bands with bad names say? I think it’s a fucking awesome name, yeah that that! Wish we could just get a number like we were waiting at the DMV or something. It was a play on words which I wanted, but it’s also nondescript. SP: Where did the name come from? I’m sure people have messed it up plenty! Any stories there? It started slowly, but casual… has always been the nature of the band. Which led to me suggesting if he would wanna play with us. ![]() at the Ghost Town record release) and got into a conversation about him drumming. Around that time, I had also played a show with Mike (as Into It. The way I recall it was me wanting to start a band with Matt… trying to do something where I could turn his gnarly guitar playing into catchy songs. The original origin story has a few different beginnings depending on who you ask. Smile Politely: Who is the band? How did you meet?Įvan Weiss: Myself, Matthew Frank, and Mike Kinsella are the band. There’s only one way to get down to the bottom of this groovy mystery… Their / They’re / There is a band with a supposedly meaningless name and a muddled origin story. ![]() Mike Kinsella, Evan Weiss, Matthew Frank photo by Ryan Russell
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