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I've always been taught to work hard, and stay on course, and someday I might get a taste of the "sweet life." Corn Syrup is really about the sweet life and why it looks so good.
--Will Bradford |
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You recently enlisted the services of Tim Reynolds for a couple songs on your new album. How did you get hooked up with him?
Tim Reynolds by John Livas |
Tim is on the same booking agent roster as our band. Tom Baggott and Jeff Sackman sent him some tracks from The Corn Syrup Conspiracy, and he really dug them. We recorded him while he was in town playing a show in Portland, Maine. We holed up in the Free Street Taverna, a club I used to book. We recorded up in the office with a mobile protocols unit lent to us by Disc Live. Tim plays on two songs off the album named "Everything Goes Away" and "Sufferers."
Corn Syrup has gotten a lot of attention, but you also have another album, the debut For the Good of the Nation. What were you going for with that record?
I don't even really remember. Everything I do is sort of wrapped up in my life philosophy, so thematically I don't think it is that different from Corn Syrup. It just has different noises and different kinds of songs.
Dana Colley [sax, Morphine] is a repeat guest on your newest studio release. Tell me about how Dana came to get involved with both Nation and Corn Syrup.
You asking me this question just made me realize that he is the only other person on both records. Originally we were looking for a bass clarinet player, and his name was mentioned by one of Dan's instructors at Berklee. Our old manager tracked him down and got him to check out the tunes. I think he was a little tipsy when he agreed to do some tracking on the album, but in the end he enjoyed contributing, and he ended up coming back to play some more saxophone on Corn Syrup. I was excited about his involvement on both records because the band Morphine had such a profound effect on me. I was absolutely blown away by his playing, but more importantly, his crafting of layers of sound. For me, Dana was an absolute hero, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit taken aback the first time Dana showed up at the studio. Dana's current musical project, Twinemen, provides a remarkable show if you're looking for some inspiration in your life.
Is there another album in the works?
Will Bradford :: SeepeopleS |
We are doing a vinyl EP, limited release on a small indie label. It is called Apocalypse Cow, and it will be extremely different than The Corn Syrup Conspiracy - sort of a SeepeopleS punk record.
Are there any side projects currently in the works?
I have been making electronic music for many years but haven't really pushed to make it a commercial entity. I am planning on doing some solo acoustic dates, which I do from time to time. Tim plays drums in Dreadnaught, a very cool progressive rock band to check out. Pete plays with 420 Funk Mob, Band B, and Downtown Brown.
What's next for touring, studio time and writing?
Exactly that, touring, writing, and recording. A large portion of the next SeepeopleS full-length record is already written. Since it takes me so long to record these albums, the songs are usually two years old plus by the time the record sees the light of day. I would love to get in a recording situation financially where I wasn't always backed up in my writing and see songs get recorded when they are still fresh in my head conceptually. So once Cow is finished, I can again plunge myself into another project that is hopelessly huge and overambitious. I would love to see those two records get out in the next year since they are ready to be recorded. We will be releasing an upcoming live record blending both For the Good of the Nation and Corn Syrup Conspiracy songs.
Have you ever received any awards or won anything?
I once made it through a police roadblock highly under the influence of psychedelics (I do not recommend this as acceptable behavior in any circumstance). The hilarious part is that they gave me a certificate for driving sober. My mom hung it on the fridge next to my sister's report card. I always felt like I had sort of "won" that.
Chris Gaspar
JamBase | North Carolina
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