“ Overall , it ’ s been amazing ! GOJIRA taking us out , essentially plucking us out of a much smaller capped venues and putting us in front of bigger crowds and letting us get exposed to that size of a crowd , where the majority of people haven ’ t heard of us , the reception has been amazing ! It ’ s really been amazing playing in front of that many people every night ” says Elliot . “ We ’ re first on and the place is usually pretty packed but by the time we go off everyone has shown up already so it ’ s not like I ’ ve seen before , with some opening slots where people don ’ t come to see the opening band , but people are coming to see us so that ’ s been pretty cool ” explains Jon . The band ’ s first tour across the UK still comes in support of last year ’ s Meta , which was met with vast praise from critics and musical peers .
The soundscape of the band is vast and complex and as Elliot and Jon explain , bringing in new people to the creative process was nerve-wracking but one that has opened the band ’ s sound to new horizons . “ It is definitely the direction we ’ ve been heading for a while so yeah . From a production standpoint and a songwriting standpoint , I think so yeah . We were so scared of somebody else looking at our stuff and being like “ this is our vision of it ” as opposed to our own vision of it and we just had a huge learning lesson on this one that other people can actually make a huge difference for us and that other people ’ s perspectives actually do great things for us ” says Jon . “ We were all DIY , we would do everything ; recording , mixing , mastering and all that kind of stuff . This time we actually brought in people , Joe from GOJIRA we brought in to produce the record , and we had this guy JoshWilbur mix it who has done MEGADETH , KORN , LAMB OF GOD . So bringing in other people really made a difference in pushing up the production value to where it sounds way better than the last record .” With thunderous praise from the industry and now a
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