rience I had in 2019 , and it was just a really dark time in my life where the darkness almost took over me . How I came out of that is through writing my feelings down and taking a step back and reflecting . Those feelings , those emotions , those scribbles , and those notes became “ Last December .”
IE : You ' ve been playing some of the new songs live that we ’ ve already mentioned for a few years now . Are you planning on adding even more new songs for this upcoming tour ? CH : We actually played three of the new songs , maybe more , on our last tour . Our set is
very new-song heavy between the stuff on both of these albums . It ’ s really exciting to play the newer songs and the fact that people are loving them is surreal . When we play these big festivals in Europe , the songs that people are pitting to are “ Yorktown ” and “ Bottom of a Bottle .” I never dreamed that people would love those songs so much and get so into them . And that ' s a testament to the fact that a good song is a good song . It doesn ' t have to be the most brutal , heavy song ever . If it ' s got a catchy chorus … if people want to sing along or mosh along to , that ' s incredible ! HS : We love introducing new songs to the set , and it ' s a way to see if the crowd is really reacting to it . The first time we played “ Red Thunder ,” people were singing along . When the first beats come in for “ Beaver Cage ,” people get so excited . I ' ve never seen people go as crazy to one of our songs as they do for “ Beaver Cage .” We ' re definitely adding in the new stuff for this run . We ' re very excited about playing these new songs for everybody .
IE : Here ’ s hoping for another decade of music and touring for Butcher Babies ! What ’ s left for you to achieve or accomplish ? CH : I hope that there ' s another Butcher Babies album eventually that can top these two . It ’ s got to be even better than these two put together . It ' s actually kind of nice to just take a step back for a second and enjoy the moment and not worry about what ' s next for once . It ' s photo by DJ Imagery really great to just sit in the moment and enjoy the fact that we ' ve released a double album that people are loving and not worry about what ' s next . HS : Creatively , we never really stop writing . Thinking of what ' s next to accomplish ? That ' s a really good question because I feel so fulfilled and so excited in everything that we ' ve done . I think what ' s next to accomplish is South America and Australia again , and parts of Asia that we ' ve never been to . So I think those are the next things to accomplish . We really want to take this album on a world tour .
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