Alive is a great title. What's the meaning
behind it and the cover art?
Jason: I guess like most of the darkest elements of our band, the title was kind of
funny at first. We originally wanted to
focus on the idea of the "Whorchard,"i.e.
the dead bodies swinging from trees like
fruit, but then Brian just repeated the chorus phrase from the track "Aortic Flower"
and we were like, "Yes please, that.”
with a label, you are always asking, bugging, wondering, bitching. The downside
of course is no one externally is saying, "I
believe in you so much (that) I am going
to risk some money on getting you further
and selling your album." In today's DIY
digital age we have some advantages. But
the tried and true model of a label still
gets you more exposure and helps with
things like booking agents and festivals.
Mosh: Speaking of that, the album's title
actually appears as the