The Way Down Wanderers
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CK: Schubas definitely was important for
us. It’s such a fun, famous room to play.
IE: What can fans expect from your
upcoming Lincoln Hall show specifically?
CK: We’re going to be playing our new
album for the first time that night live.
There’s a bunch of songs that we’ve never
played before on stage, so hopefully, that
will be a surprise for some people who
haven’t had a chance to hear the new
album when it comes out. We’re so excited
for that show.
AK-T: We also have another release show
on March 9 at The Castle Theatre in
Bloomington, Illinois.
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IE: Tell us a bit about the following you’ve
gained along the way and the community
you strive to create around your music.
AK-T: I’m a huge Trevor Hall fan, who’s
more of an acoustic reggae/rock artist.
He’s someone who I think has a great com-
munity of followers that’s like a family in a
sense. We try to create that environment in
live shows and on social media, just a real-
ly inclusive and open community that’s all
friendly. We’ve definitely seen some peo-
ple become friends through our fan page,
stuff like that, but just a really energetic
and positive vibe is what we’re going for.
IE: What do people usually say when they
come up to you after the show? Any fre-
quently heard reactions or emotions?
CK: Well our drummer John plays the
spoons, so he gets a lot of people coming
up to him after the show just wanting to
learn how to play the spoons. It’s pretty
funny. That’s probably one of the main
things we hear from fans after the shows
(laughter).
IE: What’s on the horizon after you
release this record?
CK: Well, we keep writing, so we’re gonna
try and put out another album, hopefully
in 2020, and then we’re going just to keep
the hitting the road until then.
IE: What are your hopes for the long haul?
AK-T: Just to stay consistent, keep being
able to tour, expand our live shows and
have our music reach more and more peo-
ple, whether it’s in a concert hall or on
iTunes or wherever. We just really hope to
bring more people into our Wanderers
crew and just keep the ball rolling. I
wouldn’t say we have any aspirations of
being like a huge stadium band. I don’t
think any of us would complain if we were
to go that route, but I don’t think any of us
would complain if we never made it that
far either.
The Way Down Wanderers appear at Lincoln
Hall on Saturday, March 2, and at The Castle
Theatre in Bloomington, IL on Saturday,
March 9.
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of each record, which now works as a connect-
ing tissue between them. You’ll probably hear
the fourth part, and then that will be it because
we will have run through all of the seasons. The
“Terrestria” series is probably going to be put to
rest after the fourth installment. We have a plan
of what we want each one to do. It’s part of my
pre-scripted idea of what we want these season-
al concepts to do, but it always comes out a lit-
tle differently than planned.
Mosh: You play the six string bass. Does it give
you more bottom end? What does it allow you
to do in these songs?
AB: I’ve been playing the six-string bass way
before River of Nihil. In previous bands that I
was in, I used to really focus on using every
string in every song and really show that I’m
worth playing this instrument. And that’s even
evident on earlier Rivers of Nihil stuff. It’s
become less so that way, especially on Where
Owls Know My Name. It’s being more about
servicing exactly what the song needs at any
given time. A lot of other times in other songs
it’s been like there’s a higher register to the bass
as well as the lower one and the lower one
matches the seven-string tuning that the gui-
tarists use.
kering with the mix. It’s all there for the casual
listener. Carson (Slovak) and Grant (McFarland)
at Audio Visual, they understand that, and
they’ve worked with us a bunch of times now.
They are really good at making sure that’s a
reality at the end of the day.
Mosh: The band’s been around for a decade now,
do you feel this is where you should be with
three albums under your belt?
AB: If you would’ve said that this is where we
would be in 2016 or 2017, I would have thought
that it’s pretty much going nowhere. It was a big
inspiration for how and why we did the record
that we did now, and the fact that it’s clicked
with people is encouraging and also kind of
confusing in a way. It was sort of a creed of we
don’t really care what people think of us any-
more. But to see it pay off in the way that it has
is just very interesting to me.
See Rivers Of Nihil, Entheos, Conjurer, Wolf
King, and Cannibal Abortion at Reggie's Rock
Club on March 5.
MOSH-WORTHY RELEASES: Children Of Bodom
Hexed (Nuclear Blast); Mark Morton Anesthetic
(Spinefarm); Brick by Brick Hive Mentality
(Upstate).