HGH: At this point we tend to set short-term goals more so than long term goals. Sometimes you just have to see where the universe takes you. But you also have to keep pushing forward or else the momentum will sort of stagnate. Right now we have three main goals:
1. To start touring and getting out of the state more often. We’ d like to get a couple short tours going this year--probably two or three weeks at a time. We’ ve been planning a northeast tour this summer; possibly looking at going all the way up to New York, then coming down the east coast. It’ s still in the planning phase though. Getting the venues booked at the right time is really difficult, so we’ ll see what happens.
2. Do more festivals. We’ re thrilled about doing the AyerWaves Underground Music Festival because it will be our first real festival we’ ve played. We did a short overnight festival last summer in Kentucky and it was a blast! We had planned on doing a 3-day festival last year too, but much to our dismay, it was cancelled last minute due to some bureaucratic stuff.
3. We’ re looking into recording a full-length album. We really like the idea of releasing EPs because it means we can put out new material more often. Recording a full-length would require more time between releases, so we’ re kind of feeling this one out as we go. It’ s not something we want to rush into, but it’ s on our minds and it will happen when it’ s time.
ION: A question I often ask those that I interview is— what defines“ success” for you( your band)?
HGH: We just want people to really enjoy what they’ re hearing at our shows, so success would be having a fan base that’ s always wanting more. And when we play for people that have never heard of us, if by the end of the show they’ re fans, that’ s success! We just hope it continues to grow and spread.