ION INDIE MAGAZINE July 2016, Volume 26 | Page 112

Decker: We're not babies, we're toddlers! Mixi: Yeah, we're not babies anymore. Decker: We're still growing up. Mixi: I think we were babies when we were DIY. Rei: So yeah, you got your pull-ups. Decker: Hey, some of us need those. All: [laughs] Gary: What's the year ahead looking like for you guys? Mixi: We're doing a bunch of festivals. I don't even know how many at this point--it's crazy. Decker: At least another seven or eight that we know of. Mixi: That we know of. And we're pretty much on the road. After this tour with SICK PUPPIES and HARD DRIVE LIVE, we're going out with LACUNA COIL than POP EVIL, then some other stuff we haven't announced yet. Then basically...we're not going home this year. [laughs] I don't know all the dates but we're going to be out for so long, so I'm sure we'll be back in the area [of North Carolina], you know obviously—I love it here. My sister lives in Boone so— Rei: I went to school in Boone! Mixi: Really? Rei: Yeah, Appstate! Mixi: Cool! We had family reunions for 15 years at Beach Mountain and so because family from New York and Florida— Rei: So, North Carolina is almost home-ish, home-esque? Mixi: Yeah! We come every summer. Rei: Well, we'd like to get you back down in the North Carolina area because... well, we just like you a lot. [laughs] Mixi: [happy squeal] [to Rei] It's funny, I like, instantly fell in love with you. It's so weird. Not in a weird way, though! Rei: [to the camera] I have this on camera, guys! [laughs] Speaking with you in the way that you do, talking about moments that are so poignant with fans—I definitely resonate with that. Especially with the songs that help someone through a tough time or mean something really personal to someone. Mixi: Yeah. Rei: That makes all the late nights and the overnight drives and the not getting gas money back for it worth it. Decker: The almost dying on a mountain—