New Jersey Stage Issue 59 | Page 53

What are you most proud about your 2018 EP? The fact that we finally immortal- ized some of our music. I’m es- pecially proud of how perfect the tune ‘Largemouth Bass’ came out as a rock/swampy country radio- friendly song. ‘Metatron’ sounds so epic and huge that it really does capture the live feeling of us in fifth gear on a big stage. The single ‘I’ll Be Your Jungle Lover’ has been added to numerous worldwide funk playlists and is in heavy rotation on an African radio station that apparently has a huge signal. We’ve been getting follow- ers and Facebook likes from South Africa, Namibia and as far north as Kenya and Ethiopia. NJ STAGE - ISSUE 58 59 What is the status of releasing a follow-up record? We will be dropping the next one in conjunction with our appear- ance at Jams on the Sand in As- bury Park in August! Secret Sound frequently are called upon to play great gigs, especially in Asbury Park. What has the band’s greatest accom- plishment been, why and to what else did it lead? Two shows. Performing the All- man Brothers’ ‘Live at the Fill- more’ at the Pony and playing after Dark Star Orchestra in 2017 at the Pony were the two most important shows we’ve done be- cause it really woke people up to us and a lot of people embraced us after that. It’s funny for a band INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 53