10cc
My first reaction to your music was that you reminded me of 10cc a band I have loved from the 70’s and still love today, were they one of your influences?
I love that you picked out 10CC. We have lots of influences but they're fantastic. "I'm Not In Love" is a seriously groundbreaking recording but they're so much more than that and arguable better once Godley & Creme left. "The Things We Do For Love" is a perfect single. I sing the chorus from "Dreadlock Holiday" too often walking around in life. Their sound and guitar work is like Queen without the sexuality, popularity or respect. Spud has been listening to a couple of 10CC albums beginning-to-end almost religiously AFTER we wrapped up our debut record. We're taking that as a huge compliment from you.
Are you planning to make any more albums or is this a one off project for you both?
Definitely gonna make more. A band needs to make sure some people are listening before continuing to spend thousands on making another - it's insane to make that expensive of a vanity project.
As of writing this in September 2015 having released the record this summer, it's going well, more than justifying our time and putting us on the map. We have a long way to go, always. In the next two months the "LawnChairs" video needs to do what we want it to do, and the live shows are the next piece after that. There is so much to do to incrementally get more and more people to hear one's music; that's the goal and we're getting there. Plus, we still have plenty of things to write in our own particular LITC way.
What sort of audience does your music attract?
I'm a little hesitant to write off "the kids", first of all because without using a sarcastica font then using the expression "the kids" makes me look 80 years old. And we've seen teenagers and plenty of millenials dig us so far. But I think we have a core of people that's an underrated and underserved segment of music fans.
I could describe them as people old enough to actually buy albums? Or can I describe us as "music for people who like music"? Do you know what I mean? Hootie & The Blowfish, Norah Jones and Santana's "Supernatural" album were things you could find in somebody's collection if they only had 10 CDs, it always cracked me up. I think we appeal to people who have still have CDs, or a huge folder of music on their hard drives.
I think we appeal to people that are still desperate to hear human drummers instead of loops. And I think we're good for people who want to hear songs with lyrics about something more than teen breakups or just generic rage. Our rage is so much more specific ... we're cranky! Crap, I made us seem old again!
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