TAKE ONE
Memphis quintent back at work writing follow up to “ CHoke Artist ” SHAI talks about debut release
Memphis , Tennessee quintet S . A . M ( AKA Savage After Midnight ) had a Breakout year in 2019 as their debut EP “ 11:59 ” announced their presence to the world with high-profile media attention and accolades across the board . Covid 19 had the band hitting “ pause ” in 2020 , but they are back and continuing their former momentum with a blistering new track “ Remedy ”, featuring Asking Alexandria ’ s Danny Warsnop on guest vocals . With the completed full-length released . the band is has thier sights set on the future . RTFX sits down with Shi Eubank to talk about the process of wirting and recording the album over a period of time and the ups and downs of one crazy couple of years .
How did you come to work with Jaden from Sylar and Danny from Asking Alexandria ?
SHAI : I met Jaden through my attorney . Alex , we have the same attorney bear to scout him . Think “ Breaking Bad ”. He ’ s got Paris . But he ended up living a block away from me . Yeah , so he ’ s like “ We have all this time , so yeah , come over , come over .” So we ’ ll go over there and he has an endless bottle of wine . Like every time you go over there . It ’ s like your cup is never empty . But he was like , Hey , man , you gotta come over . You got to avoid Jaden . Blah , blah from Sylar and also Oh , sick . Yeah , like to ban us . So he and I hit it off easily . While he was here , during that stint , we decided to try to write songs together . So we did . And then it turned out so good . He sent it off because he really writes off of beats , you know , like hip hop styles . The process is pretty cool . So when he writes off a beat he comes up with some kind of melody , like synth or whatever it might be . And so he sent it over to drew Bayless , and Bayless started laying down guitars on the songs . From that point we just knew instantly . I was like , “ I ’ ve got to do a new
I ’ ve got to do a new record with you guys .” So we linked up . And then Jack of course , like a good friend of mine , was like , “ Hey , I ’ m the time and I was like , do come over , right . He was like six , he comes over . Sam , that was in Memphis May Fire , he came over . We got Maddy from Memphis May Fire on another song . Danny I called him was like , Hey , I was like , let ’ s do a song . Because I was right . And it ’ s like , alright . And during the process , we have remedy fully written . Right ? I had already seen all versus everything . And I was like , severity we came over . We started writing and I go , You know what , I gotta have a feature on the song . And so I played it for him . He was like , Fuck , yeah , let ’ s go . So right there on spot where he just cut vocals . And what ’ s funny is the song that he and I wrote together . Jelly Rolls on it . Yeah , which is so good . Like , it ’ s so good . It ’ s y ’ all y ’ all are in here some stuff ? You ’ re gonna hear some some shit . ery time you go over there ,
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