APU: What the biggest message you want listeners to take away from your music as a whole?
FFR: Our sound & songs are about contrasting gnarly noises with introspective and vulnerable words. If anything, we hope that people see that honesty and vulnerability can, and should, come in many forms. Also, we want people to thrash around and have fun.
APU: With “Collapse of The Silver Bridge”, what was the inspiration behind it? And what was your biggest inspiration for the album?
FFR: This album was inspired by true events. We’re really transparent about our anxieties and conflicts and issues with our experiences living in an unstable and unfair world. We try to remain cognizant of the privileges we have, and don’t mean to compare our hardships with those who have truly suffered at the hands of an oppressive system, but we see these things and want to create a space for others to unite and yell about them.
APU: A statement you made, about the album, that I found very impactful was embracing “the immerse spectrum of identity in full acrylic color, all culminating in a sonic representation of the beautiful ballet between panic, love, and self.” Can you elaborate on that statement more?
FFR: We want to use loud noises and kindness as an act of resistance against a toxic and binary society. Being loud is messy and chaotic and oftentimes associated with traditional “masculine” energy, but our noise comes with a message: Be kind and be yourself – We love you for that, we love who you are. This is what our music is about. So, yeah – we’re super noisy and loud and fuzzy and buzzy but underneath it all are affirmations of that thesis.
APU: Do you have a specific audience you’re trying to reach with your music, or do you feel like everyone can have a take-away from your music?
FFR: We want moms to like our stuff. Moms have fantastic taste. We hope you like us, moms!
APU: With this being your second album, was there anything you learned post the release of your first album that was taken into consideration when recording “Collapse of The Silver Bridge”?
FFR: We’re always trying to get better at everything. We write and record everything ourselves so this was just about “how can we get better at all the things we do?”. Funny enough, we wrote and recorded this album pre-pandemic and have been sitting on it for quite a while, so we’ve already had the experience of reckoning with all the things we want to do differently. If you like this, buckle up – We’ve got some crazy shit in store.
APU: What do you feel is your end goal for the band? Is there a specific thing that will make you feel like you’re living your dream to its fullest potential?
FFR: We’d like to be sponsored by a seltzer AND/OR we get to continue to make songs together (because we love each other so much) for people who enjoy them.
APU: If you could go back in time and talk to yourselves while writing your very first album, what advice would you give yourselves?
FFR: Pay the band space rent on time and find Wes sooner.
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