WRIF Virtual Rock Room with MisterWives
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00:00Well, thank you for being here. My name is Alyssa, uh, AKA Allie, whatever one is, whatever. Thank you so much for being here on Undiscovered Spins. I'm really excited to do this. Um, so you guys have your new album Nosebleeds coming out in two days, July 14th. And it's really exciting. You guys are going on tour with Bishop Briggs too for your Don't Look Down tour. Um, so excited for that. How did you come up with the album name though? Cause there's so many, I mean, we haven't seen all the songs yet, but I'm sure they're all going to be awesome.
00:28But the three that have come out, I love Ultraviolet very much. Just have to say that. Really resonate with that song. Um, but how did you pick, you know, what the album title is going to be and all that?
00:41First of all, thank you for all the kind, kind, generous words. Um, you heard it here. All the songs are going to be good.
00:48Um, the album name came from the title track, uh, Nosebleeds, which was a response to the punches that have been these last few years of feeling really beat down and high up from where you want to be.
01:05And I started this song two years ago and didn't finish it. And that phrase just kept like showing up and resurfacing where I was like, okay, this is, there's something here.
01:18There's a story here as the album kept evolving and unfolding of just realizing this was the journey of, you know, the messy middle without racing to the finish line to clean it up.
01:28Like I have in the past as a coping mechanism, um, and just letting it be really raw and brutal and spilling your guts and being okay with all sides of you and not doing a disservice to your experience by trying to sugarcoat the hard times.
01:44Um, yeah, do you have anything? Um, I think that, I think she covered it.
01:53I like to the lyric that you have, um, kind of like, not the specific lyric, but the idea of like, you think that your experience is so unique.
02:03And like, you feel like one person in a crowd of like 1000 people, but like, everyone else feels that way. And it's so interesting when you actually like, think about stuff, you know what I mean?
02:14And you really put it into perspective with that song. Um, and then that's the most comforting thing.
02:21Yeah. That's the most comforting thing. I'm being like, Oh, my experience, my lows, this pain. It's so like, no one else is experiencing this in the beauty of shows and the community we've been fortunate enough to have shows you, even if the trajectory is a little different or the details aren't exactly the same, the feelings are.
02:37And that is kind of the biggest takeaway from this album of like, the not being okay is okay. And that everyone's kind of in this together is comforting.
02:46Yeah, we're all hurting, but we all share that in common, kind of.
02:50Yeah, totally.
02:52Um, so what song are you guys most excited to play on tour? If you're able to, I don't know how much you're able to say, but
03:00Yeah, that's hard, because I'm genuinely so excited to play all the songs. Um, I think End of My Rope is one that I think will be a pretty crazy experience live.
03:11Yeah, or out of my out of your mind. I don't know.
03:15That's a tough question. We've actually only played like two or three songs as a band off the record so far, like in a live situation.
03:24Um, currently, Nosebleeds is the most fun to play for me as the drummer. It's just a perfect tempo.
03:31Um, so, so yeah, but I think it'll kind of, like, as we play and go on tour, and like, well, certain songs, like, to me,
03:40what makes the song the most fun to play is not really what happens to us. It's what the crowd,
03:45yeah, the synergy we have with the crowd and what they respond to. And that usually will dictate what
03:50the favorite is. Yeah, yeah, I can tell you Nosebleeds will be really good, because I was
03:55listening to it in my car this morning. And I was like, like, I was
03:59Oh, thank you.
04:02Oh, good. Especially I got like an hour drive here. So I just was listening to all sorts of stuff from you
04:07guys. I love it all. Thank you. What is the wildest thing you've seen in
04:12the audience at a show? Hmm, the wildest thing. The wildest thing we've
04:18seen. Yeah, yeah. Um, the wildest thing. That's a good question. When people have
04:28proposed in the audience, that was pretty wild, I think, in a beautiful way. What else? I think
04:35when people faint, that's wild. That's like, not a good wild. That's a terrifying wild where you
04:40like, stop the show and make sure people are okay. But that's just like a really crazy experience as a
04:46human to want to help and you're on stage and you stop everything you're doing. And it takes you out
04:50of like, Oh, I'm performing and just like showing up for people to make sure they're okay. Yeah,
04:55that's probably not the wild you were thinking of. It's very wild. It's so terrifying.
05:00The wildest thing, honestly, that I think I've seen is like, there's been a couple of moments in the
05:06show, like at festivals or at some, some special shows where the crowd will cheer and then they
05:12won't stop cheering. And then we just stand on stage and we get chills and we're like, Oh my God,
05:16did we cry? Like we literally can't play the next song because there's just endless cheering. And
05:21like that feeling is like insane. It's okay. That's a better wild. I like that wild.
05:27Well, there's two sides of the wild. There's two sides up to every wild.
05:31True. Was it very like surreal your first moment to going on stage? Like what was that like?
05:38Just having the outpour of love and like the fans and all that stuff, like your first?
05:43Oh man. Yeah. We don't take it for granted ever. I'm still of the mindset that we have a show
05:48booked and it's like, is anyone going to show up? You know? And there's been so many times where it's
05:54like, when we first were starting, like we're playing Firefly first festival and our manager's
05:58like, Hey, you're playing the first slot. Like no one's going to show up. And then thousands of
06:02people were there and all singing as one is just the closest thing to magic. I think that exists,
06:09you know? Um, so that never gets old. Like genuinely, we've been doing this for 10 years. And when
06:15I just am such a crier, it moves you to no end when you have that kind of experience of just this
06:21like collectiveness and the security and community and just an honor that people have resonated with
06:26the music and then show up for you. And it's just exchange and outpour of love. That is unlike
06:32thing that I've experienced in life. So. Yeah. I mean, that's, I think ultimately that's why we're
06:37still here after 10 years. That's what's dealing with all these punches and life and the music
06:43business. Like we focus on that moment as our like saving grade at the end of the tunnel.
06:48Yeah, for sure. For sure. I like that. That's awesome. Um, I read too, that you guys were like
06:54recording in a closet at one point. That is awesome. Like what was it? Not like it was the
07:02closet, but like, was it a big closet or like the closet many years ago? Yeah. Uh, it was very tiny
07:10closet. Uh, we had no money for recording in a studio and ATM was learning how to produce
07:18and had a little setup and, you know, usually you have things like a vocal booth that is
07:22treated with sound panels and we didn't have the luxury of those, uh, materials. So the
07:27closest thing we had was a closet because it's very padded with all the clothes. So I would
07:31just sing in a very claustrophobic space with all of its clothes. I will say though,
07:37yeah, it sounds kind of crazy, but like, if you have a nice enough size, like I had,
07:44I had a closet at one point that was not, it wasn't like a walk-in, but it was like,
07:47it had a little bit of an extended rack with the coats and I would organize the coats in a way
07:51as like some sort of padding. Yeah. And it created this like really great vocal booth sound that like,
07:58you know, it's essentially that it looks weird and you're in a closet, but we got some great
08:03vocals on the first record. Uh, from, we've come a long way though. Yeah. I'm no longer in the closet.
08:11We recorded this one with polyester instead of cotton. So it may sound, um, how does it feel
08:18going from the nosebleeds to the stage? I guess we haven't yet experienced that. You mean like
08:26playing the album? Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm like, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry. No, no, no. What were
08:32you saying? Just like kind of like sitting, you know, being like, Oh, Hey, I'm watching a show.
08:37And now going from like, Oh, I'm performing a show. Like, Oh yeah. Um, it's a pretty trippy
08:44experience. Uh, especially when you've not been on tour for a long time. Like I just, I go to shows all
08:49the time. Still such a music lover. Like this industry hasn't taken that away from me that I still try to go
08:54see as many shows as possible. And sometimes I forget like, Oh, I do that. You have this out
09:00of body experience where you're like, you know, shows are so magnificent and the power and the
09:06excitement. And you're just like, I can't, it's just like a dual personality where it's hard to
09:11place yourself as the person who's also doing that when you're watching as a music lover. And I just
09:16always hope that people feel the way I do, like the excitement I get and just how inspiring it is.
09:22So you're always like, man, I really hope people feel this way when they're watching
09:26our show. For sure. I love that very much. I love that. Well, thank you guys very much
09:33for your time today. Oh, I think, I think we're up here. I don't know. Um, but we've got,
09:39we're having so much fun though. I know, I know. I need to go to the show. It's, um, I think you
09:46guys are the majestic for Detroit. So yeah, in September, it will definitely be, it'll be
09:54majestic. Oh, it'll be majestic. I also wanted to say, I love your guys's play on the words for
10:05your band, sister wives, Mr. Wives. I think that's so funny and incredible. And I love that.
10:11Thank you. Uh, yeah. And Salt Lake City doesn't find it funny anytime we go through there. I've
10:17gotten reprimanded. No, they, they're cool. I could believe that. I've had, well, that's
10:23awesome. Thank you for having a great sense of humor. Thank you. Thank you guys. It was
10:27a pleasure to talk with you. Very grateful. I was able to excited about the new album. I will
10:32definitely be getting tickets to that show. Oh, thank you. Thanks so much. Yeah. We'll see
10:37you there. Yes, absolutely. You too. Thank you. Bye. Bye.