Snowbird
06-15-2010, 09:16 AM
I'm not a reader of "Pop Matters" . . . something about the title . . . but for what's it's worth in my surfing about with the VOID of TIS to fulfill my Nocturnal current events fix - I found this one and kind of liked the Potter quote below . As I'm always up for an interesting read, I thought I'd put it out there if anyone else is interested here's the link to full article below:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/126253-dont-call-her-a-gypsy-the-grace-potter-interview
"We’re really dynamic. This band does not do one thing—we do a lot of things. Some people may walk in and hear a song and think, ‘Oh God, I hate this song,’ and the next song that they hear can be their favorite song and change their life forever. It’s really interesting how much we change from song to song. That comes from our band [being] new and still honing our musical sound together. But also there’s a stream-of-consciousness thing with our concerts, I don’t like to stop very much, I don’t like empty space at all. I’m very much into the flow of a show. A show needs to feel like something that doesn’t stop. A lull might happen before a song and it might sound like we’re taking a break, but really, if you listen closely, there’s a drone on the organ and I’m building up an intro into the next song. It’s very dynamic. We’ll thrash you over the head with some crazy Ramones-type song and the next second play a soulful ballad that takes it to a completely different place and time. So it’s a journey. I like to write the set like it’s a movie, same as a song. It has to have a beginning, middle, and end. People should leave the show feeling like they saw Iron Man. The first one, the good one."
Note about full article - they mention Oasis as reggae tinged, that stopped me for a minute, I wonder if they really heard the CD? Or perhaps got confused with One Short Night?
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/126253-dont-call-her-a-gypsy-the-grace-potter-interview
"We’re really dynamic. This band does not do one thing—we do a lot of things. Some people may walk in and hear a song and think, ‘Oh God, I hate this song,’ and the next song that they hear can be their favorite song and change their life forever. It’s really interesting how much we change from song to song. That comes from our band [being] new and still honing our musical sound together. But also there’s a stream-of-consciousness thing with our concerts, I don’t like to stop very much, I don’t like empty space at all. I’m very much into the flow of a show. A show needs to feel like something that doesn’t stop. A lull might happen before a song and it might sound like we’re taking a break, but really, if you listen closely, there’s a drone on the organ and I’m building up an intro into the next song. It’s very dynamic. We’ll thrash you over the head with some crazy Ramones-type song and the next second play a soulful ballad that takes it to a completely different place and time. So it’s a journey. I like to write the set like it’s a movie, same as a song. It has to have a beginning, middle, and end. People should leave the show feeling like they saw Iron Man. The first one, the good one."
Note about full article - they mention Oasis as reggae tinged, that stopped me for a minute, I wonder if they really heard the CD? Or perhaps got confused with One Short Night?