How’d you come up with your name?
EW: The name has no meaning. It was created by collaging together words from a newspaper headline.
How would you describe your sound?
EW: We play psych-boogie-pop. There’s lots of melodic falsetto singing with dual harmonies, heavy blues riffs played on electric guitar, swinging pounding drums, and constant dynamic shifts.
How would your mom describe it?
EW: Our mom would probably call it psych-rock.
Your 2014 album Nantes seems to mix some very different sounds from very different bands.
AW: These songs end up in the same set or live medley because we like the originals and we’re happy with the live arrangement that we’re able to put together. So long as it sounds full and hopefully dynamic. If I can put together a picking arrangement for the song that lets me play the lead with my index and middle fingers and the bass with my thumb, and it sounds somewhat smooth then Ed will lay his amazing drums into it and we’ll just sing it.
Your five favorite albums and why we should listen to them today.
EW: [My] favorite albums today, November 28th 2014, are Bong Voyage by Run DMT, Dreams by Run DMT, Get Ripped Or Die Tryin by Run DMT, Bardo Story by Salvia Plath and Silk Rhodes by Silk Rhodes. They are all projects of Mike Collins; an old friend and constant inspiration in music and life. Each has different vibes and directions and all are wonderful from start to finish. They will create wonderful moods and atmospheres around you, in your head and for your friends and your cats and your plants.
Tell us about your Danelectro 12-string. It’s a very special instrument.
AW: It came out in 2012 (I think) and it was the first affordable, relatively reliable, new, electric 12 string I had heard of. I had played an electric sitar in Tonstartssbandht for a couple of years until I heard about the Danelectro from Mike and Burt of Run DMT/Salvia Plath and Pete from Homeshake. I like how it sounds in the two man set-up, it can do the high end and low end and the sound is a good mix of lush spread and heavy thump. It works for me for now!
What’s it like working with your brother?
EW: Working with my brother is the best. We love, trust and support each other. He’s the best person I know.
