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It was really just everyone being pissed off at each other and then it breaks. I got out of music, even though I kept playing. This was 17 years ago, I guess. The hard drive crashed and I lost both of them. They were , words a piece. I woke up one day and turned on the computer and it was destroyed. I started laughing and I broke the computer with a hammer.
I was working in a book store. A friend of mine that I used to play music with, who was the only one I got along with easily in the band — that was Alex Kane of Electric President — called me.
Do you want to record stuff and not be a band? GS: When you perform live, do you travel with a full band or do you perform solo versions of the songs? RF: Every single tour changes. I can get him to play anything which is fantastic. That used to be a big hurdle. We tour together a lot now. It makes us hate it a lot less [laughs]. I feel really spoiled, actually.
The last tour was just me and Josh. We wrote totally different versions for guitar, strings and voices. The tour I just finished, I had five people with me, so I could do big versions with flutes and drum sets and samplers.
So far, no two tours have been the same. I rewrite it based on who can go and what I can afford to bring. It really is all over the place. You play the same shit every night and you get to where you hate your own songs [laughs]. GS: Have you performed or do you perform the trilogy in its entirety? I am much happier writing and recording. For me, performing is exclusively for other people. I let people write me to tell me what they want to hear. The set is usually what people who are buying tickets would like to hear.
GS: After completing a project such as one of this scope, have you been able to think about what you will do next? RF: Yes. Our home life has been kind of crazy. I had a huge falling out with family. I adopted my niece. There have been criminal trials against my parents; really bad stuff. This last project was all scope, interconnectivity and size.
I would like the ambition to go directly into songwriting; individual songs. I want to see what I can do to push myself sonically with songwriting. I want to put out small things and EPs.
Everything I want now is immediate and small. We are speaking a few days after the Orlando attack. Would you mind sharing your thoughts? She came from a really bad situation. Then you hear about these attacks. There are still plenty of people who absolutely despise you. I came out when I was kid and I got kicked out of my house. None of my friends knew. Subscribe To E-News. Ways to Donate.
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