With ‘Under the Pressure,’ I just found two chords I liked, and built it up, did like a ten-minute drum pattern. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
You can’t really take it for granted that people listen to your music. I want to write songs that are on par, at least in my mind, with the ones I’ve loved for my whole life and that will be around forever. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
It’s cool that our stuff is received as it is, and our stuff is fairly long. But from a songwriter’s purview as well as an exercise, I’m trying to write shorter material and find ways to condense ideas. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
In the past, we never really had that kind of spontaneity on record. When you start touring, you play songs in a certain way and then I start to feel like it’s tough to really get lost in my playing. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
I tend to think about so many different things on a recording. I’ll be trying to tune into what the drummer’s doing, trying to keep everyone playing the groove and other things like making sure the piano’s in a nice pocket. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
In terms of tone and style, I’ve always been influenced by a lot of different players. I love Nick Drake, Mike Bloomfield and Sonic Boom. I like those three a lot! Adam Granduciel Read Quote
I started guitar when I was like thirteen. I had a friend whose dad had an electric guitar. In sixth grade or seventh grade I went over and played it and immediately I was super excited by the whole thing. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
I learned Neil Young songs, Bob Dylan songs and older songs. It wasn’t until I moved to Philly that I had aspirations to maybe forming a band. Adam Granduciel Read Quote
