Matt Connarton Unleashed 6-8-24 hour 3

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Commander, Don't get Supreme, Lida Mazill coming. Welcome everybody. Here we

go as we enter our third hour, New Marrow trace of Matt Connorton Unleashed

and we are live from the studios of w m n H ninety five point

three FM and Glorious man Chester, New Hampshire here on Canal Street. Today

is Saturday, June eighth, twenty twenty four. We have a great band

in studio we're going to introduce in just a moment. But I also want

you to know Jenny is here at the news table. I am, and

you are. And You've got something big coming up at Terminus in Nashville.

Oh I do. I'm going to be the featured artist for the month of

August. Yes, so there's actually going to be quite a few of my

pieces hanging around Terminus, so that that's gonna be a lot of fun.

I'm looking forward to it, so nervous. It's a lot of me.

Yeah yeah. But if you want to check out more about me, you

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see what kind of trouble I've been starting. Yes, yes, but yeah,

our friend owner, she's a big fan of your art and I'm so

happy with you. Have no idea. You've been featured, of course at

the Mosaic Art. Mosaic Art, I get all this. I've been up

in there a couple of times now. I'm really excited about that. There's

going to be more they have. Actually today there is an open house there

for their show looks that's going to be the next coming month. So if

you are in the Manchester area, check out the Mosaic Art Collective. So

a couple of great art groups that are just amazing, absolutely absolutely amazing.

Well, we have joining us a live in studio, the band Almost Honest

is here. How are you guys? We're doing good, let's see.

So let's start. Quentin, what do you do in the band Almost Honest?

I beat the skins, I am the drummer, do a little backing

vocals, but mostly just rhythm, all right, and Garrett mostly here for

a moral support, but I also be ah, okay, I'm also a

bass player, so I understand the moral support that's important. And David,

I play guitar and do backing vocals to the best of my limited ability.

All right, very good, very good. And Shane and I play guitar

and I sing to the best of my ability. Yes, very good,

very good. You guys. I love your sound. You've got a great

sound. Where we are going to play some of your music today. But

first of all, I have to ask you about the name almost Honest?

Where does that come from? When I hear almost honest, the first thing

I think of is Mega Death because of the song almost Honest. But yes,

we get that all the time. It is actually a coincidence. So

we have been a banned since twenty twelve, and we just thought the name

sounded cool. I can't quite remember the origins of it, but it was

just almost honest. That has a nice ring to it. It does.

It was only afterwards where a ton of people are like, oh, are

you like a Megadeath cover band? Or do you really like that song?

And everything We're like what And then we looked it up afterward, But yeah,

it wasn't wasn't intentional. It was just more just rolled off the tongue.

But yeah, yeah, and tell us about So we're going to play

a couple of things today, maybe a few things from the hecks of Penn's

Woods the album. And you guys are from Pennsylvania, correct, yes,

yeah, tell us about the album. So the album is just everything all

encompassing of Pennsylvania. So it just takes all of our folklore, mythology.

It just cryptids all of that stuff into one neat package, including some stuff

that we made up. So just come. For example, we have a

song one there called Amish Hes. So we live York County and Lancaster County,

so we're around the Amish a lot. So we wrote a story about

an Amish individual, but we thought it'd be interesting if we made them a

wizard as well, just to kind of play into that. And we have

a music video for that. So just a lot of Pennsylvania, Dutch imagery,

hex signs, all that good stuff. Yeah, I'm curious, So

are any of you or have any of you ever been Amish? We have

not. Maybe I'm on rum Springer right now. Actually herena what Springer.

That's when the I think when they turn a certain age, they're allowed to

go out and experience the English world. Aside whether they want to remain am

sure or go back out. Oh okay, oh very good. So no,

I'm not. Yeah, I don't know a lot about Amish culture except

for and this is and I'm sure you guys have heard this before, and

this is uh, it's almost cliche. It's embarrassing to admit this. But

years ago, it's probably more than ten years ago, I stumbled upon the

show completely by accident, when I still had cable. I stumbled upon the

show Amish Mafia. And that's I'm also very aware that it took just you

know, two or three minutes of quick research online to realize the show is

basically fake. Yes, but creative liberties there. Oh yeah, Well,

in fact, I mean you can you can find the people who are in

the show. I mean they're they're actors, like, you can actually find

them online. I think that Levin and Levi guy might have been halfway legit.

But but yeah, that's about as much as I know. But what

I got, you guys interested in doing something that kind of relates to Amish

culture with these songs and obviously adding your own sort of mythology into it.

I think it was more just you know, we wanted to differentiate ourselves from

a lot of bands, especially in our genre, because we feel like it's

it's oversaturated with a lot of certain themes. So we still wanted to take

kind of, like, you know, the cliches that you would say for

a genre and just kind of make a twist on it. Yeah, and

you know, we're in a i think a unique location in the United States

where we can kind of bring things that we see in our everyday lives and

kind of bring that to people and make them aware of things that they wouldn't

be aware of, because just because it's, like, you know, normal

for us to be around, doesn't mean it is for everyone else. So

just kind of bringing that unique story to people. Yeah, well, let's

play that track, Amish Hecks And Yeah, this is really good and I

love your sound and you guys do sound a little different, which is cool.

I wouldn't even well, we'll talk about it on the other side of

the track, but I really like this a lot, So let's give this

a listen. This is Amish Amish hecksh the band is almost honest and they

are here with us live in studio. Check check this out, Food Magi

Out Time, Glas Country Go Scot did this so fake gone sit down,

snare go side, I go o you hay all the god less don't see

like don't s s blackle a, I A A You'll be on my word.

That is Amish hecks. The band is almost honest, and they're here

with us live in studio. They're gonna be playing a big show tonight at

Terminus in Nashua. And yeah, I really like that that track a lot.

We've got Quentin, Garrett, David and Shane here from the band almost

honest? Has it always been the four of you? Is this always been

the lineup? Or no it hasn't. Actually, in twenty twelve it was

actually Shane and David and two other members. And interestingly enough, David ended

up going to college and didn't rejoin until just a few years ago. Oh

so, so he is original, but also it's not been here a time.

And then and then Garrett is actually my brother, my little brother,

Harron. Ok. So, our bass player was with us for about ten

years and he decided to move to Maine with his wife and stuff. So

yeah, in twenty twenty one, I basically texted him and I said,

hey, do you want to learn bass? And here he is. Oh,

very good, very good, excellent. Did you guys grow up playing

music together or yeah? I mean my mom drove me to band practice.

Yeah, so we were in I was in early high school when I joined.

Okay, okay, but did you guys ever play together growing up,

like like making songs or a little bit a little bit drums and trumpet didn't

go well together all the time. Oh no, o kidding? So you

started on trumpet? Yeah, yeah, I can see where that wouldn't necessarily

work. No, that's cool though, that's cool. So twenty twelve is

that when the band started originally? Yes, okay, okay, Yeah,

so it's been a while. Well that's good. That's good. A lot

of bands don't last that long. So that's uh, that's excellent. Shane.

You were saying something too about where where you guys recorded this. Did

you record the whole album in the place that you were talking about? We

did recorded it at rock Lid. It's it's just a big rock complex where

they have everything music there. They have music shops, they have a hotel

if you're from out of town. They build stages there. I think there's

a company that builds like cables. They have studios. So it's just it's

and it's massive, and it's just surrounded by farmland. So you'll be driving

through farmland for a while and then you just see these giant black boxes appear

out of nowhere and it's a cool place. I imagine a lot of people

work there, it must be. It sounds like it probably, whereas it's

surrounded by farmland, it probably really that place probably supports the local community there.

It definitely does, because the complex itself also has like I think it

has like a restaurant, it has a coffee shop, healthcare there is.

Yeah, it's a one stop shop. And I know some larger artists go

there just because of location too. I mean it's about like two and a

half hours from Philly, three from New York City, three from Pittsburgh,

which is very centralized. Yeah, and it has all the amenities you need

for like, especially for larger artists. So as far as I'm aware,

I know, like a Green Day tailor, swift and stuff have gone there

for like, have stages being built. I know, like Justin Bieber was

in the studio at one point to doing something. So it's a it's a

pretty big thing and it was cool to be a part of that. Yeah,

no doubt you recorded the whole album there, yes, yeah. And

by the way, so this is something that comes up a lot on the

show because you know, we live in a time where with the Internet,

you have a lot of different ways to release music. Why did you guys

decide to do a full album because a lot of artists just release singles or

they just do an EP, like what went into that decision? I think

it's more just at least more, I guess more for myself. I can't

speak for you guys, but at least for me growing up, that was

my big thing listening to and I still do. Like I listen to CDs,

I buy full records, and I just listen to it from start to

finish. That's not how music is consumed today, but that's personally how I

do it. So I really like having things being tailored for a full experience,

listening from start to end, and I just really like that process.

Yeah. Yeah, well, I think a lot of people do still consume

music that way because CDs are still around, you know, and vinyl of

course, which never really went away. Although I think a lot of people

who buy vinyl now I think they buy it but don't necessarily open it because

they you know, if they really love an artist, they'll buy the vinyl

release just just to collect it. But yeah, we've had on the show

like Cody Pope and Byron g a couple of hip hop artists from from Nashville.

Actually, you know, they they still put out physical all their music

they put out on physical media and different artists that they work with at their

label because to them it's still important to have that. We even have a

CD player here. One of our hosts, Rob as a Va, he

has the show here called The Granted State of Mind. He actually uses it.

I think he's the only one who uses that's awesome. But we do

have a functioning CD player here the stack. But I have nothing. It's

funny though, I have nothing to play do you, Jenny? Actually I

can't even remember. Do you have anything at home to play a CD on?

I don't have anything that at this point that I plays an actual physical

disc? No, yeah, yeah, I think we need one. Yeah,

I have a feeling I want to wreck a player. Oh really?

Yeah? Okay, but is this your first full length as a band?

No, this is our third. Oh okay, So our first full length

was twenty seventeen Thundermouth, and then twenty nineteen Seats and Sirens, and then

this one, The Hexapens Woods twenty twenty three in November, and it was

supposed to release earlier, but we started recording like we were going to record

in March of twenty twenty. Yeah, and you can guess what happened.

Yeah, So just from that point, it just took way longer than it

should have. But we're kind of back on track now and even recording new

music as we speak. Oh, excellent, excellent. This obviously has kind

of a theme to it. Uh what about your your previous releases? Do

those as well or are they more just collections of songs or they do have

a theme, It's not as like concise, but yeah, there's the folklore

and stuff has kind of always been. The storytelling of creatures and cryptic things

like that has always kind of been part of our music. I think,

okay, okay, we should uh, we should play yeah, because we're

gonna have time, we can we can play a few things. I do

want to play this other track, yeah, laughter of the deer owl.

What what is that about? So that's one we just made up. So,

so what it is. It's the uh, the body of a deer,

head of an owl with fly wings and octopus tentacles, and it's a

creature that just roams the woods of Pennsylvania and it comes to people who have

basically lost everything in their lives and our hope, bliss, and it will

appear to them and it will share with them the secrets of the universe and

everything. But so that's just something we made up. But yet again,

like the Pennsylvania imagery of just like deer deer just everywhere. If you live

in Pennsylvania and you drive, you will hit a deer in your life.

It will happen. Oh no, kidding, like one hundred percent, you

will really, yeah, it will happen. Yeah. And it's also the

cover art for the record as well, so you can actually visualize visually see

this, uh, this wonderful creature as well. Oh yes, okay,

so that's what I'm looking at on the cover. So that's a deer I

have to tell you though, looking at this image, the deer owl looks

very frightening to me, yes, but it's actually a friendly creature that's good

to see if you've lost everything. Well it's I don't know, or I

haven't thought about it, or can it be? Can it cut both ways?

Can it also be a harbinger? If you see the deer owl,

you're about to lose everything, Because I have to tell you, looking at

this image, if I saw this deer owl, I would assume that something

horrible was about to happen to me. I mean, I guess it could

be. We'll just change the lore, you know, just like like I

would see this and assume that the deer owl itself was about to kill me.

That's how frightened I am of this image. But it's great, aren't

you. We go with a Francesca I can't pronounce her last name. Well,

but it's like Venizio. She's an Italian artist. She did her last

record too. She's great. Yeah, yeah, no, it's cool.

It's cool. All right, Well, let's not give this a listen and

then we'll talk about this. This is the track that really stood out to

me. I love this. So this is Laughter of the Deer Owl.

The band is almost honest. They are here with us live in studio.

Check this out. I happy streams the tables U. My head was silver,

my Bible, Soul, the ball, it'st to me, the bathing

Book, the Steaming Tree. I've seen it with my my Mama. But

it's dancing. It's not aising. It can'ttvates you, that rips your whole

hour. But glass on the clacker, a testing diamond, a crown.

I've seen it with my line with Oak. No way can't lie, No

way, can't lie, laughter of the Dear Owl. The band is almost

honest, and we've got the guys, I'm almost honest with us live in

studio. They're going to be playing tonight at a Terminus in Nashua. I

love that song, and yeah, tell me about the vocals on that,

because as you've got a guest singer around there, we sure do. We

were very very lucky to have Brandon Yally of Crobot do those vocals that you've

got, those big boomy choruses there with lots and lots of layers. He

is a fantastic vocalist and he also really helped us shape that course as well.

The chorus. Originally, and we had played it live before we recorded,

it was very different really, and he really helped us kind of shape

it out and give us some guidance on maybe how to make a chorus hit

harder and be more catchy, and I think it really really helped us a

lot in the scenario. How did you come to work with him? So,

I honestly it was just as simple as I just reached out to him.

I expected nothing because they were also I mean, they're one of my

favorite bands and they really shaped what a live show can be like for me

when I went and saw them live. I was sixteen at the time and

I saw him in a local club in Langster called the Chameleon Club and their

stage presence and energy. As soon as I saw that, I'm like that

that is what our band needs to be because like that was just captivating.

But it was just as simple as I just reached out, expected nothing.

He got back to me and said I'd love to be a part of it.

Wow, And then we just worked together on it and it was you

know, yet again, it wasn't even as simple as him just being like,

yeah, i'll do it out of send vocals over really quick. It

was like, Hey, I really like this, let's actually work on the

song together. It was it was so cool. Yeah, that's awesome.

Is his band still active. It's robots still they are. I think they

just got off a tour with Steel Panther and someone else. But yeah,

they've toured with like a Motorhead, Anthrax. They've played with a ton of

bands, and I believe they're currently or just finished in the studio, so

they should have new music coming out soon. Oh cool, cool. Do

you guys play out a lot? Do you do? You do a lot

of shows? I mean, obviously, you know you came up here,

you're doing a lot of tour we do. We do weekenders because I mean,

we all have day jobs, but we play out as much as we

can and as far as we can given our area. But we do a

lot of weekenders and we'll try to do like a week or two long tour

at some point, like every year or two so we can just get out

more. Yeah, we're very active. Yeah. What's the scene like where

you are in Pennsylvania? Is there a lot? It's getting better? It's

not a lot. We don't have much, but the venue we do have,

it's called Love Drafts. Like our local spot is great. There's another

venue called h MAC who has just started bringing bigger artists there. So it's

small, but it's way better than it was even even just five years ago,

so it's definitely getting better. Yeah, yeah, cool. Are there

bands in the area that you play with a lot? I know from my

own experience in bands, you know, sometimes you kind of team up and

it happens organically. You know, you don't necessarily mean to, but I

end up playing with a lot of the same bands. I mean, is

there anybody from your area that you play with a lot? Yeah, I

mean we like to kind of really find anyone who can kind of fit with

us, but avoid hidden they're a local band with us, that great group

of guys they play, they make great music, and not just locally.

I mean, we have a few a few folks even from Philly and things

like that that we like to jump on with a lot. The Stone Eyes

one of them used to be wax Brained, but they just recently have come

to an end unfortunate pie. So yeah, there's definitely some that we we

like to kind of go around with. And we've been really thankful that we've

been able to kind of not only musicians who make music like we do,

but also musicians who kind of we can spend time with and you know,

not hate right right, Yeah, yeah, no, it seems like you

guys with your sound, would fit in with a lot of different kinds of

bands in terms of you know, you can. I'm sure you play bands

with you know, I'm sure you play shows with metal bands. I'm sure

you play shows with bands that are more like mainstream rock. I'm sure you

can. You know, you can kind of fit in a lot of different

places. But so it's it's accessible but also unique. You guys have a

you know, there's something unusual about your sound. By the way, I

like the Clutch shirt. I just realized, thank you, I'm a fan

there. We got to play a show, not with Clutch, but with

JP of Clutch. He was drumming for the Mike Dylan band and we got

to play with them. Okay, that was cool. It was a small

club, so being that close to JP's drumming was like a thing to behold.

I know, I know we've seen them a few times, more than

more than a few Yeah. Yeah, yeah, Oh didn't your you said

your wife message to something she did. I was supposed to let to let

everybody know that she runs our merch and she makes all our money for us.

Okay, well, that's important. Barry Jenny is the merch girl for

Jerry and the Scumbacks, but we never have any actual shows. That sounds

like a good gig. How much does it pay? Big? Nothing,

that's right, that's right. Uh. So you guys are working on new

music currently, we are, Yes, this one would just be an EP,

but we just wanted to get out something sooner since there was like a

big jump from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty three, people had to wait.

So yeah, they're nearing completion. Yeah, and we we love the tunes

and actually it's been really important for us. The hex of pens Woods was

recorded a while ago, as we kind of talked about that process been for

a while. So it was really uh, Shane and I and then our

old bass player that made up the majority of that of that record. So

we're really really excited to get music out, as you know, the current

iteration of almost honest, it's it's it's been really really fun making music and

the same place that you're recording or this place is a little it's with the

same person, but it is a different spot. Oh well, well,

drums, drugs, drums. We did record drums at rock Lit it's but

everything else we recorded at like a home studio Dynamo Audio. Okay, okay,

is that going to give a kind of a different sound sonically or it

shouldn't because it's all the same gear. In fact, the drum the drums

sound even better, but it's like all the same gear we're using. So

if anything it will, it would just be a slight improvement from what we

did before, but relatively the same. Okay, Okay, let's uh,

we should play another track. Like I said, I've got your band camp

open, what uh, what do you guys want to hear? Well,

so I'll I guess there's there's two things we could do. So there's Alien

Spiders, which is more of just like a I would just say, like

a radio rock song. Those lyrics were written in fifth grade before like we

were really a band, but we wanted to just kind of write lyrics and

do fun stuff, so they're very cheesy and corny, okay. And then

there's also Mortician Magician, which is just a wild song. It's I don't

want to say, it's like all over the place, but it goes from

like some groove metal elements to to funk. It has like a circus ring

master part in it. So I will let it be your pick between those

two. Well, let's do that. We'll probably have time for both.

But you've got me very curious about more Titian magicians, so we'll give this

all. See what I did there anyway, that's opener track. No,

I'll check this out all right. So we've got almost honest here with us

in studio, and this is called mortician Magician. Please and gentlemen, boys

and girls, how we miss the greatest last short of your lives. I've

present to you magicians can babies by shot all the deserts Uti shot moul disert

ly three main Mo de shot Mo disert s SASI are also paid the movie

Ski fiar Balls of the Wheels Mo shot Mo you always screaming when the mouls

on mo dis also to the sojers you dison mounts. Oh my goodness.

That is a mortician magician. Almost honest is the band? Yeah? That

song does take on a ride? Yeah, or just all of our influences

in one song. Yeah, Yeah, it's cool though, I like it.

I like it. What is a mortician magician? Is that? Like

if the dear owl can't help you maybe the he will or something. Definitely

not helping you, that's for sure. Okay, all right, the very

first line is welcome to the greatest and last show of your life. So

yeah, definitely won't help you. Okay if you are just joining us,

Almost Honest is here with us, alive in studio and they're going to be

playing tonight at Terminus in Nashua, along with More than the Light who we

had on earlier, and of course Dead Harrison I'm sure is playing tonight as

well. A great band and such a cool venue. Are you guys now?

Do you play out a lot? Are you doing a lot of shows

or I know you're also recording right now, so so yeah, we usually

do a lot of weekenders. This one was supposed to be three shows,

but yesterday got canceled. Oh no, so we kind of had a day

off, so we just went to Boston and just kind of hung out.

But yeah, yeah, we did the Freedom Trail, cool, did all

the touristy stuff. But yeah, we play out a lot of weekends,

so you know, if people want to catch us, they can be on

the lookout. We tour you know, all over the East Coast and if

someone wants us to come to their city. They can reach out and we'll

definitely try and make it happen. Do you do, uh, do you

do the full album? Because you know there's whereas it's kind of a theme

to it. Do you do you try to do our I assume sometimes you

probably don't have enough time a lotted to play the whole thing, but we

don't. We do try and play all the tracks off the record. But

it's not gonna happen every show, but we do at least try to mix

it up so where you know, if if we're relatively close by and someone

wants to catch two shows in a you know, one back to back,

they're at least not going to hear the same set list every time. Oh

that's cool. So and plus, you know, we have two other records

and an Eat East besides this, we have a lot of music to kind

of and we play our new songs live a lot before they come out,

just to trial them live and see how people like them. Yeah, yeah,

I would imagine. I mean, you guys must rehearse a lot,

right at least with the new material because the songs are fairly complex. There's

some changes that are not you know, it's not your standard verse chorus versus

course solo course practice every week. Yeah. Yeah, we're lucky that we

can do that, that we're all kind of close and we can practice weekly.

Yeah. No, that's good. That's good. Yeah. When I

was talking to No, who was it? Oh? Was more in the

light right with the six guys in the band? Yeah? And you know,

I used to play in bands, and the most people I was ever

in a band with was, you know, with four other guys. I

was in a band at one point that was a five piece, and I

just remember how much of a nightmare it was even with five people in a

band, you know, trying to get you know, everyone's practice schedules and

and then you know, to book shows and whatnot. So it's nice that

there's only four of you and you live fairly close together. So that's that's

good. Makes it a lot easier, right, absolutely, any kind of

Probably not, But I mean your music, I could see it lending itself

to some sort of theatrics when you play live. Do you have anything like

that or do you just kind of play the songs? Depends on the song.

We have some little sticks that we do. For one, the song

off of Thundermouth, Cannibal Cowboy. We wear cowboy hats for that really,

and then Quinton recently started wearing like a horse mask. Yeah, okay,

he's able to play that, but basically blind. Wow, no kidding,

but that always gets a lot of good attention from the crowd. I bet

and a lot. Oh no kidding. Oh that's cool, that's fun.

That must be what that must be challenging. I mean, obviously you can

see what you're doing. I mean you can't see what you're doing, and

you can do it without scene, but I would imagine it's like uncomfortable.

It's it's and hearing is really weird in there too. Oh yeah, essentially,

I'm just lucky. We've been playing that song for a very long time,

very familiar to me, right right, do you ever if you're if

you're doing that song and it's like hot, like a hot summer night,

do you ever think maybe not maybe not the horst mask? No, go

do it? You do it? Yeah, I gotta do it. Good

for you. That's awesome. Well, now I am very curious because you

were telling me about this other track, Alien Spiders. I'm super curious to

hear this now. So this was you said fifth grade? Yes? Did

you mean that literally? Yes? I did. Oh, but at that

time the lyrics were just written over corn's frequent a leash. Oh really,

but yes, they're all from fifth grade and they're very, very corny and

cheesy. The music itself is new, okay, same with same with the

melodies and harmonies and all that stuff's new. But the but the lyrics were

taken from fifth grade. Okay, all right, I'm super curious. Let's

give this a listen. This is Alien Spiders the band. It's almost honest.

Spiders stop again, jo Jo. The song is a boring spy up?

I did that? Seem si dog Cray didn't damn why didn't know the

word Dailian Spiders probably get yell like shore off, break up, bag eight

eyes too massive backs game out there but day legs, I say, you

guys do pray? Oh my ring? Why the thank you? Sid stock

Gray, it's taking the quay te Alien and spiders probably they get chip spiders.

Probably they get shot spiders and coming, they get chop and spiders coming.

They shot spiders coming, They get chop spiders coming, They get shot

and spiders coming, They get shot you That is alien spiders and the uh

the band is almost honest. They're here with us live in studio. I

like that a lot. That's fun. That's a fun song, catchy as

hell. They're coming to get you. That's right, that's right. No,

that song, it seems like has no direct connection to the Amish,

or does it does not? Okay, they could when we get our almost

honest multiverse kind of together. Yeah, we can find ways to draw parallels.

And if I could make a suggestion, I think you should have the

deer owl kill the alien spiders. We could, but that's going to be

Rugaroo. And there's already a part two planned. Oh yeah, yeah,

there's a part two. Yeah, you know about Rugaroo. You have to

wait for the two albums or three albums from now. Yeah. No,

that's cool though. That's a fun track. I like it a lot.

Do you play that one live? We do? Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

played it? Uh well, I guess it wouldn't be last so played

it Thursday night and we will be playing it again tonight. Oh very cool,

Very cool. If you are just doing us almost honestly here and these

guys are in the area because they're going to be playing tonight in Nashua at

Terminus And do you know how long of a set you have tonight or I

believe it's forty five minutes? Yeah, yeah, cool, excellent, excellent.

Are you playing any of the new stuff that you've been working on?

Are you playing any of that live or you're waiting until you haven't recorded?

Uh? Yeah, we haven't playing it live. We will be playing it

live. We Uh yeah, there's no secrets. With a band of our

size, it doesn't really matter too much. And we love playing the track,

so you know, we want to play what we love playing live.

So yeah, we just do. Yeah, we like getting that feedback and

too, like if you just keep playing it so much before like you're fully

done recording it or before you recorded it, you'll want to change things.

You'll get different reactions from the crowd. You know. I feel like if

you rush through songs, like even if they're good, they can always be

better, right, So we like playing that live gauging crowd reaction because sometimes

too, like you can get some reactions like, ah, well maybe that

part didn't hit as hard as I thought it. What maybe it just needs

to go back to the drawing board and stuff. So yeah, yeah,

we like doing that so you can always hear stuff from us live that you're

not gonna be able to hear anyway. It might not be the same next

time you hear it. No, that's cool. Do you guys do you

all write together? What's the creative process like as far as writing, I

think now we are in the process of writing together. It's it's a new

experience. Yeah. In the past, it's mainly just been myself, not

fully because I'll come with like shells. I'll have a shell of a song

and an idea and then you know, Quentin would have at it with the

drums. Like it's it's complete free reign. It's not like, hey,

Quentin, I want you to play this. Yeah, you have a like

normally like lyrics and some structure and some riffs and then we kind of put

the rest together together. Yeah. But now it's been more everyone coming together

and working on parts and just being like, maybe, you know, maybe

that section shouldn't be that longer, maybe it should be longer, and just

adding things. So that's new for you know, all of us, and

it's it's good experience. I think it's definitely for the better. Yeah,

yeah, very good, very good. We Uh, we'll have time to

get one more song and what should we uh? What should we play?

I want to do one off like an old like Seeches, maybe Keystone?

I think, what do you what do you guys think we'll do? Uh?

Yeah, Keystone off of Seeches. Uh came out twenty nineteen. Let

me uh, oh, sorry, I didn't mean no. No, I'm

sure I can find it. I'm sure I can find it quickly. Yeah.

Actually i'd be interested to hear one of the older uh, one of

the older things. So twenty nineteen it came out, yes, let me,

uh, let's see here and while I look that up. So I

want to make sure our listeners to know about you know, you've got the

show tonight. But also where should they go online to keep up with everything

that you guys are doing? So the best place is almost honestofficial dot com.

We're gonna literally have everything there from bio, places we've played, music,

video is just everything in a one stop shop. If you don't have

that, We're of course on all your social media's, so Facebook, Instagram,

all that. If you want to listen to us, We're on all

streaming platforms, so you know, Spotify, band Camp, YouTube, music

wherever you listen to it, so we're we're pretty much everywhere. Okay,

very good, very good. Keystone, is that the song you were talking

about? Yes, yep, all right, So we'll now, so this

is not all four of you on this track, is that correct? No,

this was actually when we were a three piece. It is me and

Quinton, okay, and then it would be our old bass player, gotcha,

gotcha? Okay? Very cool. Yeah, so we'll I found it

okay, So we will end with this, but guys, thank you so

much. This has been wonderful. I really like your sound a lot,

and I think it's cool all the you know, the mythology and everything that

you're putting into it. You're really it's very creative, so very very cool.

So thank you. Have a great show tonight at Terminus in Nashua,

and thank you so much, and thanks for having absolutely absolutely And by the

way, for those of you who are listening earlier, our friend Dylan Reynolds,

he is okay. Apparently he didn't have any power or internet where he

is this morning, so Jenny has rescheduled him for August, so we will

get Dylan on. But he's all right, and Jenny before we wrap up

too, we should remind people speaking to Terminus, of course you have an

art showing there in August. Yes, you'll be the featured artist. Will

be the featured artist for the month of August at Terminus, which I'm really

excited about. Yes, and I've got a few interesting things going on,

So we'll check out our website. I'm going to be posting it a little

bit about a special meeting this Tuesday. You guys might just be a little

interested in so check it out at gen Coffee dot com. J E N

N C O F f UI dot com. Very good, very good.

And we should also just quickly mention next week on the show, we've got

Turbocat's first hour, second hour Jesse Coffee no relation, right, No,

I'm kidding, of course, and third hour Green Jelly will be here with

us. Yeah, so yes, yeah, they're gonna be playing at the

Shaft Game next Friday night. Yeah yeah, absolutely all right. So we're

gonna leave you with this track from the band almost honest. This is Keystone,

guys, Thank you again, thank you so much for having us,

And if you miss any part of today's show, it will be up in

just a little bit at w MNH radio dot org and at my website Matt

Connorton dot com. And here it is. This is keystone from almost honest

Stone, the last basan line, I can senceache, don't say fail and

wo times Johnsend had been or the side has pass. Let's not gonna swam.

No gos the door, the barroom wheels have come to the fronts exact.

You were the libris amazing the talk byme. There no time Johnson nine

tata. It's a song sid mothers chool. There's not gonna saw no girls

stood. The weak will suffocate, the week will choke. This door unhinged.

Your mirror is smoke. There's around the soul No no suns. That's

nothing. The song o lo now we're going, Oh the spirit s s

sir, my brother make time by a hospital time when it quote said night,

get a fixed by the three yet of your fixed or fixed it to

die. He really don't mind because you set your night on the rise of

m the man that rock Jassi bo dies. We got the rightdeal better than

he wouldn't you one of your rod and work competter you alwens look gay propa

get the way, can't you your boats are passed, Tell me allw or

look ge problem gather way what I do want? Problem cross the Charles Cambridge

side, great mind, stay five past their bay through stealth bed stay world,

go bar. You been like that in a way, bend to say

that my state high to blab nor witsess yere. But I questioned how you

can tell a break one and the other tell gay granpa the other way?

Can't you lie your most tell me allway lap propa gather way what I don't

walk? I am y'all. My name is Henry. I play in the

band. It's the greatest man of rock. Room across the lay where is

bunch of scumpbacks and we don't get But damn human fish hogsy is what we

are to Damn. All you've gotten to say is show me the luck in

all. Take it from me. You will see how Jerry and sim dear

the worst kind of me ball through in the world the way it gives bunch

of morelds that you will add up. Don't hear your fam Let me

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