What are your favorite recording-day snacks?
Oreos are terrific for this. You can grab a couple whenever you need, they’re not terribly messy, and they don’t really affect your vocals if you’ve got singing to do that day. Chips and hummus are excellent as well, and Peanut Butter M&Ms for later in the day when you just need processed sugar to get you through the home stretch.
One of the things I love about the EP is that it pulls sounds from lots of different genres. Are there any albums/ artists that have inspired you or that you were listening to while recording it?
Thank you! At the time of recording (and in general, really) we were listening to a lot of Stereolab and Broadcast — pop music at its heart, but with lots of really thoughtful and adventurous use of the studio. Since our goal was similar — punk music, but with a modernist approach — those bands were incredibly inspiring. It’s beautiful music that is just overflowing with ideas.
I rarely hear a song that involves Greek mythology. Where did the song “Hippolyta!” come from?
There are a few different things going on there. There’s a bit of a reference/thematic nod to Dead Poet’s Society if you look for it, but also in a larger sense I think we just liked the idea of taking this classical figure and using the image/idea for this wild dance-punk song. There’s something there about the idea of something old and something new.