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DJ Beowvlf
Off the Record is a show from 88.1 WKNC in which DJs talk with artists about everything from their music to upcoming tours to former bandmates birthdays. Make sure to follow WKNC on SoundCloud and Tumblr so you never miss a beat. Enjoy. Hey, WKNC listeners. My name is DJ Beowulf, and I'm here in the studio with Spud Cannon. They are from Poughkeepsie. Did I say that right? Poughkeepsie, New York. All right, guys, thank you for coming in. I'm very excited to talk to you guys. Let's go ahead and if you'll lean into the mics and introduce yourself. Say what your name is, what you play, and go ahead and give us your favorite color.
00:52
Meg Matthews
Oh, all right. Well, I'm Meg. I'm Vox. And favorite color… Teal?
00:58
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, that's a good one.
01:00
Ari Bowe
I'm Ari. I play keyboards, and my favorite color is red.
01:04
DJ Beowvlf
NC State.
01:07
Lucy Horgan
I'm Lucy. I play bass, and my favorite color is also red.
01:11
DJ Beowvlf
I like you. I Love Lucy.
01:14
Baron
My name is Baron and I'm the drummer, and my favorite color is green.
01:19
DJ Beowvlf
What shade of green?
01:20
Baron
Any green Foresters?
01:23
DJ Beowvlf
Forest green. Okay.
01:24
Baron
You stole my line.
01:26
DJ Beowvlf
Whose line is it anyway?
01:28
Baron
Whose line is it anyway? My name is Jackson and I play guitar. And I guess I'm a blue boy because he took green.
01:35
DJ Beowvlf
So Blue boy. Well, blue is my favorite color. Once again, I'm DJ Beowulf. So let's start off by saying you guys just recorded your debut album. It is called Next Time, Read the fine print. You flew out to la. What was that experience like?
01:49
Lucy Horgan
It was fun.
01:50
Baron
We recorded it in my basement in la in Los Angeles, and we wrote.
01:56
Lucy Horgan
Half of the songs while were there, and we lived there.
01:59
DJ Beowvlf
So you're from. You live there, but you're from Poughkeepsie?
02:02
Baron
No, only I'm from there. And we decided that basically the only way that we could kind of feasibly cut an album in terms of, like, afford to do it was if we did it in my basement.
02:15
DJ Beowvlf
It actually sounds really well recorded. The album itself, I assume. I did not know that you guys played it in a basement, so I assumed you were going to be like, yeah, we recorded with so and so studios, so and so Records. It was produced by. I was ready to ask you some questions about that.
02:28
Baron
I appreciate it because that was actually me fumbling through recording technique, basically. I never cut anything in my basement. I had.
02:38
DJ Beowvlf
Do you want to talk tech? Like, what'd you record? It With. What was your setup?
02:41
Baron
Okay. Well. All right. Yeah, this will be fun for me, actually. Now we get to talk about this stuff. We had a bad starter. Gretsch drum set. Drum set. Yeah, it's really bad. The hi hats broken. We had. I played through like, a Fender hot rod. In terms of recording stuff, we all played live in the room, except for vocal. The whole thing was done at the same time. And I ran it through this 80s console I have that's called the Ramsa.
03:08
DJ Beowvlf
You have, like an 80s feel, like, in your music. Nothing to do with the console, but it's there.
03:13
Baron
By the way, I say console, it's. It's the worst console. Okay. I purchased it, this guy. I have a friend that works at a store, and they took a lot of money and I got this big console for 500 bucks. And we ran it through that and then into the computer and very minimal mics, like five mics or something, just on everything. And it's just. That was it.
03:36
DJ Beowvlf
Very cool. And in regards to, like, pro, not programming, like producing and things. Are you an Ableton boy? Like, garageband? Very juvenile.
03:45
Baron
Would you use Pro Tools? Dinosaur.
03:47
DJ Beowvlf
Sweet Dinosaur. I've been listening to a lot of Dinosaur junior Recently, so an image of J. Mascus just, like, popped into my head. Nothing to do with Pro Tools. In regards to writing your music, can you give me an idea of your creative process? For example, like, who writes what, who does lyrics, who puts down tracks and things?
04:05
Baron
I usually come in what we call the fetus. And then everyone determines. Sometimes we like to say this fetus has legs, or maybe it doesn't and we put it to death. But usually I'll have an impetus.
04:21
DJ Beowvlf
It's legal in both New York and California.
04:22
Baron
That is true. And, yeah, usually I have an impetus or some chords, and then we take it in. Then we.
04:27
DJ Beowvlf
Is impetus a metal band?
04:29
Baron
Probably is.
04:30
DJ Beowvlf
I wouldn't be surprised.
04:31
Baron
Yeah.
04:32
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, Incubus. Okay.
04:33
Baron
Incubuses.
04:35
DJ Beowvlf
I wouldn't be surprised if this is a band, too.
04:38
Baron
Yeah. But then we. We work it out.
04:40
Lucy Horgan
Yeah. So he'll come in with, like, the chord progression and the structure usually, and then we'll kind of all play around with it and, like, write our own part sometimes. But sometimes he has a bass line and stuff, but I do something on top of it.
04:53
DJ Beowvlf
And so there's no, like, set thing that you do first. Like, you never write, like, the bass line first or the vocals first. It's whatever.
04:59
Lucy Horgan
It's like, pretty much always.
05:00
Baron
It always usually starts with me and then how we Go kind of changes,
05:04
DJ Beowvlf
Especially very organic process.
05:06
Baron
It's super organic. And I think it's really developed, especially now, even more. It's really collaboration, collaborative in the sense that even now I really just. We come in and it's all. All of us in the room.
05:18
DJ Beowvlf
I think that's a really fantastic thing when bands write music, I guess, like cohesively, because it's not like one person sound. It's not like Jackson and the Spuds. You all wrote it together as Spud Cannon. And I think that's pretty fantastic. You guys are a bunch of hot potatoes. Can you give me some major influences for your music?
05:40
Lucy Horgan
The Strokes.
05:41
Ari Bowe
Yeah, the Strokes, definitely. I think more recently it's been like. Like you said, like 80s kind of influences. So like the Cure, you know, Oddly.
05:49
DJ Beowvlf
Enough I was in. I was in like a pizza slash bar thing right before coming in here. And they had 80s pop on the entire time. I was listening to Iggy Pop's Pandora station. Not by choice, but I guess it works out. The universe was prepping me for this interview. Anybody else other than the Strokes, the Cure?
06:06
Baron
I think. I think a lot of the. I think right now we're on kind of a little bit of a new wave kick right now. So. We love the B52s. Like they should. People should. I don't know. I know they're still touring, but I feel like they don't get the kind of modern rep there for. The first two albums are great.
06:21
DJ Beowvlf
The only song I know by them was Love Shack. Shining Star.
06:29
Baron
Oh, Shining Star.
06:30
DJ Beowvlf
Because it was in the live action Scooby Doo movie.
06:32
Baron
Oh, I remember that. I remember that.
06:35
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah. A big throwback.
06:36
Baron
Freddie Prinze Jr. Oh, yeah. Man Crush Monday.
06:40
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, man Crush every day. But it is Monday, so it works out. Speaking of influences, on your debut album, you guys did a White Stripes cover of I Can Tell that we are going to be friends. Why did you guys choose to do that instead of doing another original? Or does it have sort of some sort of sentimental value?
07:01
Baron
I think I'm not like the hugest White Stripes fan. I like them. I'm not like a die Hard. And I think what happens.
07:07
DJ Beowvlf
I feel like a lot of people are hit or miss on the White Stripes. I personally am in love with Jack White and everything he does. Meg White's okay, I guess.
07:14
Baron
Yeah. I. I think the reason that at the time were listening to it is because it's the quintessential indie movie song. And I just imagine that it's like.
07:25
DJ Beowvlf
With like off of Surfer Rosa. Where is my Mind exactly?
07:30
Baron
And I just. I felt like it had. Our first album had this incredibly nostalgic kind of. That's where were coming from. Yeah, we felt very Wes Anderson. And we wanted to. We wanted to. I think that's what spurred it on.
07:47
DJ Beowvlf
Speaking of spurring, your career is starting to pick up. You guys are now on tour before doing that. So what was your setup? Did you do lots of local shows? Were you involved in like the DIY arena of LA, NY?
08:03
Lucy Horgan
Not well.
08:03
Meg Matthews
We started in a pizza place. Yeah, that was our most like, indie.
08:08
DJ Beowvlf
Bands are like, oh, a pizza place?
08:09
Meg Matthews
Yeah, we played a lot of house shows, some basements.
08:13
DJ Beowvlf
Always good memories made there. Or if you are not performing, you might not remember it.
08:18
Ari Bowe
And then along the way, we kind of started playing other colleges in the area, like in the New England, like Bard and Syracuse. Then recently, like, we've been playing shows in Brooklyn and like New York City, kind of smaller venues, but it's all been really fun.
08:33
DJ Beowvlf
Do you have a favorite spot on the tour so far or a favorite venue that you've played in the past?
08:38
Baron
I think New York will always be in our. In our hearts and the last night, absolutely. And I mean, between. We love playing at Vassar, obviously, for our. For kind of the hometown fans, the.
08:51
Lucy Horgan
OGs, the people who sing along during.
08:53
Baron
The concert saw us in the basement or whatever. But I think we all love New York because, I mean, our tour kickoff, we just played there. I think it was one of the first times that I think it was sold out. And it wasn't just our friends. And were all like, oh, my God, you know what I mean? We're one of those bands. We were. We were never even trying to record. We were like a party band for a while.
09:14
DJ Beowvlf
And then literally, like, party bands are able to like generate a large fan base from the beginning because it's fun. And from seeing your like, thrum a dumb music video, like, you guys perform really well. You guys seem like you enjoy performing. You have a great stage present. There's an energy between you all that is transferred to the crowd. And I think that's something that really makes a great band. So, party bands, I'm a fan. Speaking of tours, what is your dream tour lineup if you could play with anybody?
09:44
Lucy Horgan
Spoon,
09:47
Baron
Actually.
09:47
DJ Beowvlf
Actually, I do like Spoon. Yeah, Spoons, the first song I ever heard by them. I think I listened to them in like, I don't know, my freshman year of high school. Like, I turned my camera on. Used to be My jam, I would like walk through the hallways with my headphones in, walking to the beat. They're a very feel good artist.
10:02
Baron
Yeah, I saw Spoon recently too. They played Poughkeepsie. I don't know why, but it was a great show.
10:08
DJ Beowvlf
See, even though you keep saying Poughkeepsie, I keep wanting to say, like, Pooh Keepsie. Yeah, I don't think I'm ever gonna get it right. So Spoon is a pretty contemporary band. I know that they've been around for a couple years at this point, and you guys are even newer. So as a contemporary artist, what do you guys think sets you apart? What is your marketable angle?
10:31
Baron
Well, I think the. The one thing about us is that we. Our music was always meant to be fun. And as you said, we are a party band. We started as a party band and I remember when we started out, we said we want to play parties for our friends. We're not going to record, and we want to play original music. So we're going to make it fast and upbeat and something that everyone could get into. Not like a punk, you know, like punky, but not something you could dance to. And something that was like, not limited. Yeah, not limited. And I think at the end of the day, it's our makeup, it's our having fun. We get dressed up, our enjoyment.
11:07
DJ Beowvlf
You guys are very well dressed right now.
11:08
Baron
Yeah. And we're not playing bummer music either, right?
11:12
Lucy Horgan
Oh, yeah. Because a lot of the music nowadays that like indie bands make and stuff, or not necessarily, but can be kind of sad boy or just not very dancy.
11:22
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah. I feel like you guys definitely don't fit into that genre of like post emo and drawing influences from the 90s instead of the 80s. Except for that one White stripe song. That is a 90s song. Next question. Oh, man, I just lost my place. So on the beginning of the new debut, you have Gary. Gary Oldman. Is that the real guy?
11:44
Lucy Horgan
Is the real guy serious black in the flesh?
11:46
DJ Beowvlf
Serious black. Okay, so tell me some Gary Oldman stories. Did you enjoy working with him? How did you meet him? Because that's kind of like a character out of nowhere. What an amazing crossover from the universe.
11:57
Baron
Well, he's. That thing that's on our album was actually recorded on a voice memo, and it wasn't even my phone, so he texted. So he didn't necessarily work with him, but. But he's a great guy.
12:07
DJ Beowvlf
You got his phone number?
12:09
Baron
Yeah, we did. Well, he came to our show when we played and I. When were cutting our album, which was a kind of horrible show. It's like, nah, he was there. This was mostly a club. It was, like, this weird. It's called the Peppermint Club, and it's like they opened it recently. That's true. Yeah. I don't think they knew what they were getting themselves into when they think.
12:33
DJ Beowvlf
Of serious whack, like, frequenting.
12:35
Baron
Like, I don't think he frequents there. That might have been his last time.
12:38
DJ Beowvlf
That's really interesting, though. Like, just that event. He happened to be there at the same club.
12:42
Lucy Horgan
There was hardly anybody else.
12:44
Baron
Maybe One of the 15 people, I think they screwed up. One of my friends worked at the club and we needed a gig, like, in a week and a half. And he did us a favor. But, no, he's been incredibly. It's been incredibly helpful. I mean, we're big fans of him as an actor, so, I mean, I love his movies from. From anything from Darkest Hour to Sid Nancy's, like, classic.
13:05
DJ Beowvlf
I actually didn't even know he was in Darkest Hour. I was only thinking of, like, Harry Potter series. I feel like that's his most iconic role.
13:10
Baron
That is. I mean, yeah.
13:13
DJ Beowvlf
I don't know. Maybe I'm just uneducated. I do live under a rock. It's prime real estate. Very cheap. Next question that I have for you guys is that you mentioned a couple minutes ago that you wanted to be a party man and you weren't recording. What was the transition between saying, like, no, we're not going to record, to putting out a debut album featuring a Gary Oldman sound?
13:34
Ari Bowe
I think we just started getting really tight as a band. And, like, the songs that were writing had a sound. And so, like, we wanted to put that sound together into, like, a kind of a compilation, which is, like an album. So we kind of. Jackson kind of got the idea to go out to L. A and it was kind of like, on a whim. And then it ended up happening. Like, we worked it out within, like, two months.
13:53
DJ Beowvlf
Sometimes the most spontaneous decisions have the best events.
13:57
Lucy Horgan
And also, before we recorded in L. A, we tried to record some stuff in his dorm room, but it just didn't really work that well. And we wanted to have recordings of what were making.
14:08
Baron
It was in the music hall. We tried to record the music hall, but it was a mess. It was, like, after hours. And we had to put Meg, like, in the hallway with people walking by.
14:16
Lucy Horgan
Singing, and it was echoing in this, like, stone hallway.
14:22
DJ Beowvlf
I think that would be pretty cool to, like, check out the overtones. Yeah.
14:25
Baron
No, but at the same time, too. I think you brought up a good point. Like, at the beginning, it was literally like were kind of playing jamming parties, and, like, were into it. We were into it ourselves. And were like, God, we just want record of this, like, for us. You know what I mean? Like, so we can listen to it.
14:42
DJ Beowvlf
Well, speaking of records of your music, I'm gonna go ahead and give the audience a sample of what you guys play for anyone who's listening right now. Once again, I am with Spud Cannon. The song that I am about to play is called Wipe It Out.
14:56
Music
[Spud Cannon – Wipe It Out]
17:40
DJ Beowvlf
All right, that was. Once again, that was Wipe. Wipe it out by Spud Cannon. I have the daytime music director of WKNC. He has a quick question for Spud Cannon. Would you like to take over for a minute?
17:51
Daytime MD
Yeah, absolutely. I'm personally just curious as to which one of you farted in my office earlier?
17:59
DJ Beowvlf
Did you guys for real do that? We have a strict no fart policy at WKNC, and this is a very serious interview. So I am putting my foot down.
18:12
Baron
All I'm going to say is we play this farting-- We play this whodunit game in our tour van. When somebody farts and we play like, you start pointing fingers. But it's getting harder because people have begun to admit to it. So really, it could be anything. But all I'm going to say about your offices is I was sitting, I smelled it, and when they walked out,
18:34
Lucy Horgan
The smell of it, you dealt it.
18:36
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah. Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
18:39
Baron
They walked in and were like, ew. They all walked in and said, ew. And then when they walked out, it left. So clearly, I think I'm exonerated.
18:48
DJ Beowvlf
The air leaving the room, exonerated.
18:50
Baron
She always uses air as a thing, as an excuse. Like it ruminated.
18:55
Daytime MD
I'm Just like, if you. If you farted in there and then just left. Why. Why would you say anything? You were the only. You were, like, constantly in there. So, like, you're the only one who needed to defend yourself.
19:05
Baron
You were arguing. Listen, there's…
19:14
Meg Matthews
We were in there for a while.
19:15
Baron
Before the smell started.
19:17
DJ Beowvlf
Could have been trailed.
19:20
Baron
I've been framed. I'm not going to names, but one of them, after I walked out of the room, I smelled in the hallway and she walked into the other room and it suddenly disappeared again.
19:32
DJ Beowvlf
Well, I will go ahead and names. I'd like to move it from flatulence to some music creation. We're gonna go down the line, and I have some directed questions for each member of Spud Cannon. Jackson, let's start with you. So we mentioned earlier that you recorded your first things in your dorm room. Where did you go to college? Let's try that again. Testing, testing. One, two, three.
19:57
Ari Bowe
Hello.
19:58
Meg Matthews
Hello.
19:58
DJ Beowvlf
Hello. Hello.
19:59
Ari Bowe
Hello.
19:59
DJ Beowvlf
Let me function with the mics a little bit.
20:04
Baron
We're here.
20:05
DJ Beowvlf
Vassar College. Economics major. Yeah, Mick Jagger was also an economics major. And you like the Rolling Stones.
20:11
Baron
I do like the one.
20:11
DJ Beowvlf
But you don't like their 80s thing.
20:13
Baron
Well, was emotional rescue 80s? Because I do like. She's so cold. Okay, let's put it this way. Keith Richards is my screensaver on my phone. So I am a big Rolling Stones.
20:22
DJ Beowvlf
Very, very cool.
20:23
Baron
Yeah.
20:23
DJ Beowvlf
Okay. Well, thank you for the facts. I apologize if there was some trouble with the audio there for a second. Let's swing on over to Baron.
20:31
Baron
Oh, boy.
20:32
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, boy.
20:34
Baron
Hello.
20:34
DJ Beowvlf
Hello. Thank you for coming in. So what I know about you is that you are not the original drummer of Spud Cannon.
20:40
Baron
No, I'm not.
20:41
DJ Beowvlf
How did you end up playing for them now?
20:43
Baron
I am a dear friend of Jackson's who I met in la.
20:46
DJ Beowvlf
His life is full and no longer barren with you in it.
20:50
Baron
Good one.
20:50
DJ Beowvlf
Thanks. I tried my best. No, like, my thing.
20:52
Baron
He and I met through a mutual friend in LA and then just blossomed into really good friends over the span of a few years. And then randomly, he called me one day and he was like, hey, dude, I'm planning a tour. I need a drummer.
21:04
DJ Beowvlf
Very cool.
21:05
Baron
Yeah.
21:05
DJ Beowvlf
What's your musical background? How did you start drumming?
21:10
Baron
I've been playing drums for about eight years now, and I just kind of picked it up. I really didn't have, like, there was no, I'm gonna become a drummer today. I just kind of started playing and it was. That was. That.
21:20
DJ Beowvlf
Was it the Very stereotypical. Like, child bangs pots and pans in the kitchen. Takes creative outlet with drumming.
21:27
Baron
Sort of.
21:29
DJ Beowvlf
Sort of.
21:31
Baron
Yeah. No, it was. There wasn't really a lot of banging on pots and pans. It was mostly just tapping with my hands. And I frequently got kicked out of class for it. Let's not think about high school, but, yeah, no, I, I, I actually started out playing guitar when I was, like, 10, and then. Hated it.
21:49
DJ Beowvlf
Why'd you hate it?
21:50
Baron
I couldn't get it. I gave up. I was just like, I don't like this.
21:54
DJ Beowvlf
I feel like a lot of people, they start learning guitar and then move from, like, open chords to bar chords, and they're like, not for me. I'm out.
22:00
Baron
Yeah. No. And then I started playing bass, and then that was fun. And I did that for a while, and then I just picked up drums in high school.
22:07
DJ Beowvlf
So you're a man of many talents that maybe not, like, proficient in guitar bass, but you have your toe in the water. Yeah, yeah. Very, very cool.
22:14
Baron
I could only be the guitarist in my own band.
22:16
DJ Beowvlf
Okay. Would you ever consider doing a solo project? Have you ever put out music? Not with Spud Cannon, no.
22:21
Baron
Well, yes to the first one, no to the second one. So, yes, I would consider releasing my music in the future. Have I done? So have I done thus far? No.
22:30
DJ Beowvlf
Okay, cool. Well, we will be keeping an eye on your musical career. Maybe one day as a solo artist, you'll come back to WKNC.
22:36
Baron
Lovely.
22:37
DJ Beowvlf
All right, let's swing over to Lucy.
22:39
Lucy Horgan
Hello.
22:39
DJ Beowvlf
Thank you for coming in. I like your very sparkly shirt. I know that the listeners can't hear it, but she is incredibly well dressed today.
22:44
Lucy Horgan
Thank you.
22:45
DJ Beowvlf
You are so welcome. So, Lucy, you are the bass player.
22:48
Lucy Horgan
Yes.
22:48
DJ Beowvlf
I'm gonna ask you the same question. How did you start playing music?
22:51
Lucy Horgan
So when I was in fifth grade, you had to either join choir orchestra or band, and I decided to join orchestra so that I could play the biggest instrument.
23:02
DJ Beowvlf
The upright bass.
23:03
Lucy Horgan
The upright bass. So I played upright bass, like, since I was 10. And then when I came to college, I saw Jackson's poster saying, I want a bass player. So I literally bought a bass guitar, and that's how long I've been playing bass guitar.
23:18
DJ Beowvlf
Very cool. I know very little about the electric bass. I was a classical musician for a decade. I played the viola, not the upright bass. What are the similarities of the two? Was it easy to transfer between upright to electric?
23:33
Lucy Horgan
So I would say that upright is harder because it's fretless. And you have to play with the bow and stuff and just the music is generally more challenging. But it is similar in the notes are in the same place.
23:45
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah. So you're basically strings tuned. The same notes.
23:47
Lucy Horgan
Yeah, it's the same. Yeah, yeah. And then so it's just a matter of, like, rotating it.
23:53
DJ Beowvlf
And upright bass is a high E. Adg, right?
23:56
Lucy Horgan
No, high G. It's other way around. So it's G, D, A, E. Yeah. And I still play upright in the Vassar College Orchestra.
24:05
DJ Beowvlf
Very, very cool.
24:06
Lucy Horgan
Yeah, that'll always. I hope to, like, keep doing that also. But playing in a band is super different and really fun.
24:12
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah, it's a different, like, outlet. Different emotions are conveyed also. I think it's very cool that as a contemporary musician, for, like a band, you're able to create your own music. However, as a classical musician, you're playing somebody else's. Not to say that's not as fulfilling because it's beautiful and it's a show of skill and talent and community organization, but it's a different expression. Do you have a favorite composer or a favorite piece that you've played in the past?
24:37
Lucy Horgan
I really like the. Oh, man. It's like the piece by that dude who did Baronjamin Britton.
24:45
DJ Beowvlf
Okay.
24:45
Lucy Horgan
The orchestra, like, introducing the orchestra. So there's like a flute noise. I forget what it's called. Yeah. A children's guide to the orchestra.
24:54
DJ Beowvlf
The orchestra. One of my favorite, like, children's pieces was. Oh, what was the Peter and the Wolf. Oh, I think that piece is fantastic because all of the instruments are played in a non traditional manner. They're supposed to, like, mimic sounds and tell a story as opposed to, like, melodic lines and things like that. Yeah, I think it's very cool. Well, thank you very much for sharing a little bit of a background. Ari, you're up next.
25:16
Meg Matthews
Hello.
25:16
DJ Beowvlf
Ari, you're on keys and you do a little bit of background vocals, right?
25:20
Meg Matthews
Yeah.
25:20
DJ Beowvlf
All right. So are you classically trained? How do you get started on keyboard?
25:24
Ari Bowe
Yeah, I am classically trained. I started playing piano when I was five. So I've been playing for about 15 years now. But coming into the band was a super different experience for me just because I have no, like, music theory training. So when Jackson would say, like, oh, here, play a G chord, I'd be like, what is that? But since then, I've gotten a lot better. I took a theory class.
25:46
DJ Beowvlf
Music theory is. Which was so hard. Even, like, Intro to Music Theory. Like, it starts off easy, but then, like, I feel like Once you get past the circle of fifth, you're just diving in.
25:57
Ari Bowe
Yeah. And I took counterpoint, which was just like, insane. But, yeah, it's really fun. It's a different feeling than playing classical music. Definitely.
26:05
DJ Beowvlf
Absolutely. But what model of keyboard do you use?
26:08
Ari Bowe
I use a Yamaha PSR463, I think.
26:12
DJ Beowvlf
Okay. And I know that Yamaha's and especially electric keyboards in general have lots of different settings that you guys can use to create a different sound within music. What kind of production equipment do you guys use? Like, when you're laying down a keyboard track, are you editing the sound? Are you changing into a synthesizer?
26:27
Ari Bowe
Anything at all? Well, it depends. I mean, I think with our last album, we ran it through, like, with MIDI so we could change it on the computer and. Very cool, because we didn't have that great of a keyboard, but it did have, like, MIDI capabilities. So we could change around the sound on the computer manually. But when we're playing live, I definitely like to switch up the sounds. And, like, I think that's part of what gives our sound a really, like, unique.
26:47
DJ Beowvlf
We mentioned earlier, you're a party band. You gotta, like, do fun stuff. It's creates, like, a uniqueness.
26:53
Ari Bowe
Yeah. And you gotta have synth. If you're gonna do an 80s vibe,
26:55
DJ Beowvlf
You gotta have synth. Absolutely fantastic. Tell us a story about keyboarding. You said you're originally a pianist. What do you like about keyboard playing?
27:05
Ari Bowe
I really like the different sounds you can make. That's, like, the main thing. I don't know. I. I mean, I think really, for me, it's less about the instrument. It's more about playing with the other people. Just having that kind of synchronization is just so satisfying. And it just gives you such a feel, like, such a rush.
27:21
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah.
27:22
Ari Bowe
But, yeah, I think with, like, classical music, I was trained on sight reading. So I'm just, like, playing the notes that I see.
27:27
DJ Beowvlf
Reading is stupid hard.
27:29
Ari Bowe
Yeah.
27:29
DJ Beowvlf
Like, all the time. I remember in all of my classical auditions, they would always have you, like, play scales, play a piece that you'd done, and then sight read. Not for me. Yeah. I don't know. I was always good at sight reading just because I didn't practice. So you would get good at sight reading because you just had to do it on the spot all the time. Yeah, man, that's a doozy. Glad to have classical in the past. Lucy said that she still plays for Vassar. Do you still play classical music?
27:55
Ari Bowe
I take piano lessons and so I do recitals and things, but I don't really take part in, like, any combos or ensembles.
28:01
DJ Beowvlf
So you started when you were five? How old are you now?
28:03
Ari Bowe
I'm 20.
28:04
DJ Beowvlf
20, so a whole 15 years, a decade and a half. That is a pretty big accomplishment to have. Congratulations. I stopped after year 10. I was done. It's way too stressful for me. All right, last but not least and certainly not least important, Meg, you're on vocals, right?
28:21
Meg Matthews
Indeed.
28:21
DJ Beowvlf
Okay, so when I first listened to your guys album, I found that your vocals were a lot, like. I shouldn't say a lot like. But I listened to this band called Mothers, and I found that you had similar overtones and your singing style was similar. Have you ever gotten a comparison like that before?
28:34
Meg Matthews
Yeah, I actually have. Exactly.
28:36
Baron
Really?
28:36
DJ Beowvlf
That exact band?
28:37
Meg Matthews
Yeah.
28:38
DJ Beowvlf
That's pretty cool. I like them a lot. A good friend of mine introduced them to me originally. In regards to singing, are there artists that you mimic or artists that you draw inspiration from?
28:48
Meg Matthews
I don't know. I mean, what might make it kind of interesting is, like, I listen to a lot of singer songwriters like Regina Spector and Ingrid Michelson, but also bands like the Strokes throughout high school. So it's like coming with that into more of a band type of deal.
29:06
DJ Beowvlf
Now. Are you the lyricist exclusively for Spud Cannon?
29:09
Meg Matthews
No. So on our debut album, I wrote most of the lyrics, I think, but Ari and Lucy also have written lyrics.
29:16
DJ Beowvlf
Very, very cool. And did you songwrite before joining Spud Cannon?
29:21
Meg Matthews
So I tried, yeah. I mean, like, I can get by on guitar, but I don't. I don't know. Chord progressions never really felt right. And I loved coming up with melodies, but never felt like I had the backing to really get anywhere with it. So. So coming into Spud Cannon was kind of the perfect setup for me.
29:39
DJ Beowvlf
Do you remember the first song you ever wrote or, like, not one that you tried, but, like, the first song you ever cohesively put together?
29:45
Meg Matthews
Oh, yeah.
29:46
DJ Beowvlf
What was it? What was it like?
29:48
Meg Matthews
Midnight.
29:48
Lucy Horgan
Midnight.
29:49
DJ Beowvlf
Wow.
29:50
Meg Matthews
Yeah, that was, you know, that. That, like, really set the tone for us as a band. I think we. Because we didn't know each other at all before we, like, formed this band. So our first couple practices were just, like, all of us standing around, kind of, like, figuring out what to do. And then, like, maybe the second or third time Jackson comes in with this, like, idea. The first fetus. First fetus.
30:16
DJ Beowvlf
I really think it's funny that you guys call, like, your baby songs that.
30:20
Meg Matthews
Yeah, but. So, yeah, we just. We were jamming on that for a while, and it just started clicking. And then, like, we lay down a melody after, like, the rest of the pieces were in place. And then, like, the day I came into practice with lyrics, I'd, like, written them about an hour before that practice. And I was all stressed out because I was like, oh, I like. I don't really know these people. I want it to be good. Like, oh, I don't. I was just, you know, nervous. But I just sat down and, like, kind of thought of the sounds and a story came to me and came in with them, and we worked it out.
31:01
DJ Beowvlf
Very, very cool. I'm really glad to see that you've overcome that nervousness, especially with the band. Do you still get that same sort of, like, anxious feeling when performing? Do you have stage fright?
31:11
Meg Matthews
Sometimes I feel like it really depends on the crowd. I mean, because at school, a lot of people know us. Everyone knows us.
31:18
DJ Beowvlf
So very cool.
31:19
Meg Matthews
See a lot of friendly faces in the audience, and it's easier to, like, dance and have a good time on stage. But we've been having fun so far on tour, so I feel like we're just growing every time we play.
31:30
DJ Beowvlf
Fantastic. Well, I'm gonna play another song over the air now that we've talked about your songwriting and the very first song that you guys ever wrote. What's this one called? You want to introduce it? The Boogeyman. Say that one more time.
31:42
Lucy Horgan
The Boogeyman. Guess who it's about?
31:44
DJ Beowvlf
Guess who it's about.
31:45
Ari Bowe
Okay.
31:46
DJ Beowvlf
All right, I'm gonna cut off the mics and we'll play the song.
31:49
Music
[Spud Cannon - Boogeyman]
33:31
DJ Beowvlf
All right, guys, that was Boogeyman by Spud Cannon. I have a quick question about that one before we transition back into another song that I'll be playing by you guys. So the album cover of that song is some beautiful. What I believe is snakeskin boots. Faux snakeskin, I think. They're super funky. And it's somebody stepping on a bunch of gum, and then that's the album cover. First of all, who's wearing the book or the boots?
33:58
Meg Matthews
Wearing them right now.
33:59
DJ Beowvlf
You're wearing them right now?
34:00
Ari Bowe
Yeah, I'm wearing them right now in the studio.
34:02
DJ Beowvlf
Very cool. Do you wear them regularly or.
34:05
Ari Bowe
I'm starting to.
34:06
Baron
Yeah.
34:06
Ari Bowe
I'm working it into my wardrobe.
34:08
DJ Beowvlf
Are they real snakeskin or faux or they're fake. Okay. I mean, they're probably cheaper and also better for the animals.
34:17
Lucy Horgan
Taylor Swift, you know.
34:18
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, my gosh. That was a call out. I'm actually a very big fan of snakes and non traditional pets. I just adopted a pair of rats, and they are my babies. I originally wanted snakes, but now I feel like I have rats. I can't really cross that over. That's not gonna be me. When designing album covers, why did you choose to make that? The picture? Was it just one that you had in your archives and it was interesting.
34:41
Baron
Well, on our first record on Next Time, read the fine print. When were going through art, we.
34:48
DJ Beowvlf
Had lips, but the tongue is a cactus.
34:50
Baron
The tongue is a cactus. And what happened at the time is were trying to get kind of inspiration. There was this Instagram artist that's French Canadian name.
35:00
DJ Beowvlf
I'm French Canadian.
35:01
Baron
You are?
35:02
DJ Beowvlf
Yes.
35:02
Baron
Okay.
35:03
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah.
35:03
Baron
Her name's Gaboire. Gaboise. Yeah.
35:06
DJ Beowvlf
All French Canadians know each other. I know who that is. I do not continue.
35:10
Baron
But she's like an Instagram kind of Photoshop artist. And at the time we saw that photo and we tried to recreate it ourselves, but nobody wanted to eat it. We failed miserably and we worked with other ideas. So went, maybe we should just use her photo because it's so. We love it so much.
35:27
DJ Beowvlf
Did you commission her or, like, ask for permission?
35:30
Baron
Asked for permission. We have the rights, so it's not. We didn't steal it. She was super nice. We DM'd her.
35:35
DJ Beowvlf
Is she a fan of the band? Has she checked out your music?
35:37
Baron
I doubt she's ever listened to our van, but maybe she did. I mean, we DM'd her on Instagram and she, you know, she was super nice.
35:45
DJ Beowvlf
I really do think it's a very dynamic picture. It gives me a little bit of, like, not, like asmr tingles where it makes you feel good. I'm a little uncomfortable by it because I think of a cactus in my mouth.
35:53
Baron
I have a question for the music director. One of the reasons we did it was because basically we thought if a music director sees this, he's gonna go, what is this?
36:04
Daytime MD
Yeah, I mean, like, it's pretty cool. Like, part of my job is that we get so many CDs that, like, part, like, the having to judge it, like, instantly is by the album cover. So, yeah, if I. That is part of the reason why we stuck around with it. It's because the album cover looks cool and isn't, like, some guy standing on, like, a field.
36:25
Baron
Is that done a lot? Is that done?
36:26
Daytime MD
Yeah, like, oh, God, we have had so many terrible album covers. And you guys is fantastic. So you should be really proud of that. All of, like, your art is, like, not super muddled. Like, it's Chris, but, like, you still, like, look at it and, like, you're still interested by it. So, yeah, fantastic. In terms of getting my attention and, like, getting us to listen to your music.
36:47
Baron
Yeah. I mean, no, that was the goal. And I appreciate the kind of what you were saying about the crispness of it, because I think that's what were drawn to her. Her art as well. Because also, the thing is tying it back to the band for a sec when we started out, because were playing basements. And also we've had a horrible practice space situation for our entire time as a band. We still have to. At least I do walk about, like, a mile with. With an amp, right? And a guitar. I don't have a car. And basically, even when you're playing basements, sometimes they have one power outlet. So, you know, my point is, like, you know what I mean? We play. You know, Lucy doesn't play with effects. I have one effects pedal, but with a small amp.
37:28
Baron
You know, we have a keyboard. Meg shows up, and we play with whatever the drum set is, right? And it's to the point, you know?
37:34
Daytime MD
And, like, that even goes back to, like, how you guys aren't one of, like, the moodier indie bands. They're not lo fi really, at all. And then just like, I can't believe.
37:45
Baron
That is such an honor, by the way. I listen back to the album and honestly, I'm never, like. Even though I recorded it, I always go. I'm never like, wow. Oh, my God, I can't believe I did that. What an accomplishment. I listen to and I go, wow, this, like, was just good enough to play on the radio, you know, even,
38:03
Daytime MD
Like, one of, like, the most irritating things I come by now is just how it's kind of like the Mac DeMarco, like, slacker thing. It's just. It's really easy to not put in any effort and then pretend like that's your whole aesthetic. And it's obvious that you guys actually care a lot about what you're doing and, like, put in a lot of work and energy. And that's obviously reflected in the music. But, like, especially with your album covers, things like that.
38:26
Baron
Yeah.
38:26
Daytime MD
Yeah, good job.
38:27
Baron
I know. I appreciate, as I always say, when people say, are you going, lo fi? And I go, it's easy to go lo fi. I always say I'm shooting for hi fi and it's gonna come out low, you know what I mean? I think we are a mid five band. Yeah, the mid is hidden.
38:44
DJ Beowvlf
All right, guys, well, let's play another one of your mid-fi songs. I have Thrum a Dum up next, Sam.
39:38
Music
[Spud Cannon - Thrum a Dum]
41:45
DJ Beowvlf
Once again that was Thrum a Dum by Spud Cannon. They are still in the studio for this interview. Before playing that song, we had mentioned or you guys had mentioned your practice routine about walking a mile and your lack of equipment and things. Let's talk about practice. How does it go for you guys? What's your usual routine? How does the band, like, act together?
42:06
Baron
Well, I think the first part of our practice routine is finding out where we're practicing, which is always a charade. And we've gone from getting kicked out of rooms because Vassar has a policy where bands aren't supposed to practice in the music building, which. How does that make any sense? Am I right? But I think we've all, like, kind of. We've gone from borrowing keys. There's only one room in the entire school that has a drum set. We've gone from borrowing keys just sneaking in. I had a guy who knows how to pick locks on hand.
42:38
DJ Beowvlf
You have a guy?
42:39
Baron
He's one guy. And everyone knows him for, like, your weird needs. He's the guy who will keep. Will keep his identity a secret, but yeah, exactly. You wouldn't be the guy, but yeah, we always have to find a place.
42:55
Lucy Horgan
And then the next part of the routine is waiting 20 minutes for Jackson to arrive and then another, like 15 while he sets up the pedals and does the banter.
43:06
DJ Beowvlf
I thought he only had one effect pedal.
43:08
Baron
Oh, well, I take my sweet time. I do only have one. It's a great pedal.
43:14
DJ Beowvlf
What is it? What do you use?
43:16
Baron
Oh, this is really busting secrets. This is. This is, I think a big key. This is. I know. Okay. This is a big key. I can't I can't talk this pedal up enough. Seriously. No one talks about it. It is a Catalan bread FS, I think 5 or something. What it actually is Cattle and bread is hand wired in Oregon. And I'm not a gear geek, as I told you. I don't have a pedal board. But this pedal, I remember when I got it's actually. And I found out only later, it's a Fender basement amp emulator. And at the time I was playing in this high school band and I was so selfish and were all obnoxious and I wanted. I wanted a pedal that if I clicked it on, I would be immediately louder than everyone in the band.
44:01
DJ Beowvlf
I find that a lot of musicians. These pedals is like clicking on. You're like, now I sound good.
44:05
Baron
Exactly. No, this actually what makes the pedal so awesome is it's. It adds a ton of low end which actually most overdrive pedals I found don't. And it's clean. I didn't want it to be too, like, too fuzzy. So it just. It kicks it up. So it's. It's great to have.
44:25
DJ Beowvlf
Very cool. Very, very nice. Aside from your practice spaces. So since you have trouble with practice spaces, what is it like making merch? I know you guys sell cassettes. If one were to represent Spud Cannon, what would they have?
44:39
Baron
If one. We have. Awesome. We have two T shirts that are available right now.
44:43
Lucy Horgan
We have three kinds because there was one that we made a while ago.
44:47
Baron
That they're not soft at all. I won't even wear them. No, we fixed it. No. Let me just say something then. Two new ones are both American Apparel and I wear them all the time. They're super soft. Made in the usa.
45:00
DJ Beowvlf
American born in Brit.
45:01
Baron
American born in braised. Braised. Braised. I think they are braised.
45:08
DJ Beowvlf
Nice steak.
45:09
Baron
Really soft. We also have cassettes that major shout out to Ghoul Tapes, which I don't even know if he really runs it anymore. Chris Friedman at Syracuse University has a small tape label called Ghoul Tapes. And he was kind enough to print a run of her. One of her album.
45:27
DJ Beowvlf
It is very popular in small bands to. Well with strong to release cassettes. What do you feel is the purpose of that? A lot of people don't have cassettes players anymore. And while I think they're cool, like artifacts of memorabilia. Why do you think people keep putting them out?
45:43
Baron
Laura? I said the same thing.
45:46
DJ Beowvlf
Is my real name on hair?
45:47
Baron
Oh, I did a major run. I am sorry.
45:52
DJ Beowvlf
It doesn't Matter.
45:53
Baron
Okay. Major faux pas. I know. Okay.
45:56
DJ Beowvlf
Really doesn't matter. But I'm DJ Beowulf.
46:00
Baron
I'm so. Okay. Big, big oops on me. Anyways, that was like a major, as we call it, faux pas. But no, Chris like, kind of reached out to us at the time and was like, we want to do a cassette run. And were like. I think what we said at the time was we said, Chris, do we have to pay? And he said, no, I will pay for it. And I said. And I said, Chris, do whatever you want, you know? So we have cassettes now.
46:30
DJ Beowvlf
What do they look like? Are they the album cover? Do you have some extra art?
46:33
Baron
Oh, yeah, they're the album cover.
46:34
DJ Beowvlf
Fantastic. And tell me about the shirts.
46:39
Baron
The shirts.
46:40
DJ Beowvlf
The fact that they're not soft.
46:41
Baron
Yeah. What? No, the new ones are super soft. The old one, which are phased out, are not soft, but the new ones are mega soft. Like, I'm seriously dead serious. You know, American Apparel soft, that is.
46:53
DJ Beowvlf
It'll be lo fi.
46:54
Baron
Yeah, it will be lo fi. Extremely lo fi.
46:57
DJ Beowvlf
Mega.
46:58
Baron
They're mega soft. And we have one that's called. What is it?
47:01
Lucy Horgan
It's the Yukon Gold T shirt.
47:03
DJ Beowvlf
Which potato brands?
47:05
Baron
Yeah. Certified Yukon Gold.
47:07
Lucy Horgan
Certified Yukon Gold. It's kind of. It has a square on it got like.
47:10
Ari Bowe
You know how they give out when you get like a gold record?
47:14
DJ Beowvlf
Yeah.
47:14
Ari Bowe
They give you, like a plaque with the record on it, and it's gold, and then it says, like, gold record. But so we have Spud Cannon and then a gold record, and then it says certified Yukon Gold.
47:24
DJ Beowvlf
I really do like the. Like the play on potatoes. One of our after hours music director came in before the interview started, and she was like, make sure to make a lot of potato jokes. And I have a list of them.
47:37
Baron
Oh, yeah, this sheet.
47:39
DJ Beowvlf
I only use, like, two of them. I say a list as if I only have more than two written down. Any other shirts?
47:46
Lucy Horgan
The other one is, like a limited edition tour T shirt, which is. It's like a red ringer tee. So the shirt itself is white.
47:53
DJ Beowvlf
Rings look good on everyone.
47:55
Lucy Horgan
Yeah. And then it says Spud Cannon on the front and all of our tour dates on the back and places.
48:00
Baron
And then in a very snazzy font, might I add.
48:03
DJ Beowvlf
Snazzy.
48:03
Baron
It looks great.
48:04
DJ Beowvlf
Like wingdings or Comic Sans Ms.
48:08
Baron
I mean, I know. Here's what I remember. I had to download the font. So, I mean, listen, we're not just going under, you know, we're not playing around here.
48:22
DJ Beowvlf
Very, very Cool. But speaking of playing around, you are playing around here. You've got a show at the.
48:29
Baron
Yes, we are.
48:29
DJ Beowvlf
That was a good segment. Thank you. Thank you. Where someone can buy your shirts and cassettes. So tell us about the show tonight. We.
48:40
Baron
We are playing. Can I say that you guys are presenting it?
48:42
DJ Beowvlf
Yes.
48:43
Baron
WKNC, one of the top 10 college radio stations in the United States, which is the best, is. Is presenting our show at the Pinhook in Durham tonight. Also, Cosmic Punk, who our locals are playing. And Green Isles. Both awesome.
49:06
DJ Beowvlf
Both awesome. Both locals.
49:09
Baron
Emo bad boys. Green Isles will be featured in this festival of music. Festival.
49:19
DJ Beowvlf
I saw this. This tweet the other day that was like, if it's over four bands on the lineup.
49:23
Baron
It's a festival, you know. Yes, unfortunately, yes.
49:27
DJ Beowvlf
Especially if it starts at like 9pm you're not getting out of there till like 12.
49:29
Baron
Yeah, no, you're not getting out. But literally Monday, brighten your day. Doors at 8. Show starts at 9. All I'm saying is that the music director here just told me that he doesn't go to shows and he's coming. So what does that mean? I mean, that means that you should come.
49:44
Daytime MD
It means I'm really excited. It means I'm so excited that I broke the mic trying to tell you this right now.
49:49
DJ Beowvlf
So usually we have a mic stand here in the studio and it's now free floating and I'm holding it and talking into this mic.
49:56
Baron
Listen, if he was that excited, I think you should come. Listen.
50:02
DJ Beowvlf
A technical documentation. I did not break it. You did.
50:08
Daytime MD
I just really love Spud Cannon and I don't know, the power of my own strength. They gave me power through their music.
50:15
Lucy Horgan
Potato power.
50:16
DJ Beowvlf
No power.
50:17
Baron
Come party with us. Seriously. We are. We. We are still the party band. We always were. And we're gonna come if you want to dance. Yes. At the Pinhook. Durham. Pinhook, North Carolina.
50:29
Lucy Horgan
Just to be clear.
50:30
Baron
Yeah. North Carolina. Not to be. Yeah. Not to be confused with any other Durhams. And once again, other Durhams.
50:40
Lucy Horgan
United Kingdom.
50:41
DJ Beowvlf
Interesting.
50:43
Lucy Horgan
Oh, wait, yeah, that's true. Actually, I made that up.
50:45
DJ Beowvlf
Every United Kingdom city and ham. Like Birmingham, London.
50:50
Lucy Horgan
Ham London.
50:52
DJ Beowvlf
There was Hampshire and then New Hampshire when they colonized.
50:58
Ari Bowe
Nice.
50:58
Baron
We were gonna play Durham, United Kingdom, tonight, but we really… We couldn't make it. We had a flat tire. So we settled. We settled here. We actually. We're living in our. We're not living. It's too small. But we're. Our tour minivan. It's not a van. It's not a full van. They wouldn't give us a van because we're too young. Who is they hurts. You know what I'm going to say out loud? Can I mention I have things to say, but I won't say them. But let's just say. Here's what I will say. Bernadette at LaGuardia Hertz location is a wonderful woman.
51:37
Daytime MD
Okay?
51:38
Baron
That's all I'm going to say. She's a saint. And she gave us our Dodge Grand Caravan, which, let me just say, you see all the time on the road. And we have a new thing where we say them. We raise our hands.
51:51
DJ Beowvlf
Colorado Caravan on the road today.
51:53
Baron
Oh, yeah. And we go Grand Caravan. Every time we see one. No one does it back to us, but we're still working.
52:00
DJ Beowvlf
Never done that. Never done it. I drive a Honda Civic, and I. Whenever I see another Honda Civic on the road, I'm like, hey, brother.
52:10
Daytime MD
I'm just remembering when I saw Frankie Cosmos, how her tour van had, like, one of those 90s cup stripes across, like, the side of it. Guys consider doing that to your rental van to sell a lot more tapes.
52:21
Baron
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. We could be, like a tape band.
52:24
DJ Beowvlf
So I vaguely know what a Dodge Caravan looks like. I'm honestly just picturing the van from Diarrhea. Wimpy Kid, Loaded Diaper, but just like, spud cannon written on the side.
52:32
Lucy Horgan
I mean, it came with a car seat, which is great for. You know.
52:39
Baron
The reason we didn't put anything on the outside was regarding not getting robbed, which is the band on tour trope. And by the way, we had the idea to put, like, spud cannon, massive letters on the outside. And then were like, you know,
52:52
Ari Bowe
We like our instruments.
52:54
Baron
We like our instruments. Yeah. Hard to look cool in a mom mobile. I think it looks fantastic. No, it's not. No, it's not.
53:02
DJ Beowvlf
It could be.
53:03
Baron
It could be any mobile. And I am proud when I'm in the driver's seat. I don't think it's the Anymobile.
53:09
DJ Beowvlf
It's not like America born and bred, where anything is possible. America.
53:13
Baron
Let's just be clear. This isn't like an odyssey. That's like a soccer van. This. This is. He can back it up. This is a Dodge. This is a Dodge Caravan.
53:24
Daytime MD
We're talking.
53:24
Baron
It was them.
53:25
Daytime MD
When they showed up, I thought it was just, like, someone unloading, like, school supplies.
53:29
Baron
Wow.
53:29
DJ Beowvlf
Welcome to move in day, guys. Aren't you excited to start at NC State? Go pack.
53:33
Baron
It's a wonderful campus by the way.
53:35
DJ Beowvlf
For the record campus. It's freaking massive.
53:40
Lucy Horgan
Yeah.
53:42
DJ Beowvlf
I was going to ask earlier, like, did you like NC State? But I feel like that's such a cheesy thing. Like, how do you guys like my school where you're at right now? You have to say good things or I won't air this.
53:51
Baron
What's your mascot? What's your. What's the mascot?
53:54
DJ Beowvlf
The mascot is the wolf. If you guys. The wolf. Well, I mean, we're all wolf.
53:59
Baron
Like one man wolf.
54:00
DJ Beowvlf
Pack your thumb and middle two fingers together and raise your pinky.
54:03
Baron
I know this. Wolves up.
54:05
DJ Beowvlf
Oh, wolves up.
54:05
Lucy Horgan
Go, Noice.
54:08
DJ Beowvlf
All right, guys, it is 5:55. We are gonna play your last two songs. Thank you so much for coming into the studio to interview with us today. Spud Cannon is an incredibly fun band and incredibly cool people. You want to say anything before we switch over to the sounds?
54:23
Lucy Horgan
Thanks for having us.
54:23
Baron
Thank you so much for having us.
54:25
Lucy Horgan
This is really fun.
54:26
Baron
And come.
54:27
DJ Beowvlf
Glad you had fun.
54:27
Baron
Come see us at the Pinhook in Durham.
54:29
Ari Bowe
Potato party at the Pinhook.
54:30
Baron
Potato party at the Pinhook. You're invited. You're invited. Yeah. Or come.
54:40
DJ Beowvlf
I'm just going to let that slide. All right, guys, we're gonna switch over. The next two songs will be in order. It's gonna go Solar Pyromaniac and then Bleached. Both are by Spud Cannon. Once again, thank you so much for coming in. We'll see you tonight.
55:08
Music
[Spud Cannon - Solar Pyromaniac]