What can you tell us about your latest album 'This Will Be the Death of Us ' ? It rips. We're more proud of it than anything else we've accomplished in our career. We feel we really stepped it up.
You worked with producer Mike Green (The Matches, Paramore) on this album, how was that ? Mike rules. He is such a smart dude and very calm and has a way with pop hooks that is on par with the best of 'em. He's also a good therapist when your band feels like it's falling apart in the studio before your eyes and I don't think we could've gotten the record done without him.
You guys have a bunch of vocal guests on your latest album, Hayley Williams and Vinnie Caruana are just two of them, how did this idea come about and how do you go about choosing a guest you want on a certain track ? We have 4. Well, 5 if you count the B-Side we did for the Japanese Import version...we got a little carried away hahaha! We knew we wanted Jon Gula (ex-Turmoil vocalist) to scream on "Gaia Bleeds" so we hit him up and he was all for it. We knew we wanted a different voice for the title track and we felt Vinnie would be perfect for the part so we called him up and he was stoked to be a part of it as well. As for Chad and Hayley, Mike's studio is about a block away from Chad's house in LA so they'd both come and hang out in the studio while we were recording and so that just sort of came about naturally. The next tour we did with NFG, we had Jordan lay down some vox for "The Lost Boys" in the back lounge of their bus with Cyrus' equipment. We think it turned out pretty well!
You guys were the backing band for Vinnie Caruana, when he did his Movielife set in Kingston, how did this idea come about ? and also what was this experience like ? Vinnie is an old friend and he was out in California working on a project w/some of the RX Bandits guys and he called us up and told us he was looking into doing some sets where he'd play Movielife songs and explained the situation and how it wasn't a proper "reunion" since it was just him but thought it'd be a cool opportunity and wanted us to be a part of it, so naturally we said yes! Those shows were so much fun.
How excited are you for your UK tour in December, and what can attending fans expect? Touring with the YMAS guys is always a blast. We love those dudes and we can't wait to hang out with them. Fans can expect a different kind of music and stage show than they'll see from any of the other bands on the package. We all come from a hardcore background and as a result we rely on crowd involvement and we feed off of our interactions with the audience...so come out, say hi and sing-along!