The Year I Disappear Interview

The Year I Disappear

Punk/Emo band from Orlando, FL

Who are the members in your band and what is their role?

Tony- Vocals/Guitar
Jeff- Vocals/Guitar
Tim- Bass/Style
Mark- Drums/Being the band hot guy

How did you meet?

Well, I met Jeff through a good friend of mine named, Kyle Melton. We kind of started this project just the two of us when we recorded our first ep "Bottom Feeder". I actually met Tim on a Florida musician's Facebook page, and I've never been happier to meet someone that way in my life, and we met Mark through our friend Harry (guitarist of Capstan) and Mark has been a phenomenal drummer and I am stoked to have him be a part of this band!

How did you decide on your band name?

I came up with the name one drunken night in Vermont, when I was packing things and planning to move to Florida. I kind of sat on it as a joke for a while and when Jeff and I were trying to come up with a name I tossed it out and he dug it too!

Who are your biggest influences?

Some of my personal biggest? I'd say I base my writing taste on band's like The Starting Line, Transit, Taking Back Sunday, and The Early November.

Who writes the songs?

Both Jeff and I will write a lot of ideas and we tend to send each other what seems like hundreds of ideas recorded poorly on our phone with an acoustic guitar and we pick what we like best, and collectively hash out ideas to solidify the song structures!

What are you working on right now?

We are finalizing the preproduction phase of our new record. We will hopefully be recording sometime next month!

What are your plans for the future?

We want to get ourselves out there. I think our next big purchase is going to be a van so we can start playing out of Orlando more!

What is your favorite venue to play?

Personally, I really love smaller atmospheres. We've played in quite a few places, and maybe my favorite show we played was the final Capstan House Show.

What is your favorite state to play?

Well, the only state we've played so far is Florida, so I guess we love playing here!

What is something your fans don’t know about you?

Hmmm, that's a tough one to give a fun example. I have definitely noticed that most people completely missed the reference to The Office in our song "Inconsistency".

Are you touring in the near future?/On tour right now?

We have no plans currently in motion, but we've been talking of doing something following the release of our new record!

What is your favorite song to play live?

Personally, I love to play our new song "High Road" live! We actually just released a video from us performing it over at Red Lion Audio!

What is your favorite piece of merchandise that you have released?

Probably the "Butters" shirts.

What show can we catch you binge watching?

The Office, always

Who are your guilty pleasure musicians to listen to?

Sometimes you'll catch me getting down heavy to Hillary Duff. Specifically, that song "Come Clean", so good!

Where can we find your music?

You can definitely find it on our Bandcamp page!

www.theyearidisappear.bandcamp.com

We're also on just about every place you can stream or download! Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play etc.

Where can we buy your merch?

Over at the Bandcamp page!

www.theyearidisappear.bandcamp.com

Answered by Tony.

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LUVLOST Interview

LUVLOST

Alt/Emo/Rock from Orlando, FL

Who are the members in your band and what is their role?

LUVLOST consists of 4 members:

Joshy Sims - Bass / Vocals

Hayden Cler - Guitar / Vocals

Danny Strong - Drums

Ian Taylor - Guitar

How did you meet?

Me and Hayden met back in 2015 through some mutual friends and found very similar interest in music. After Hayden hearing the songs I had been writing, we decided to go all in this together and make LUVLOST what it is today.

How did you decide on your band name?

We had about 10 different band names in mind, one of them being a name we all came up with "Love Lust". After a couple days of conversation, our old drummer Pedro suggested changing "lust" to "lost" and we all knew that was the name that fit us the most. We changing the spelling a bit and there was no going back. 

Who are your biggest influences?

We all come from very diverse background and pull influence from many different places, but for me personally I have always looked up to Brandon Urie of Panic! At The Disco and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. They really helped shape the way I write my lyrics and melodies.

Who writes the songs?

The song writing is honestly a group effort. Either me or Hayden have an idea for a song and then it just goes from there. Everyone in this band plays a big part in the writing process and I wouldn't have it any other way

What are you working on right now?

At the moment we are current in the process of writing and recording our Sophomore EP titled "la forêt". We have been working on this EP for quite some time and I speak for all of us when I say we can not wait to show all of our friends, family, and fans what we have been hard at work on!

What are your plans for the future?

We just want to put out music and tour. At the end of the day this is what we all LUV (yes.. LUV 😉) to do. Music is our life and it's all we want to do.

What is your favorite venue to play?

We have played many shows at The Social. The team working there, including one of our closest friends Marshall, has been so amazing to us and we can't thank them enough for the opportunity they have given us and the support they have given not only the band, but the support they have given us as people.

What is your favorite state to play?

LUVLOST in its own entity has not played outside of Orlando, but I have been on the road with Danny and Hayden with their other project Suck Brick Kid and we love being up north. Weather it is playing in New York, Boston, or my personal favorite northern city Philly, we have had some of the best experiences of our lives up there.

What is something your fans don’t know about you?

We're honestly just a bunch of drunk, crazy dudes who just want to play music. The support we have gotten has been amazing, but no matter what happens, this is what we love and what we will always do!

Are you touring in the near future?/On tour right now?

We do not currently have any tour set, but it is definitely in the works and we plan on being on the road by then end of this year. We are very exited to meet new people and play these songs we love in front of new crowd.

What is your favorite song to play live?

This is a hard question because I thoroughly enjoy playing out entire set, but at the moment my favorite song we have been playing is a new song off our upcoming EP called "Cheap Wine Tastes Better Out Of Expensive Glasses".

What is your favorite piece of merchandise that you have released?

There is the AWESOME shirt we have that I personally wear all the time. We printed the tee after the tragedy at Pulse night club happened. The back of the shirt has a depiction of two sailors kissing and reads "MAKE LUV NOT WAR". We donated a couple hundred dollars off the sales of those tees to the Pulse fund. We love to support our local community and the amazing people we have. Anyway we can give back, we always will.

What show can we catch you binge watching?

I am a big fan of Shameless. I watched all 6 season on Netflix in 2 weeks and I have no regrets!

Who are your guilty pleasure musicians to listen to?

I can't get enough of some crazy angry hardcore music at the moment. Hayden has recent been very into Moose Blood (which is one of personal favorites), but I can't get enough of these up and coming beat down band's such as Knocked Loose and Culture Killer. I will always have a soft spot for a bad ass riff with some angsty lyrics over it.

Where can we find your music?

Our music is sourced out to many places. For the main part, you can find out first EP "l'extrémité profondé" on Spotify, Apple Music, and at luvlostfl.bandcamp.com

Where can we buy your merch?

We sell most of merch at our shows, but we do have a few items online at luvlost.bigcartel.com

Answered by Joshy.

Follow LUVLOST here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LUVLOSTFL/

Twitter: @luvlostFL

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