The Singing Lamb: You guys have a lot going on this week; your new EP just came out, and you’re playing NXNE and Edgefest, what are you most excited for?

Aaron: Tonight, definitely. We just love Arts & Crafts, and tonight is the A&C showcase, so it’s kind of like a dream come true to be playing in it. Actually, it is a dream come true. Edgefest will be an experience as well; I’m not sure what kind of experience it’ll be, but I think it’ll be pretty fun.

How did you feel when you got signed by A&C?

Josh: We were pretty stoked.

Aaron: Fantastic! I’ll actually use the word fantastic. It felt great; it was a pretty big deal for us, that’s for sure.

How did you find out the news?

Josh: When we were recording the album with Kevin [Drew], he was dropping some pretty big hints that we’d get signed.

So Kevin was helping you before you even got signed?

Josh: Yeah, he was our “manager,” it was pretty fun.

Aaron: Yeah, it’s “fun” getting a hold of Kev.

I’d imagine he’d be a pretty busy man…How did you guys get together to form a band?

Aaron: We were all friends; we’ve been friends for basically our whole lives. We decided we wanted to start a band, but none of us knew how to play instruments, so we all went out and bought instruments, and learned to play them, as we learned how to write songs.

Was it hard to learn like that?

Aaron: Well it’s good because everyone’s terrible right? Nobody knows how to do anything, so you can’t hate on other people for not being able to play, since you’re all bad. Everyone wanted to try that much harder too, because you see someone is getting better, and it makes you want to pull your socks up.

So you guys just released Pastel two days ago, how was making the album; was it the first one you released?

Aaron: Oh no, we’ve done a lot of bootleg recordings and stuff like that.

Josh: We also did an EP that we never released, and home recordings and stuff like that.

Was recording this album a lot different from the type of recording you’d done before?

Aaron: Not really; the biggest difference, and best part, was that we all got to jam together when we recorded it. It’s a better feel to do it that way, rather than hearing a guitar in a headphone and trying to play along with the drums.

Even though your music has just come out recently, on a wide scale, you’ve already generated a lot of Broken Social Scene comparisons; how do you feel about that?

Aaron: It’s not entirely a bad thing; we’ve always liked BSS, but we like to think we’re not a BSS rip-off band.

Josh: I think that once people hear our record, they won’t really compare it anymore. It’s been something that’s been going around, since Kevin produced it. BSS is one of our influences though, for sure.

Aaron: Yeah, it seems like a lot of bloggers read one thing, and just change the words and say the same thing themselves.

Since they’re one of your influence, is it cool to get compared to them?

Aaron: Yeah definitely, in a way; it’s certainly not a diss.

Definitely not! So as a band, what’s something you really want to accomplish together?

Aaron: World domina- no,*laughs* I think we just want to travel, and get as many people as possible hear our music. Also, just staying alive, and making sure we can support ourselves through music, as long as we possibly can.

What are your hopes and plans for tonight’s performance?

Aaron: We’re just going to try to play the best we’ve ever played, and hope that no technical difficulties mess up our performance. There will also be a lot of friends and people from the label here, so that’s exciting. There are other bands up tonight as well, so we’re looking forward to seeing them.

And finally, if you were a singing animal, which would you be?

Aaron: Maybe a Cabbit; half cat, half rabbit! But no, actually, I’d probably be a hippo; they’re pretty chill.

Josh: I’d be a giraffe; they’re cool and they have long necks.

Any final comments?

Josh: We’re just really excited to see what’s going to happen with our band, and where it’s going to take us.

Aaron: Also, people keep just saying that Kevin Drew produced our EP, which is not entirely true; Kevin Drew and Martin Kinack produced it. We don’t want people to forget about Marty.

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Interview By Cashlyn Teggart