In orderįor us to make a living we have to stay on the road. Took six months or something to get it out. We did the Boris split, we did the Part Chimp split last year. It's been four years since your last album. Touring the States so many times in the last couple of years - it'sĪ: During the day is cool too, you get to walk around and see some shit you'd never normally see. It's been two years since the last time we were out here, so Iįeel that with these shows, the reaction from the crowd has beenĪwesome. Out, so as long as people are excited, we're more than psyched to be People seem really excited that we make the trip to come S: We had a pile, about the size of this room. Motherfuckers in there and tell them to go crazy?Ī: By the time we were done they were like "Uh, OK. S: We were broke, and most of the clothes I was wearing were so old, that I just got me this huge bag, like this Jeans, socks, shirts, bags, luggage, hats, headphones, underwear, belts, sunglasses, towels. We were on tour at the time, and there was just so much stuff.Ī: We grabbed fuck-ton of stuff. Mesa - they just went "OK, take what you want, go crazy". Some business-y stuff", but then - they have a factory store in Costa S: They cut me off! They cut me off because I took too much stuff.Ī: When we first signed on with them it was like "OK, cool, we better do Did you get anything cool? Did you go for a I know the Melvins got a load of socks and suits from Volcom when We'reįriends with them and we trust them.
We've been on, we really know the people we're working with. And it's the same with all the other labels In a positive way! It's not like it makes us lazy. You're being interviewed for a skateboard magazine right now.Ī: But they have money coming in from different things other than just records, so there's a little less pressure. They're able to market us in different ways,īecause of the different aspects of their company. There's been nothing but positive support from those guys.Įspecially now, when it's hard to get the support that a lot of bands
Snowboarders and surfers since like, the eighties?Ī: Yeah, so they've been fuckin' amazing. And it's a label that's part of a 'lifestyle'Ĭompany, you know? They've been selling clothing to skateboarders, Volcom - to be blunt - the reach is a little more broad and the pocketsĪre a little more deep. To how Rock Action was as an experience, apart from total respect. Obviously I have no experience - as the new dude in the band - as Skateboarding and whatnot? Obviously they've been putting out some killer stuff recently.Ī: I think it's fuckin' awesome, the Volcom
Volcom, which has kind of come to be through their dealings in Is there a discernible difference between working with aĬonventional label, run by musicians, and working with a label like They're awesome dudes, and the label is very cool too. There's almost no need to, I guess, in some ways. The labels we work with have European distribution pretty heavily, so Just doing the European licensed version. Both records they didįor us we already had recorded for another label already, they were As far as theĮxperience goes, working with the label goes, we just let them run withĭid you record it with them, at their studio?ĭid it in the States and a different record label, Robotic Empire,Īctually released it in the States first. Us if they could do the record we were excited about it. I've been a Mogwai fan for a long while now, so when they asked I don't even remember how it cameĪbout, but we somehow got an offer from them to do the European version R: In 2005 - or 2006 - we toured with Mogwai in the States, and on that How did thatĬompare to a US label? How did you get hooked up with them? Jon is out eating.īeen signed to Mogwai's Rock Action label in Europe.