Post by Hey Man on Mar 24, 2024 10:38:58 GMT -5
Trixter bandmates PJ Farley (bass) and Steve Brown (guitar) were recently interviewed by Marko Syrjala for Metal-Rules.
Farley and Brown were mentioning during the interview how they have been playing “Trixter” acoustic shows together for the last four years but without drummer Mark Gus Scott and lead vocalist Pete Loran. Trixter‘s studio albums consists of Trixter (1990), Hear! (1992), Undercovers (1994), New Audio Machine (2012) and Human Era (2015).
Syrjala asked the duo whether they had any plans to release new music to which Farley replied:
“Definitely. Yep, it’s in talks.” Brown added: “We’re always writing. PJ is working on some stuff and I’m always writing too. It’s just a question of whether we’re working on something now that we hope will get picked up. It’s a sort of documentary-type thing and it’s a unique story. It’s not a Trixter documentary, but we’re working on something, and we’re currently shooting footage. Hopefully, that will coincide with some sort of new music, whether it’s a full album, an EP, or just one song. Thank God, as professional musicians, PJ and I both play in three or four different projects outside of Trixter. So, we are busy all the time, plus we have families. We both have daughters, so that’s a lot of work [laughter]. A lot of work. Twins.”
On whether the upcoming Trixter material will be similar to their past work or will be completely different, Farley revealed: “You’ve heard our last two records, “New Audio Machine” and “Human Era.” Our upcoming material will be somewhat in the same vein. We don’t consciously try to sound like anything else. We’re confident in our songwriting abilities and have grown as songwriters to the point where we’re not going to revert to our old style. We’re just going to write songs. We believe it’s better to create an authentic and effortless song than to try too hard. Those two records, “New Audio Machine” and “Human Era,” are great because they don’t sound like a band trying too hard. Is our new material different from our first two records? Yes, of course, but we are 25 years older now. If it wasn’t different, what would we have been doing all this time? Not everyone can be AC/DC.”
Brown added: “This is who we are now, but the core of our music is always melodic pop-rock songwriting, and that’s what we love as musicians. We’re not going to reinvent the wheel; we know what we do best. The cool thing is that we’re never afraid to take chances. We’ve done that before. One of my favorite songs, which should have been a single, is the second to last song on the “Hear!” record, “As the Candle Burns.” It still bothers me that we never released that song as a single, but sadly, it was at the height of grunge. It’s totally different from anything we’ve ever done, so we’ve always been trying to challenge ourselves.”
Farley and Brown were mentioning during the interview how they have been playing “Trixter” acoustic shows together for the last four years but without drummer Mark Gus Scott and lead vocalist Pete Loran. Trixter‘s studio albums consists of Trixter (1990), Hear! (1992), Undercovers (1994), New Audio Machine (2012) and Human Era (2015).
Syrjala asked the duo whether they had any plans to release new music to which Farley replied:
“Definitely. Yep, it’s in talks.” Brown added: “We’re always writing. PJ is working on some stuff and I’m always writing too. It’s just a question of whether we’re working on something now that we hope will get picked up. It’s a sort of documentary-type thing and it’s a unique story. It’s not a Trixter documentary, but we’re working on something, and we’re currently shooting footage. Hopefully, that will coincide with some sort of new music, whether it’s a full album, an EP, or just one song. Thank God, as professional musicians, PJ and I both play in three or four different projects outside of Trixter. So, we are busy all the time, plus we have families. We both have daughters, so that’s a lot of work [laughter]. A lot of work. Twins.”
On whether the upcoming Trixter material will be similar to their past work or will be completely different, Farley revealed: “You’ve heard our last two records, “New Audio Machine” and “Human Era.” Our upcoming material will be somewhat in the same vein. We don’t consciously try to sound like anything else. We’re confident in our songwriting abilities and have grown as songwriters to the point where we’re not going to revert to our old style. We’re just going to write songs. We believe it’s better to create an authentic and effortless song than to try too hard. Those two records, “New Audio Machine” and “Human Era,” are great because they don’t sound like a band trying too hard. Is our new material different from our first two records? Yes, of course, but we are 25 years older now. If it wasn’t different, what would we have been doing all this time? Not everyone can be AC/DC.”
Brown added: “This is who we are now, but the core of our music is always melodic pop-rock songwriting, and that’s what we love as musicians. We’re not going to reinvent the wheel; we know what we do best. The cool thing is that we’re never afraid to take chances. We’ve done that before. One of my favorite songs, which should have been a single, is the second to last song on the “Hear!” record, “As the Candle Burns.” It still bothers me that we never released that song as a single, but sadly, it was at the height of grunge. It’s totally different from anything we’ve ever done, so we’ve always been trying to challenge ourselves.”