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Question: How has the tour been going?

Chris: Good, fantastic! He got in on August 25th, I think... Whenever that was.

Question: Did all shows go well?

Chris: We played Reading and Leeds, which were two awesome shows. Biggest shows we've ever played actually!

Question: You're from Naples, Florida. Have you been to Naples, Italy?

Chris: No, we haven't been in Naples at all. We went to northern Italy last time we were in Europe.

Question: Did you get in any bad situations during this tour?

Chris: Me and Sean almost fought a guy last night, but he was American. He was a real jerk. It was outside of the club and he made fun of Sean. We kicked him out and he left the show and didn't come back. We really showed him.

Casey: We took care of him.

Question: Your latest album was released in February. Do you think a lot of things changed in comparison to your older work?

Chris: We recorded it good. We recorded it with somebody who can really record, in a proper real studio for the first time. That was cool to do that.

Casey: I think we all personally matured, too, in our playing. I definitely can play a lot better than on our old record. I like it a lot better.

Question: Do you think that being on tour has changed your way of writing songs and composing your music?

Chris: I think, playing together changes that. So, in turn, yes, pretty much. I've always had a pretty hard time writing songs on tour, I'm trying to shake that bad habit, but so far no luck.

Question: How about the lots of extra instruments you use on your new record, was that an idea you had before starting to record?

Chris: We have always wanted that much orchestration. We had the opportunity to do it when we were in Omaha with a full brass band and strings. It's great that we got to do that.

Casey: I don't think it was something like "Oh man, let's do something crazy". It's a completely normal thing, just people don't use it. We played with a lot of punk bands, and that's all so foreign to them, it's weird where 90% of all music uses everything to their availability and punk music is just 3 chords and a guy going... [drums on his thighs like crazy]

Question: So, what about the audience in your city and region, how did they feel about the change brought by the extra instruments?

Chris: I think everybody seems to be pretty stoked on it, they seem to like it.

Casey: No one has told we suck.

Question: Or have sold out?

Both: I'd sell out!

Casey: Coca Cola, Budweiser, they're awesome! Chesterfield Cigarettes! I love it all!

Chris: We'd do a thousand commercials!

Casey: I'm selling out. I'm buying in. I'd give them money!

Question: Isn't it a tough scene in your city?

Chris: In Naples, there isn't too much of a scene. There's a lot of kids, but they don't really care about a music scene. I'm pretty sure they like the music. It's not the kind of town where kids are stoked to see bands. There's no real venue in Naples, bands don't tour down to Naples unless we book them.

Question: So it's totally different from Gainesville?

Casey: Really. Whenever anyone turns 18 in Naples, they leave and go to college somewhere else. The people who stay are like our group of friends, in their twenties now, and there's like 17-year-old kids that are gonna leave next year and a lot of old people. It's a lot of 14 - 18-year-olds and 90 - 110-year-olds.

Question: How about the singing? Their was a lot more screaming for example on your "Watching the Bull Get The Matador" CD. Do you scream less because you can sing better now?

Chris: That was more like a trial run! I do definitely sing better now. We made that little record before we even played a show. We recorded it all by ourselves and it was supposed to be something to help when we go on tour. We just put it out ourselves and had like 1000 copies of them and sold them at our first tour.

Casey: We still have 600 of them, we burn about 50 of them every few months, with fire, not with a computer!

Question: Let's talk about the Spanish elements in your music. Did you hear The Bronx Mariachi record?

Chris: We have heard that CD recently, it's pretty good! We have played with the regular Bronx, but not with the Mariachi band. We didn't talk to them at all.

Casey: They were busy eating and doing different things.

Chris That was a hectic show.

Question: If you had to put your style of music into few words, what would that be? Something like Cowboy Punk?

Casey: "Rock'n'Roll"!

Chris: Let's not use the word "punk". Electric Rock. Electric Rock'n'Roll.

Question: What's going on with the other bands you play tours with, do you have any close friends?

Chris: This time it's just us. Last time we had a Europe tour with Smoke or Fire, that was cool. We're gonna meet up with our friends Cobra Skulls in a couple days, we're not playing any shows, just hanging out. Apart from that... Look Mexico from Talahassee, they're our best friends in the world.

Casey: And a good band also!

Question: What are your plans for the future? Any releases being worked on?

Chris Farren: We're just in the beginning stage of writing our next record. Hopefully we're gonna record it in January and put it out sometime right before summer 2010.

Casey: 2010! The year of the future!

Chris: We have a lot more tours to go, we're gonna do a tour in the UK supporting Frank Turner, he's massive over there. And then we're gonna tour the States with Thursday and come back here in February/March.

Question: So when you're touring with bands like Thursday, they have a certain target audience; how do you fit into that kind of audience?

Chris: I have no idea. I hope they'll like it. We've been trying to find a fit for a very long time.

Casey: It's been about 5 years!

Chris: The closest we came was the Murder by Death tour. We actually did really well on that tour, that was cool. That's another really good band.

Question: So you're not writing your music for a certain kind of audience?

Chris: No, I wish.

Casey: I wish we had someone we could target to!

Chris: I don't know who our target audience is. We'd really like to tour with The Hold Steady, they're one of our favourite bands, or the Thermals. Or Black Lips.

Question: What about social networking sites?

Casey: Friendster. That's where I'm on. I'm on Friendster if you wanna look me up. Add me on Friendster!

Derek: Casey actually earlier this year pulled out of all social networking sites.

Casey: Yeah, I'm off the internet! Find me on the internet? You can't! You'll find pictures of me, that's it.

Question: Were there crazy girls stalking you on the internet?

Casey: All those total babes, I thought "Man, I can't have all those babes talking to me all the time. All my girlfriends are gonna be mad. All my girlfriends!"

Question: How much time of the year are you on tour? Is it hard to keep up with your friends at home?

Chris: Something about 8 or 9 months a year.

Casey: It's not like we're gone and come back and they're like "Hey man, I don't wanna hang out with you." It's more like "Hey man, let's go home, wanna drink some beer?" - "Yeah" and then we drink beer.

Question: How different are audience reactions in America and Europe?

Chris: It just depends, really. Anywhere could be good. It's very specific to each show. We played in Cologne, that was awesome, they went pretty crazy. I'd rather play Cologne than Orlando. But I'd rather play Boston than Cologne. But I'd rather play... I don't know where I'd rather play than Boston.

Casey: Cancun!

Chris: Yes, Cancun Mexico at Spring Break.

Question: If you could choose which band to support on tour, which would it be?

Chris: The Rolling Stones!

Casey: Or the Allman Brothers Band. Blink 182. The Hold Steady. Bright Eyes, Thermals.

Question: Which of the singers would you like to have a live duet with?

Casey: Mick Jagger!

Chris: He plays organ and sings backup.

Question: So you wouldn't let him sing lead vocals?

Chris: No!

Casey: [imitates Jagger]

Chris: He could do crazy things wailing on the organ.

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