Welcome to the Friends At The Falls Podcast, hosted by the band as we continue on our musical journey. Together, we've been friends our whole lives and our hope with this show is to bring everyone into the action and to give a little more insight into who we are and what we’re about. Any news, funny…
For all that don’t know, we moved to LA as a band earlier this year! On this pod, we discuss our experience moving in together, bring the truth to some common LA stereotypes, and explain some of the notable differences coast to coast. Also, we speak about the new music we have on the way and how our songwriting process has changed since moving in. Enjoy!Pre-Save our first single here: https://tinyurl.com/youdonthavetobealone
We sat down with Bob Dumas at Mahopac News on our recent northeast tour for a Q+A with our hometown newspaper. Bob is an interview veteran and offered several parallels with what he has witnessed within the music industry over his own career. We talk about how we define ourselves musically, along with individual personal influences, growing in the present-day music industry, touring, and an update on what we’ve been up to. Enjoy!*First couple of minutes is our classic band origin story, if you’ve heard it all before feel free to skip to about 10 minutes in.PS: We were all a bit jet lagged for this one. Don actually overslept so we were only 4/5 strong.Tweet (@Official_FATF) or DM (@friendsatthefalls) us and let us know whatcha thought!
We sat down with photographer, documentarian, journalist, and dear friend Sophie Vasquez in December for an ongoing project of hers. We talk about the moment we became musicians, the prelude to FATF, our move out west, and hints at what’s to come. Soph was our very first fan and has been with us for the full ride which allowed us to go even more in depth than usual.Check out Soph’s work:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bullsinthebrnx/?hl=enWebsite: https://sofievasquez.squarespace.com/
Things get heated between Don and Matt over Don’s choice of using shredded Asiago cheese on his cherished antipasto platter.Lesson learned: NEVER insult a man’s antipasto.
We got the opportunity to answer some questions for Sound Rebel Magazine’s founder and editor-in-chief Taylor Glassman. We delve into the best advice we’ve received being in the music industry, what we like to do in our down time, the ultimate direction for FATF, and more!Check out the site Sound Rebel Magazine!
We were honored to have sat down with Alternative Indien to answer some questions around the release of Stay All Night. Alternative Indien is an alternative/indie music site founded by Dylan Sheridan including interviews, photos, concert videos, and playlists. Dylan has interviewed artists such as AJR, Jukebox the Ghost, A R I Z O N A, Hippo Campus, Vinyl Theatre, The Mowgili’s, The Wrecks, and many more. The interview was a lot of fun and super informative. Dylan provides great insight into the alternative/indie music genre. Hope you enjoy!You can check out the full video interview here, along with any of the other interviews and work Dylan has done! Also, be sure to check out the Alternative Indien website and listen to Stay All Night!Stay All Night Official Music Video
We sat down with our good friend and music video director, Alex Refaeian, to discuss the filming of the Streetlight Kids and Wild In Our Ways music videos. We go through each day of our grueling film schedule and look back on the good and slightly more stressful times of the week. A lot of fun behind-the-scenes discussion and many memorable stories shared from the whole experience. Hope you enjoy!
We recently released the first video of our stripped-down acoustic series for the songs of Wild In Our Ways EP and wanted give some more background on the filming locations and the good times we had shooting them. We go through each of the songs/videos chronologically and discuss the meaning behind each location. Hope you enjoy :)
We recently hopped on Instagram Live for the first time to answer a couple of questions submitted leading up to the release of Wild In Our Ways EP. Topics include: album influences, our writing process, and current favorite songs, among others. We had a lotta fun with the whole experience- definitely watch out for more in the future!
Wild In Our Ways EP is out this week! In celebration, we wanted to give everyone a heads up on all of the content, shows, and extras we have coming to promote the release as well as give a little insight on the making of the record and how the songs came to be... And don’t forget to watch out for those spooks!
We got together and came up with a list of 20 polarizing topics and debated each amongst ourselves. Topics ranged from the existence of aliens to food preferences and everything in between. At the end of the day, things got heated, feelings were hurt, and democracy prevailed.
We took a bunch of our favorite bands/rappers/singers, new and old, from across genres and put them together in a bracket and battled them out to see which artist would take the number 1 spot. This episode was a lot of fun for us to do and we hope you enjoy listening!
Got the opportunity to answer some AMAZING interview questions for our friend Alek at Suede Publications for our Wild In Our Ways EP (you can check out the full interview here). The questions hit some great subjects, a lot of which we’ve never discussed, and we had a lot of fun answering them. Huge thanks to Alek and we hope you enjoy!
We gathered up a couple of our favorite stories from past shows/tours and reminisced on the most funny and humbling experiences we've had thus far.
We go in depth on the creation and nostalgia of the "Stay All Night" Official Music Video. Talk about favorite shots, what didn't make the cut, and why this video is important to us.
This first episode gives a little intro on the group, origins of their friendships, prehistoric recordings, and the band's short history. As well as some hints at what's to come. To many more!