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Interview - Matt Skiba From Alkaline Trio - 6th July 2008 |
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 We
caught up with Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio for
a chat about the bands brand new album 'Agony
And Irony' and a few other things on the eve of
the album release.
Hello
and thank you for taking time out to do this interview.
N o thank you.
The
last time we interviewed you was in November 2005,
a lot has happened since then; you took a break,
a number of side projects were formed, a couple
of Alkaline Trio Cd’s were released and
now you are back with a brand new album, how would
you say the past 2 and a half years have been
for you?
They've been great. its been awesome having
time off to write and work on other projects
but those things also help in getting the creative
juices flowing for alkaline trio songs.
You
recently released a three track EP on itunes as
a teaser for the new album, but to the disappointment
of the UK fans it was only available to download
in America, how come?
Im not quite sure. if it was up to us we wouldve
released it worldwide. we're on 2 different
labels in the US and the UK so apparently there
was some miscommunication between the two entities.
sorry about that.
Your
new album 'Agony And Irony' is being released
on the 7th July, how did you come up with this
album title and what themes are covered on the
album this time around?
T he title is a play on Ebony and Ivory because
the album has a theme of duality, of light and
dark. it deals with good and evil, light and dark,
hope and despair.
How
did you go about writing and recording 'Agony
And Irony'?
We spent the better half of 2 years writing the
songs but only 6 weeks recording and mixing the
album. i think going into the studio with a ton
of songs and narrowing them down to a baker's
dozen was of great advantage creatively. we took
a more live approach this time to recording the
record.
What
route have you decided to go down sound wise with
'Agony And Irony'?
Big and simple.
The
artwork for 'Agony And Irony' is very basic yet
has a good Alkaline Trio feel about it, who came
up with the design?
It was an idea we came up with based on
a 1966 TIME MAGAZINE cover. our manager
thought we should incorporate the logo and
john yates (our designer) put it all together.
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