knew that he was the guy we
needed. We asked Matt to join
the band and that solidified it;
all of the pieces came together
like a puzzle. So since December
of 2013 we’ve been like a family. We are like that even when
we go on the road; no fights, no
egos; we all look out for one another.”
Wyland’s music is a group effort, a definite democracy according to Sloan but he also
admits that it is he who is the
group’s main songwriter. “Our
music is a group effort,” he offered. “I’m the principal songwriter but this is totally a group
effort; a democracy for sure.
When I was a kid, I remember
riding in my dad’s pick-up truck
and listening to U2; he was a
huge fan of the band and I felt
an instant connection to them
and their music. Not that I really understood them lyrically
as I was young but their music
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touched me. When I started
writing music it was in an alternative style and the rest of the
band embrace that. I’ll get an
idea and play or hum it into my
iPhone voice memos and I’ll use
that to bring it to the group and
we build on it together; I get
the ball rolling so to speak but I
can’t do it without them.”
Their self-titled debut EP, followed by their latest six song effort called “You’re In The World
Get off Your Feet,” are both
doing very well with the latter
spawning the singles “Wait,”
“Shine” and “Lifeboats.” The
unit combines Sloan’s modern
vocals with a Pana’s great backbeat punctuated by Delonas’s
bass, Salazar’s guitar and Techera’s enhancing keyboard work
into a unique sound that ranges
from acoustic pop to cutting
edge offerings that would make
Linkin Park blush.
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