Your name:
Kevin!
Where are you
from?
Milford, Connecticut, USA.
Name of band:
Moving Brooklyn.
Who else is in
your band?
Ant, Paul, Kevin, Kris.
How
would you describe yourselves?
As a band, we're
very detail oriented. Kris and Paul know all this music theory, which comes in
handy. They have this guitar-lingo back and forth going on, where they
understand one another really well, then work off that. Ant is inventive and
creative when we're writing. He matches my vocals in his parts, and is a big
factor in the writing process. We all collaborate easily and have been friends
forever. As people, we mainly like sports, ranch dressing, and doing weird
voices. We're going to have a sketch "comedy" show one day. All the
jokes would only be funny to us. Like, fewer people will watch it than
"That 80's Show". We're all serious about what we do and very
passionate about it as well.
Who are your
main influences musically?
We're all
inspired by different artists, some of which are shared, others that are
specific to each of us. Among the list: Anberlin, Nirvana, Manchester
Orchestra, Blink-182, Story of the Year, Conditions, Coheed and Cambria,
Good Old War, Bayside, Foo Fighters, Motion City Soundtrack, and Relient
K. Ant likes Frank Sinatra. We're big fans of an old band called
Northstar, so that comes through in a lot of our writing. Some of our songs
also ended up in the vein of Taking Back Sunday and Spitalfield. When we
started this band, we wanted to make music that wasn't limited to a specific
genre. We just set our sights on becoming a rock band. Sometimes we come up
with heavier things, other times it's more on the poppy side. Depends on the day.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
Music is really
awesome in that you can connect to so many different people. I would love to
get to the point where as many people as possible are shouting the words back
at us. We're looking to play out more often, then record a studio album in
the future. All of us write because it's what we love to do, and I guess you
could say we want people to share that energy and emotion we put into our
songs.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
The highlight of
our career had to be winning a battle of the bands, and playing our date of
Warped Tour in 2012. There's something very poetic about all these different
people gathering in one place to listen to music. Because Warped is one of the
biggest festivals around, it offers you a unique chance to make new friends,
meet diverse listeners, and play in front of a different crowd. We'd love to
put more highlights under our belt, but we haven't been around the block all
that long. Hearing our songs played on a radio show was neat. Note to self:
earn more highlights.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
There was this
one summer party where mysterious bottles were opened on pool decks...
If you were
asked to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be
and why?
Honorable
mention goes to "If I Ever", which has the most history behind it in
my opinion. We locked ourselves in a studio until around 4am recording
the instrumentals, and I also have the clearest memories of writing lyrics to
it. But, I think the winner goes to a new song we haven't recorded yet,
tentatively called "And There It Is". I'm excited to release it
because it's a powerful song and speaks for what we're trying to do.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
You can find us
at: Facebook.com/MovingBrooklyn, @MovingBrooklyn, Instagram: MovingBrooklyn,
Youtube.com/MovBrooklyn, Soundcloud.com/MovingBrooklyn,
Reverbnation.com/MovingBrooklyn, Mtv.com/artists/moving-brooklyn/
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band that I forgot to ask?
We have two new
songs up at Facebook.com/MovingBrooklyn, including a single we're pushing
called "Divorce Rock Record". You can check out the lyric video
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqEjn8M2pyQ
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