Your name:
Jake Cook (Vocals/Guitar).
Where are you
from?
Denver, Colorado.
Name of band:
The Backseaters.
Who else is in
your band?
David Jerusik (Drums).
How would you
describe yourselves and your music?
We are an indie/alt-rock duo devoted to playing honest,
whole-hearted music!
Who are your main
influences musically?
Our primary influences as a band are The Front Bottoms,
The Gaslight Anthem, and bands like Tiny Moving Parts and Death Cab for Cutie.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
Jake: Personally, I hope to achieve a steady career. I
want to travel the world writing and performing my music and making just enough
to get by! I don’t need to be playing arenas and what not; all I want to be
able to say is that I play music for a living!
David: For me ultimately, I hope that with this band we
can connect with our followers in a real personal way. Also I just really want
to be be able to progress our collective sound and our skills as
musicians!
What has been the
highlight of your career so far, and why?
Jake: I would have to say that the highlight of my
musical career was playing our album release show this past April! It was my
first time not only releasing a full-length album, but it was also the first
time The Backseaters had ever headlined the Marquis Theater (Denver, CO). We
had so much support and it was just a mind-blowing experience to be able to do
all that!
David: I think the ultimate highlight for us as a band
has been playing a headlining, album release show at one of our favorite local
venues in Denver, The Marquis Theatre.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
Jake: This is a tough one because I always tell people
that “I’m human… I will make mistakes,” but I don’t know that I would change
anything thus far that has happened in my musical career. As cliché as it
sounds, I truly believe that I have learned from each one of my short-comings.
David: Back when we first started playing as a band, we
played a couple shows that were just kind of jumbled and didn't go
smoothly, but as hard and difficult as those shows were, we learned so much
about ourselves and what we as a band could really be capable of.
If you had to pick
just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Jake: I would definitely have to pick our song “Limbo”
off of A Place To Rest Your Feet! It has the fast, driving beat, with the thick
melodies, and also encompasses the way that we can drop our dynamic volumes
down to a soft whole note strum with beautiful chords!
David: For me it would have to be The Lottery. I feel
like the sound really defines our musical sound and our ability as
musicians.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we find
out more about your music?
Anything else
you’d like to say about your music that I forgot to ask?
Check us out, LIKE or follow our pages, and listen to the
music! At the end of the day, that is all we want! We just want people to hear
what we have to say and the music we love to make!
