On Friday, July 12, Devour the Day will launch their newest assortment of latest songs, Fragments of Us. Forward of that, founding members Joey “Chicago” Walser and Blake Allison joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to have fun all that’s taking place within the lifetime of the band.
“Once you’re younger, you dream of all of the various things like being onstage and having music on the radio and people issues,” Walser informed Chuck on Tuesday evening (July 9).
“However I feel for us, there was at all times this way of life that we might be capable to rise up and make music day by day after which watch cool motion pictures and eat good meals and go to mattress. And someplace alongside the strains, it changed into that.”
Walser admitted that what he’s doing right this moment with Devour the Day — together with collaborating and dealing with different artists — is a dream come true.
Allison agreed together with his bandmate as he mirrored on the beginning of Devour the Day again in 2012.
“On the time, we had been writing new songs for the following Egypt Central report and the band broke up and we simply shifted gears and knew that we weren’t going to cease creating,” he defined.
“We’ll maintain going.”
Walser added that it will have been detrimental to them in the event that they determined to cease writing and creating music for one easy however extremely important motive.
“As soon as you identify 10 years of therapeutically coping with your life by means of writing songs,” he mentioned, “it will have been actually unusual to simply cease doing that.
Why Devour the Day Are Grateful For Their Fanbase
As Allison and Walser put together for Fragments of Us, they took a second to inform the Loudwire Nights household why they’re grateful to nonetheless be right here releasing new music as Devour the Day.
“Our fanbase and the folks that hearken to our music and connect with our music, they deserve all of the credit score,” Walser mentioned.
“If it wasn’t for them listening to our music…we would not be capable to proceed.”
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Allison agreed, however he additionally shared another excuse that is made it simple for Walser and him to maintain working collectively years after Egypt Central initially broke up.
“He and I are greatest pals and I feel that has been a giant a part of all this,” he mentioned.
“Joey and I’ve been working collectively on music and something associated round music day by day and that simply comes with a dynamic the place if we weren’t greatest pals, it will be that a lot more durable.”
What Else Did Devour the Day’s Joey Walser and Blake Allison Focus on on Loudwire Nights?
- Why the band determined to launch an EP quite than a full-length album
- Why “Empty” is an efficient indication of what followers ought to count on from the remainder of Fragments of Us
- The that means behind the brand new track “Outsider” and why they hope it connects with their followers
Take heed to the Full Interview within the Podcast Participant Under
Joey “Chicago” Walser and Blake Allison joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday, July 9; the present replays on-line right here, and you’ll tune in dwell each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you may also see if the present is obtainable in your native radio station and hearken to interviews on-demand.
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