RA – Let’s talk about Your Friend, Death live experience. How do your songs evolve once they leave the studio and hit the stage? Are there songs where the live version has taken on a life of its own?
JG – We have actually performed a lot of our ‘unfinished’ songs during our live shows as a trial run to see if people dig them. It helps us decide which songs we want to invest in and move forward with releasing. My wife Allie has a good ear as a listener and she can be brutally honest with us, but we found out that she’s usually right. Heart Don’t Beat No Fear passed the test for her and I always catch her singing it around the house. Fun fact is that we actually performed the song live for the first time when we opened for Kansas. But yes, once a song is released, we do like to spice up the live version. We try to think outside the box and bring elements in our songwriting and live performances that you don’t typically see in the local music scene.
RA – Looking ahead, what can fans expect from Your Friend, Death? What creative path lies ahead of you?
JG – Heart Don’t Beat No Fear is one half of an A/B single called “Epilogue” that we will be releasing under Burning Bray Records. This would be the first time we release and distribute music physically. Then we will be on a path of waterfalling more single releases to work towards a cohesive, multi-track record.