Variety Mix; 2829; So Many Dynamos (recorded 2009-07-14)

Time go all this talk of friends you're listening to the midday show and I've got a band reren and ready to go live in studio it's so many dynamos welcome thanks for having us well you just take it away we didn't even talk about what you're gonna do I was too busy talking with you about best deal day you gonna do four songs for us today yeah we're all right we we didn't know we were supposed to prepare them in French so unfortunately here's four songs in English all right is called artifacts of sound the record just it

what could the record be that you could the record keep the hardscapes with the scratch and routine record doesn't lie what I could the record take I showed up for the water and the wine but I didn't sign on for the fire and the hell I screamed out from the belly of the well give me out give me out give me out give me out give me out this morning all the writing and so pretend again now

the You can't keep the interest now Four minutes is the choice to swallow Yeah, what bread and the record beat What's in the record beat Don't listen to what the preteen say Dialed up on the 28th

One bread and the record beat What's in the record beat Don't get keep the interest now Getting down to the artifacts of sound One bread and the record beat What's in the record beat What's in the record beat What's in the record beat Don't listen to what the sentence say Talking to the record beat One bread and the record beat What's in the record beat One bread and the record beat What's in the record beat I'm hanging out on this morning Because there's more in it so I won't even fall Give me out on this morning

All the writing is so predictable There that goes to the top of the matter of hearts And save it again now Save it again now There'll be a record shot There'll be a mountain shot We'll save it again now Save it again now Save it again now Save it again now Save it again now Save it again now Save it again now That's it That's it Keep on it Yeah Sometimes keys stick Yeah Oh, man Alright This next song is called the formula And all these songs are off our new record called the Lab Wars That came out last month Fall white swims, the fall white swims

The fall white swims and my knees keep shaking The heart's collapsed, the heart's collapsed But I still see a shadow cast over the river Your pen from falling deep your breath Joe just from collapsing when it's fine The set with conviction that the formula doesn't work Differently, just notes The water will engulf Up to cells Every book on it Free, jump, get symbolic Because the formula doesn't work The formula doesn't work That the formula doesn't work No, the formula doesn't work And the formula doesn't work Your pen's together

Keep your eye Let's put the title with the pen Your pen's together So far we'll stop with everything It's like this, it's when the love of burnt our wives And kids will be certain the hype of the sets It's faulty if the formula doesn't work And the formula doesn't work Your pen's up and they all look fake We'll be nothing but ashes in their way Now we know it's what's going to be the perfect thing

We'll be a tap toilet now mixing That is epic and the sky is the last song In a million years we'll always be possible That it's epic and they all look fake The illusion is such a hard habit to pray It was everybody was here before It was everybody was here before There we go, questions will melt And the plan will turn And we can't turn We'll be tied with the plotline swims The plotline swims The plotline swims And my knees keep shaking The sides with waves The sides with waves Are clashing into the surface Breaking the place to run The place to run And we're all just consoles And we're making the art to laugh The art to laugh But I shall see a child Cast over the river

There's a place in the atmosphere Where the sound waves go That no one can hear Where the words you speak That no one should know Where'd you think Where'd you think Where'd you think That your prayers go That no one should know Where'd you think Where'd you think Where'd you think Where'd you think That your prayers go

They have the spirit where the sound waves go When they disappear, they're the ones who speak That no one should know Which is me, which is me, which is me They've got two birds going There's a place in the atmosphere Where the sound waves go, that no one can live Where the words is me, that no one should know Which is me, which is me, which is me, which is me That's the place, that's the place In the atmosphere, where the sound waves go When they disappear, where the words you speak That no one should know, what you think

When do you think that's where players go? When do you think when do you think that's where they go? So many dynamos live on KEXP in Seattle. The new album out last month called the Loud Wars. And it's great to have you stop by today. Thanks for having us. Thank you. I know you had a show last night of the Vera Project, so I appreciate you hanging around before you keep on your tour here. Is it fun for you all to play? The all-age of shows do you get a chance to do that very often? We actually prefer playing all-age of shows if we can. I mean, if we can avoid age restrictions, I mean,

I hated when a band I wanted to see you came to town and I couldn't get in. So I'd hate to do that to anyone else. We're actually playing two shows and we play in Bicellia, California. It's in like the Central Valley sort of thing. And we've been playing there for a while and there's like a pizza place that we'd play at. And there's like, was it all ages? And you know, it's always a lot of fun. But this time around we're playing a 21 and up show there only. And a lot of kids are bummed. So we are doing a free in-store at this at a record store and it's 21 and under only. So they're checking IDs at the door to make sure that nobody's 21 or older. That's great. Is it 21 and under or just under 21? Because if you're 21, then you can. Well, it's on, you know what I mean. 20 and out. Under, okay, that makes sense. Well, it's kind of weird because like, you know, it's hard enough to get people to like your band to the first place. And then to be like, oh, but you can't come see us because you're not old enough. It's kind of kind of weird. Well, speaking of people liking your band and you're in Seattle, I know Chris Wallace live

in Portland these days, but we still claim him as a local boy. And I heard that I know that he worked with you on your latest album, but I heard that he actually informed you that that would be the case. Yeah. It was basically just a really long and drawn out email. And at the end, it said, I'm going to record your next record. So it's like, twist our arm. Yeah. Well, you just didn't want to be impolite. So there you are stuck with Honda greatest producer in the area. But Ryan, you're an engineer yourself. Yeah, I do some, I have a little home recording studio. He dabbles. I dabbles. What was the process like working with Chris? I mean, what was it that he could bring? Because I know that you guys sort of self-produced the work that you've done in the past. Yeah, we'd always had an engineer. I'm going to turn the microphone so I can look at you while I'm talking. This is weird. It's so weird doing something with no visual element to anybody listening. But yeah, I'm turning the microphone. But yeah, we'd always had an engineer, but we'd kind of produced ourselves. And it was cool because Chris is a great producer, great engineer.

And so it was a huge weight off our backs and not have to worry about how it sounded. We could just play. And then we didn't necessarily finish all the writing when we went into record. So there are a few moments where when we practice, we kind of do this thing where we stand in a room and just kind of all look at each other and don't know what to say at all. And it was really nice to have another voice come in. And in our headphones, the voice of God, like, hey, why don't you try this? And it was always like, you know, it was always like, either a really good idea or such a bad idea that it led to a really good idea. There was one point where we were stuck in, and Chris Wallow was like, hey, why don't you guys play the riff from Bulls on Parade real quick? Or did you get some machine? And so we did. And that just loosened us up. And then we made a gold record right afterwards. That's not true.

You're kind of a DIY band. I mean, you're used to doing it yourself. You know, you produced your own albums earlier on. And you have done an extraordinary amount of touring. And a lot of that was sort of homegrown. You guys worked that out yourself. Is it different right now for you? Yeah. It's pretty cool. There's more paper we can involve than I thought there would be. But that's OK. It's in doing it yourself or passing it off someone else. And having like, you know, a booking agent at a big- You just have to go through about three people instead of, you know. I don't know. Instead of just calling up your friend. Yeah. Yeah. More people coming to the shows, though. Yeah. It's complete. No. Yeah. It's too soon to tell. Yeah. This is our, we've never done like our own headlining tour before. And that's what we're on right now. Have you been out of the US yet on tour? If you count Canada. And a few unfortunate trips to Tijuana. And one extremely unfortunate trip to war. Any plans for that?

Outside Tijuana in Canada. We would like to. It's just kind of whenever it's, you know. I believe our record is coming out in Japan as well as the UK. Which is that I'm still still like, like, really? Is that going to happen? But yeah, it is. Yeah. It's so hopefully that will give us, give us open-up a door to get, get over there at some point. Maybe our next record can be live at LudaCon. Well, so many nine miles live in studio here at KEXP. A new record out last month called the Loud Wars. And if you've got a couple more songs, then we would love to hear them. We're going to play one called the novelty of haunting. Are we going to hit trial or are we just playing? No. Okay. We're a highly professional unit. All right. Okay. Okay. All right. All right.

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