(distant muffled speech) (gentle guitar music) (drums banging) - We are Indego, and this is our Sound on Tap.

This song's called "Questions."

(calm rock music) ♪ We all have questions of who we will be ♪ ♪ Where will we go for eternity ♪ ♪ Will we float on forever ♪ Will we find ourselves free ♪ Or will we be stuck here begging to leave ♪ ♪ But it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch ♪ But it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch (gentle rock music) ♪ We all wanna make the world a better place ♪ ♪ To live our lives with a smiling face ♪ ♪ Holding our heads above the water ♪ ♪ Hoping that we can see a little farther ♪ ♪ But it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch ♪ But it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch ♪ But it's so hard (gentle rock music) ♪ it's so hard ♪ To live alone this time ♪ it's so hard ♪ To die alone this time ♪ it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch ♪ But it's so hard ♪ To live a life with no scars ♪ On your own, out of touch ♪ But it's so hard Well, Dan and I moved here to go to college.

Moved here to Lubbock, like, what, nine years ago?

- Something like that, yeah.

- And we started playing music together.

Played in this like kinda Southern rock band called "Deep Creek."

And then after that fell apart, we started a couple projects and then Indego started with a different drummer.

We played together the three of us for probably about a year and then we actually played a gig with Harvey's old band, "Oceans," and then Harvey hit us up.

- Oh yeah, that's right.

- He was like "Hey, if you guys need a drummer," and literally that week our drummer was leaving for Houston so that was five, six years ago, so we've been the three of us for five, six years and then Ian came along about a year ago and just kinda pushed us in a little bit different direction with his style of playing and stuff.

So yeah, we've been a band for about six years in total.

Generally, what happens is I will write bits and pieces and then I will bring it to them and then we'll make it a cohesive song, or they'll come up with an idea to add in there.

A lot of the breakdown type stuff that we add at the end of songs, for example for "Sick Together" that has that metal breakdown at the end of a reggae song.

They came up with that.

And so the rhythm section kind of brings a lot of the rhythmic stuff to it.

So I come up with, a lot of times I'll write chord progressions and lyrics and then we'll kind of cohesively put it together.

And that's like, you know, some of the transitions and stuff like that they kind of come up with.

So a little bit of a collaboration, a little bit of me writing on my own.

- Yeah, we all have kind of different, if we were to listen to the songs, like on a full day I think we all listen to something completely different.

And I mean, I listen to a lot of reggae and stuff like that.

He listens to a lot of psychedelic kind of stuff.

- Psychedelic rock, and jam band stuff.

- Dan I feel like, well back then, when we first started you were more into metal and stuff like that.

- I'm a big indie kid now.

- We brought him back down a little bit.

'Cause we were like "dude, I can't play that."

(all laugh) - Yeah, I mean my background is playing in metal so that's kind of where that comes from.

But yeah, we call ourselves under the umbrella of prog rock 'cause it's kinda, we have a lot of different genres that are blended in together, you know, reggae, prog rock, psychedelic rock, a little bit of metal influence.

So progressive rock just kind of covers the whole thing.

- Blanket term.

- But with Ian coming in, it's kind of pushed us more in the direction, I think, of math rock.

- Mathy stuff and taps.

- Taps and everything.

So we've been writing a little bit different stuff since he's come in.

I think a lot of it just kind of happens naturally.

- It's all organic.

- I think the three of us, all of us really, like to play multiple genres of music.

My whole thing was like I wanna be able to play with metal bands and play with rock bands and pick a set of our own material that kind of flows and mixes in well.

We have some heavy songs that we can play at a metal show and we have some of our rock stuff that we can play with rock bands, and it just fits.

And that was kinda not necessarily intentional or a selling point or anything but it's just what we like to do.

We just like to play different styles and we don't wanna get tied down to one sound or one genre, which is probably right, really.

(calm rock music) ♪ In the stillness of a silent moment ♪ ♪ Your face is all I see ♪ And in my mind<s eye ♪ Your beauty captivates me ♪ Now and forever ♪ I'll hold you in that place ♪ Now and forever ♪ Only your face ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you (guitar riff) ♪ A million tears ♪ And you're still right here ♪ Waiting on my call ♪ And I'll never let you fall ♪ I could spend a lifetime ♪ Paying for my crimes ♪ But it could never compare to your stare ♪ ♪ Now and forever ♪ I'll hold you in that place ♪ Now and forever ♪ Only your face ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you (guitar riff) ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you ♪ It was always you (funky guitar music) This song's called Cobalt.

(rock music) I came home from rehab and we had a gig booked within a couple weeks or something.

I think for me, my addiction was so bad that being sober is such a gift.

And everything that we've been able to do since I've gotten sober has just been a huge benefit.

We've gotten way further than any other point in my life playing music since I've gotten sober.

We've put out two albums, we went on a tour last year, we've got to do all kinds of cool stuff like this, and I really think it's... A direct result of my sobriety.

I could never get anything done efficiently before.

And so it's been good.

These guys have been really supportive, they saw the worst of it, and it's been great.

It's been really good, a blessing, really.

- It's great.

We get a bar tab and it's all us.

(all laugh) - That's true.

- It's one less person to share with, so... - Yeah.

I think it hasn't really changed the dynamic of anything.

They're really supportive, like I said.

They like to drink and stuff and it's not an issue for them and they've never made it an issue that I'm sober.

And they've got forever a DD if they need me and it's been good.

- I think that same day that we had our first practice we just kind of tested the waters and brought something out and then yeah, it was cool, at first I don't think we really knew and then we kind of talked to Dan and he kind of was like "Oh yeah, I don't really care."

- I think a creative outlet is super important for me just being a human.

That's how I deal with emotions, that's how I deal with breakups, that's how I deal with everything.

And when I was in rehab, I wrote a bunch of songs, when I came home, wrote more, and it's been probably my strongest outlet of sobriety is just to express.

And it's funny too, 'cause I always thought drugs and alcohol and stuff influenced my creativity, but I realized once I got sober, I was like "Oh my god, I'm way more creative when I have just a blank slate of my consciousness," you know?

And it's been probably the best thing about my sobriety is that I am free to just create.

(rock music) ♪ They cut me down ♪ Believing I was dead ♪ But little do they know ♪ I'm more alive than they've ever been ♪ ♪ Her heart grew cold ♪ She walked away ♪ How could she stay ♪ With such a wicked soul ♪ Well my ghost ♪ Wanders the street ♪ At night I have nothing ♪ Tonight, I am nothing ♪ I hide and hope ♪ Someday you'll know (rock music) ♪ My blood pours slow ♪ Seeps down your sidewalk ♪ Ghosts and ghouls ♪ Late at night I hear them talk ♪ ♪ Your knife in my back ♪ Pulled ever slowly ♪ A question begs to ask ♪ Did you ever even know me?

♪ Well my ghost ♪ Wanders the street ♪ At night I have nothing ♪ Tonight, I am nothing ♪ I hide and hope ♪ Someday you'll know ♪ Well my ghost ♪ Wanders the street ♪ At night I have nothing ♪ Tonight, I am nothing ♪ I hide and hope ♪ Someday you'll know ♪ Wandering ghost ♪ Where will you sleep tonight ♪ Now I know ♪ What your suffering is like (intense guitar riff) ♪ My ghost ♪ Wanders the street ♪ Tonight I have nothing ♪ Tonight I am nothing ♪ I hide and hope ♪ Someday you'll know ♪ Well, my ghost ♪ Wanders the street ♪ Tonight I have nothing ♪ Tonight I am nothing ♪ I hide and hope ♪ Someday you'll know (rock music) Traditionally our approach is to just start recording and then we'll play it for a while and sometimes it'll change a little bit when we play live.

But I think traditionally, our approach has just been to get it done as soon as we have it done.

I think we play songs for probably six months live before we record them, usually maybe.

- You guys are pretty comfortable in the studio, it seems like they kinda like it being in there.

I'm kinda impatient.

I get tired of being in there sometimes.

- Well I built my own studio with this band as we were going.

Well I guess for five years now, I've been in the business with recording and stuff like that.

But our first album was just a whole learning experience for me.

- We've come a long way.

- With all that.

So I feel like every time we... With our band, it's just like a studio band.

In my perspective, that's what it feels like.

- It's also at his house.

- Yeah, my studio's at my house so when we practice or do any kind of music stuff it's always just in my studio.

So it's pretty neat.

- Looking forward, we have three singles that we're gonna be putting out before the end of the year.

Well, at least two singles we're gonna be putting out before the end of the year, possibly three, in preparation for our next full length album.

So I'm hoping that probably by 2022 we'll have our third album out.

And then we're gonna have some cool music videos and so that's just some stuff to look forward to.

This is actually the title track off our second record, it's called "Sick Together."

(calm rock music) ♪ Used to be alone together ♪ They felt so free ♪ And now it's sickening ♪ Tied to a ball and chain ♪ Nothing can separate them ♪ No amount of guilt and shame ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ (guitar riff) ♪ Used to be so in love ♪ Nothing could separate them ♪ Nothing compares to the touch ♪ ♪ And now he can<t stand her sight ♪ ♪ it's almost every night ♪ They're gonna start a fight ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ ♪ Can someone please take this away?

♪ ♪ Give me one more day ♪ Can someone please show me the way?

♪ ♪ Can someone please take me out?

♪ ♪ Or show me how ♪ A better way to live ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You're all that<s left that feels like home ♪ ♪ Now I'm not alone ♪ You drown my thoughts and keep out the cold ♪ (intense guitar) ♪ Sick together ♪ Stay forever ♪ Sick together ♪ We're sick together ♪ Sick together ♪ Stay forever ♪ Sick together ♪ We're sick together ♪ Sick together ♪ Stay forever ♪ Sick together ♪ We're sick together ♪ Sick together (rock music) (calm music)