Well.

I will solve it with one.

I'll break the goddamn ground.

I think I've been doing all right, what would you say is the vibe of a live performance?

What nights, high energy, good times.

And loud noise.

That go, you got me way down.

But they may not like it.

I mean, they.

I is divided by I'm Stefan.

I am the host for Sounds on 29th, and I had the honor of talking with the wet nights beforehand.

And I got to tell you, it's something special.

When you see a group of musicians come together with a spirit of curiosity and with a deep down desire to make their audiences dance.

So have you all brought your dancing shoes?

Have you?

I see one person shaking the head about how about your own?

You brought your dancing shoes.

Fantastic, because they have been putting together an incredible three piece set that's going to get you moving, getting you to feel that love that comes out of curiosity and a deep love for vinyl and music writ large.

So with that, I introduce the wet nights.

and.

To the evening.

I don't have to.

You guys.

My mind is really.

Back to when I said played a key role in the campaign over the it's coming up bowling.

Down against us.

Coming up we're getting down to the shot of.

Gas.

It's just a mile from town bag and my gas go keeps me from getting down.

And then I want to Where do you go when the storm.

Passes.

That shallow there?

You've seen it go, go to go to the big game and they know the sun's coming up, melting it down in the sun's coming up.

So we're getting down here.

Coming up.

So we're getting down here.

Sharks coming up low.

We're headed down to the heavy stuff.

Show me the way is getting.

Down and the sun's coming up.

Bowing down now the sun showing up with it down and the suns, young men mowing it down is coming up.

We get it down and the stars come in a flow.

We get it down.

What?

Nice.

You've all told me that you're also big fans of vinyl.

Yeah.

Has there been an album that you offered that you disagreed about?

I know about, disagreed about.

I think our tastes have a lot of overlap, and there's some stuff that we're really particular into.

I think that there's a lot of stuff that I always liked a little bit but got more into after getting to know Jasper.

I've always kind of liked like grown up.

I was raised in Texas and there was always kind of countries records around, but I knew that those weren't cool, so I didn't think I could like them.

But then like over time, you know, like the Johnny Cash and stuff like that started to get some more play.

And then I didn't really get big into Whalen until, like Jasper and I were hanging out.

Like I knew that I liked his image, you know?

But since then, like, I've collected several of his peers.

So I think that's a big one between us.

Yeah, Yeah.

I think I feel like we just have maybe that was the thing.

Like, I feel like when we first met, he was showing me that, like, his more into, like, kind of krautrock, like kind of goth, I guess maybe the just like that darker way sound.

You show me like that stuff we had wet nights weekenders Skylark Lounge on South Broadway all last year where every first Saturday of the month we were doing vinyl deejay nights and satisfying.

So we would just both just bring all of our records and just be on back to fourth pack for that second act.

Like I hear this and just getting to hang out and play music all night, I think that time period definitely got me more acquainted with like growing up.

I didn't listen to a lot of anything that I would consider to be like classic rock or dad rock, and I got to enjoy a lot of really great music later on by getting through the bands that those groups were influenced by.

Like I think one that we were pretty immediate on was like Black Angels and a lot of, you know, staples of like the more modern psych rock scene.

And you bringing those records kind of like got me even more into Velvet Underground, The Doors stuff that was very obviously influential of them.

And I knew that, but I wasn't quite like always reaching for that.

And now I do do a little bit more.

But, you know, it kind of goes in waves.

Like I feel like aspects of your tastes reminded me of things that I normally really like and like, had it been in the season for me as much.

But yeah, I think those, those vinyl nights were pretty influential too.

Like, you know, songs that we wrote over the course of like those couple of years with in that period of White Nights, because we had a night, you know, at least once a month, we're really like, bring our records and go and sell them for a song.

And being like, you got that, That reminds me of this.

And it was just like a great way to build and meld our tastes better.

And I think all of that stuff kind of came through in a couple of like really unique songs Is my baby.

Don't sit down, because if you don't go by.

A feeling you've been out loud when she's wrong.

And then we play to the No, she.

Yeah, she.

yeah.

No, it looks so good, baby.

Can you dig up?

You know, she gets it.

With the hot.

You know, this the more appealing even now when we've done it, it'll be great.

You know, she gives way.

She.

you're going to hear me, Baby, Baby, the baby.

You my baby.

No shit.

Nothing fancy with.

You.

Don't ask about my baby down to me.

My baby.

You know she got me baby him down My mama let me go.

Have you found about to look at wet nights and look at the book of the artist that you've seen as influences by lyric writing, who would you say influences you the most?

And then like harmonies or like these different parts?

Like, Yeah, I think it's I would say I'd have to go off like, like throughout the years.

What nights?

It definitely changed.

I think when I first started I was super in the Eagles of Death Metal and that whole like, which is very like simple rock and roll riffs, just like to entertain.

And then for on the floor, that was super heavy in my songwriting.

But then yeah, started getting more and more into country.

Feel the last five years and Waylon and his guitar playing especially has played a huge influence on my That's usually I started getting a guitar riff and then like most of the time, either just have lyrics that kind of right and on to something I have or something.

Something comes along while writing a guitar riff.

But so that's why I feel like Whalen's been a big influence the last few years.

I think it's another component.

You know, when I first moved to Denver, I quit playing music for like a brief period, and my entry to like the Denver music scene was spinning vinyl, had a friend who was spinning at the same spot, Skylark Lounge.

And I had never played records, not even like I feel like I would go to a friend's house and I was like, nervous to put a record on their turntable.

I'm like, If I do this right.

I just I grew up with a lot of records in the house, but I didn't really know how to do it really quickly.

I got acquainted just watching him, and then it was like him going to bathroom break and I would throw something on.

And then pretty quick I was doing my own right there and building rebuilding up my record collection that I had mostly gotten rid of through moving from city to city to city, trying to figure out where I fit in.

And so what I was playing and like interested at that time, which was like kind of a unique point in my music tastes, was a lot of like funk, boogie, soul and stuff with a particular tone that was like very busy, very groovy.

And I heard that potential very early on.

It wasn't when wet nights like there are a lot of songs that need that like heavy fast pick bassline, but I think some of my favorites that we play are ones where the bass is still fuzzy and it's still definitely it's not like a smooth, lazy kind of sort of thing, but it's like a heavy boogie kind of fun.

And so I think some of those records kind of just being around that time, made their way into some of our taste and maybe my choices in the rhythm section as well.

Like stuff like, even like Brothers Johnson, anything with even Prince, just like anything with really funky hidden bass was something that I wanted to bring in and then like, find its place for what songs it works in and which ones need just and so a appear and take my hand and I'll.

Show you the time.

What you need What do you love?

That's all I got money and go to.

What's your problem.

Now?

I can't figure it out All of these have been down here.

This is great.

You know what?

I know.

But you can only do what they got you out of.

Down here.

Show ladies.

I prefer not to speak on your real phone.

You hold it away from it.

I'll get on.

TV.

Sure I do.

They know they.

May get any and all the way here.

The phone number down here, Mr. Bagley.

I'll tell you later.

She began.

And all the way down here, the powder down.

You may say We're people that I'll get better.

between the two of you?

Well, active currently.

Yeah.

Let's start.

That was yeah.

I mean I currently I guess I'm playing with three that are active currently.

Yeah.

And right now I just do what nights and then I do I'll play like solo shows.

I do more like Country Blues, so that I just do it for Jasper.

I guess kind of recently you also had a melding of like LED nights in your previous band also.

Yeah.

So yeah, I got shoulder surgery and say in December.

And then when I was there, I learned to play keys.

I sent for the hands.

yeah.

So I was playing synth with it's kind of half of my old band, These are Boys.

And then we just called it Measure Nights, and we were doing shows at this local bar called Hill Siders, and I just playing gigs while I.

So while recovering, you just casually pick up another instrument.

Yeah, I, I mean, I had to, I couldn't work and do physical labor, so it's just in my room all day and just teach myself how to play She'll.

Suspend and then will just kill it If I don't look around, I make it stop.

You settle down.

I'm not gonna lose the fall.

And now I'm five star.

Long strong trying to be a from home for home.

And don't you know I'm a little bit like to think through I'm leaving here tonight.

I traded places with the man and mom Mama feel so fine now.

I'm gonna see it.

Big deal.

Everything's wrong.

But I feel so ran until myself.

It'll be over soon.

Good.

I'm leaving here tonight.

no.

Don't you know I'm taking.

No, I'll be in my own in the future.

I felt like I'm leaving here tonight.

Well, I know you want the one.

Every once in a while, but I think I'll work.

You don't been around for a minute or two, then I know.

What I'm going to do.

I mean, if it's about opening, don't you go tell at nine.

Need to.

I'll be here tonight, girl.

Every day.

No, no, I'll be in end in the unintimidated by blending all the things that makes you you and bringing it to your music?

growing up skateboarding, watching skate videos every day, all day, they always had the sickest music that you'd never hear on the radio, But I think skaters all kind of like similar stuff.

So you get sick rap songs on rock and roll, songs like and then new underground garage rock songs all in the mix there.

And getting into skateboarding much bigger and then being like, this is so exciting.

Dive into that banning like, Well, there's this whole other world in the sixties that like all this growth of rock music and that was like, fascinating.

Harry.

What is it like to be in a curiosity oriented band?

I think that's the environment that I look for in general with creativity is like people who are just genuinely excited by things when you know they can present something like something new or have a more in-depth knowledge of something that you only have a cursory knowledge of.

And it just like gets things ticking.

And like, I think, you know, that that was an energy that I felt when Jasper and I first together got together with all the collaborators that I have in all of my projects right now.

I think that's the core thing is like if we start talking and we're like, okay, I got to go.

But one more thing and we can't get off the phone or whatever.

Like that's that excitement is, I don't know.

I think it comes from a genuine passion of like, it's just rare to find something.

I think that you, I don't know even are interested by like I think for, you know, for a lot of me and maybe, you know, my friends, like the world can be pretty mundane sometimes.

And just when you find that it's like so vital just to life and survival is, you know, literally a choice between mundane ness or self-destruction or that.

So you chase that every single time.

But I love that we all thank you.

Thank you What are you looking out for?

Me?

I never die and get out my head.

Never die Happy customers sitting by me.

And I know you will.

I will not say the change of a word to make you go.

You pay back the amount.

Of money to keep your.

Fear In my dreams.

Don't make me all the Don't make me scream.

Now atmosphere is I never got any help.

Never.

They ever fear it.

I I've never ever and now my never, never, not make money never Lets go to my seat.

Don't stop down to be back to sleep soon To let you know where to go We better get lost For we journey home The time stretch out my back door temptations are taken in my bed standing alone Now I'm going to loving Now I want to see quickly my reality Listen to a dream Our how much fear inside.

I don't even it.

I never ever got to keep a fear inside Besides helping out my boss.

Will ever die.

thank you.

We are wet nights and that's all we wrote.

So I hope you all have a good night.

How you had.

it comes to that?

It seem in the shadows I'm going to take you in love with.

He goes up in flames.

You out back at Devil in the shadows in the night.

I'm gonna have a baby for you.

Mount Vicious to lie down, right?

You know when you come out of your mouth.

Black shadows with my will.

I'm gonna have you, baby.

Me My mission to.

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