![]() In the beginning we were staying on people's couches. Hotel-wise, have you guys had any awful or memorable experiences over the years? Usually he does them himself, but he had Derek do this one because I don't think we had any time and Derek killed it, which was dope. That's kind of been a thing, for Ben to paint the back of jean jackets. Ben hit him up and wanted to make a jacket for Ellen's birthday. He's just super good at the cartoon people type of thing. He's done a whole bunch of art for The Stranger and he did art for us. It was made by Derek Erdman, who is pretty well known in Seattle. Where did you get that jean jacket you gave her? I saw your bit on Ellen, which was awesome. I'm excited to do an actual full tour in Canada and to start hitting places that we've never played in Europe toward the fall. It's different, obviously-it's fucking Ireland-but at the same time I think it's a pretty special place for all of us. If you've ever been to Dublin, it has a lot of similarities to Seattle … in terms of size, the environment and the culture. They're some of the craziest shows I've ever played. That was just a mind-fuck in general because we've never been there at all.ĭublin is like a second home … A show in Dublin always ends up being the highlight of a tour. 1 in New Zealand, I think, for over 10 weeks. It's been the same thing in New Zealand-it actually started in New Zealand before it started in Australia and went no. And crazy enough, it just got replaced by "Same Love" as the no. "Thrift Shop" went four times platinum in Australia it was no. And we're bigger there than we are in the U.S. I've never been-most of us, I think, have never been to Australia or New Zealand, and it's an incredible place. ![]() ![]() We're going to Australia and New Zealand, which is kind of crazy for a whole bunch of reasons. They're getting to New York City and getting into one of the Cadillac SUVs versus taking a cab, that sort of thing.Īre there any places you're especially excited for? I think oftentimes artists get signed and they get an advance, which is essentially a loan, and then they might invest more in having super comfortable travel, and essentially just put themselves in debt. I think we've chosen to do all of that flying as affordably as possible. I think being independent, and financing our own shit-it's all of our own business. Or you have three college shows back to back and you leave on a Thursday and get back on a Sunday, so it's a lot of just bouncing around on airplanes. You fly in the day of the show, you play it, you fly out the next morning. ![]()
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