{"id":83475,"date":"2023-08-08T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=83475"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:50:47","slug":"youve-got-a-friend-we-speak-with-long-island-band-an-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/youve-got-a-friend-we-speak-with-long-island-band-an-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ve Got A Friend: We Speak With Long Island Band, An Old Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve been writing about An Old Friend for a while now – since 2018 in fact<\/a> – so in a lot of ways they’re old friends of ours here at Essentially Pop. In all that time however, we’ve not managed to speak to the Long Island band…until now.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We really like your sound, and your band name! It feels really warm and comforting. How did you come upon naming yourselves An Old Friend?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We really wish we came about the name in a deep profound way, yet, we threw a bunch of names in a hat and picked one by one until we came up with An Old Friend. Stuck with us since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve grown up together, do you consider yourselves family as much as \u201cold friends\u201d? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see what you did there! We all actually met outside of high school, it\u2019s been quite a bit playing together so we all absolutely consider each other as family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you feel your closeness influences your music, and if so, in what way?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely, chemistry is everything, sometimes we could go weeks without rehearsing\/writing, but when we get back to it, it\u2019s like we never missed a beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your latest single \u2018Native Gardens\u2019 is a deeply self-reflective track. What dreams have you had that have come and gone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We like to think most of our music is self-reflective; sometimes that\u2019s the only real thing to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describe your songwriting process for us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s very simple; someone usually brings a riff or an idea to the table, then we all branch off of that until it blooms into a song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any particular make of instrument that you favour, and if so, why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitars are Fender, bass is Ibanez, drums are Yamaha; these have been our makes for a while now, and they seem to do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What advice do you have for anyone who\u2019s just starting out in the music business? What have you learned that you feel you can share?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep writing, record everything, and reflect a lot, overthink but don\u2019t overthink your music, be true to how you feel and what you enjoy playing\/writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s next for An Old Friend? What can fans expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a ton of music on ice – we are working out logistics for our next studio sessions. New music will follow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, what question do you wish someone would ask you in an interview, but nobody ever does? And what\u2019s the answer to that question?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe, what\u2019s the hardest struggle about being in a band?  Sometimes communication is crucial; if it lacks ever so slightly, it could throw the entire flow of the band\u2019s progress off, or if one person isn\u2019t completely honest about a direction of a song, a part, etc., it could cause friction when it\u2019s finished\/recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the music video for \u2018Native Gardens\u2019 below, and find out more about An Old Friend and their music online on their official\u00a0website<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, \u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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