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Most bands don't get to experience this, so how is it like touring with family?
Jeph: We'll to be honest we haven't really 'toured' yet, and I've been interested to see how that goes. I think being on the road with family makes it better in some ways and worse in others. You sort of generally treat friends better than family because you can't get away with being mean to them because they'll just stop being your friend. With family you have more of a sort of unconditional love. However, you usually forget about that when you're in the middle of a disagreement. However, I think that's what helps you stick together in the long run. So I guess we'll see. It's really up to each person to just be as agreeable and easy-going as possible.
Hannah: Yes, I agree with Jeph. In the long run though, every band is going to have problems and disagreements, so I think having that family bond really helps you to work through the problems and stick together in the end.
It seems you guys haven't always been in Florida. (Waterloo, Coral Springs) Did these places influence the sound of your music?
Jeph: I definitely think being from Canada has had some influence on our music. There's a law in Canada that states that 30% of the music on the radio there needs to be by Canadian artists. So, because of that, you hear a lot of things there that you don't hear so much of in the States. Bands like Sloan, Metric, Arcade Fire, Sam Roberts, Death From Above 1979 - they all had some kind of influence on us as musicians, and those are bands you don't hear as much of down here in the States. I think we took a lot of that kind of stuff with us when we moved to Florida. Coral Springs - not such a difference. ;)
Hannah: Yeah, I didn't realize that any of those bands were Canadian until I moved to Florida and no one knew who I was talking about. So Canadian music definitely had an impact on me.
What's the craziest backstage story you can share with us?
Jeph: Well first off, we hardly ever have a "back stage"- it's usually just us hanging out at our merch table or something. And nothing TOO crazy usually happens... we're usually way too worn out by the time we finish our set.
Tom: We've never met anyone famous, we've never got in a fight or seen anyone crazy.
Jeph: Yeah, but probably have some good stories once we get back from tour though. I guess that says something about Florida.
Who typically does all the song-writing?
Jeph: I do most of the writing. I wrote all the songs on the first album, and 9/10 on Another Sound. Hannah wrote one song for the new album, but it's shaping up that she'll likely have more input in the future. Hannah joined the band after most of Another Sound's material had already been written so she really hasn't had much of a chance to contribute with her writing until now.
Hannah: I'm looking forward to having more of a "voice" on the next album (pardon the pun), and for it to be a real collaborative effort from all the band members. It's exciting!
What's the most important message you would like to convey to your listeners?
Jeph: Our only real 'message' to our listeners is that music can be deep and meaningful, but still fun and well... wholesome. We may be "The Pretty Faces", and we may check ourselves in the mirror a few extra times on the way to a show, but we're never concerned about acting "cool" and like "rockstars". We just try to be ourselves, treat our fans like friends and do whatever we can to help people have fun when they come to our show.
Hannah: There's so much dark, depressing music out there... or bands who are trying to be "bad ass", and to me that just isn't cool. My favorite bands (The Hives, The Stooges, Pixies, Elvis Costello for example...) make me LAUGH because they're so unaffected - they're just having fun, and feeling it, and not caring what people think, or how they look. THAT to me is awesome, and I want to convey that positive fun energy to listeners.
What would you like to accomplish the most in your musical career?
Jeph: I think getting signed to a label or just finding more support for the non-creative side of things would be a great accomplishment. Right now, so much of our time is spent promoting and working that side of the band, that it doesn't leave as much as we'd like to work on writing and recording new material. And of course, getting a band to a point where we don't have to work day jobs would be great as well.
Hannah: That would be the ultimate - being in The Pretty Faces for a living. I'd also love to accomplish getting GOOD music back onto commercial radio. If we could cross that barrier, it would be great.
Jeph: Cross that barrier without compromising our sound, yeah definitely.
Any plans for The Pretty Faces in the future?
Jeph: Our album is being released to college radio nationally tomorrow (August 4th). Once that gets a little time to get played out there, we hope to plan a small tour, probably in Sept or Oct. As soon as we feel like we've given this album our due diligence, we're excited to start focusing on the creative side of things again, and work on writing and recording new material.
Hannah: We've only just begun!
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