Duality, tension, contemplation, dynamism, resolution: all of these qualities are what I look for in a cup of coffee. Coincidentally, they also appear in the work and personalities of local electro-pop band Smoke From all the Friction (don’t at me on the genre title. That’s what they said, okay?), whose members include founder Cam Gillette and percussionist/everything-else-ist Kenny Andrews. Honestly, putting instrument roles next to either of these fellas names is a bit pedantic — they seem to do it all, and relish the ever-evolving nature of their craft.
I am so lucky to have had the chance to chat with Cam and Kenny about their music, philosophy, and approach to life in general. We got into the nitty gritty, reflecting on the difficulties between taking a richly produced in-studio sound to an in-the-moment live performance — we also got into the broad and contemplative, considering what spectacle means to us personally as well as the music-goers of the populace at large.
You can follow Smoke From all the Friction on Facebook here.
Peep the full interview here, replete with two never heard before tracks at the time of airing.
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