We’ve been writing about An Previous Good friend for some time now – since 2018 actually – so in a variety of methods they’re outdated buddies of ours right here at Basically Pop. In all that point nonetheless, we’ve not managed to talk to the Lengthy Island band…till now.

We actually like your sound, and your band identify! It feels actually heat and comforting. How did you come across naming yourselves An Previous Good friend?

We actually want we got here in regards to the identify in a deep profound method, but, we threw a bunch of names in a hat and picked one after the other till we got here up with An Previous Good friend. Caught with us since.

You’ve grown up collectively, do you take into account yourselves household as a lot as “outdated buddies”? 

I see what you probably did there! All of us really met exterior of highschool, it’s been fairly a bit enjoying collectively so all of us completely take into account one another as household.

Do you’re feeling your closeness influences your music, and if that’s the case, in what method?

Completely, chemistry is every thing, typically we might go weeks with out rehearsing/writing, however after we get again to it, it’s like we by no means missed a beat.

Your newest single ‘Native Gardens’ is a deeply self-reflective monitor. What desires have you ever had which have come and gone?

We wish to suppose most of our music is self-reflective; typically that’s the one actual factor to jot down about.

Describe your songwriting course of for us.

It’s quite simple; somebody often brings a riff or an thought to the desk, then all of us department off of that till it blooms right into a music.

Do you may have any specific make of instrument that you just favour, and if that’s the case, why?

Guitars are Fender, bass is Ibanez, drums are Yamaha; these have been our makes for some time now, they usually appear to do the trick.

What recommendation do you may have for anybody who’s simply beginning out within the music enterprise? What have you ever discovered that you just really feel you may share?

Hold writing, report every thing, and replicate quite a bit, overthink however don’t overthink your music, be true to how you’re feeling and what you take pleasure in enjoying/writing.

What’s subsequent for An Previous Good friend? What can followers count on?

We now have a ton of music on ice – we’re understanding logistics for our subsequent studio classes. New music will observe!

Lastly, what query do you would like somebody would ask you in an interview, however no one ever does? And what’s the reply to that query?

Perhaps, what’s the toughest battle about being in a band?  Typically communication is essential; if it lacks ever so barely, it might throw your entire circulation of the band’s progress off, or if one particular person isn’t utterly trustworthy a couple of route of a music, a component, and so forth., it might trigger friction when it’s completed/recorded.

Watch the music video for ‘Native Gardens’ under, and discover out extra about An Previous Good friend and their music on-line on their official web site, Fb,  Twitter, and Instagram. 

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