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Assignment #3

a.)Switch roles with artist Chris Freeman, enacting a video or format from his practice. Perform this task in Chris Freeman's studio. In turn Chris Freeman will inhabit my studio and produce a painting resembling how he views my work. b.) always refer to Chris Freeman as Chris Freeman. c.) repeat step b as often as possible.

[jalapenoksjs]

CHRIS FREEMAN

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA

10/28/11 

How’s the tour going?

Good good, we know The Dear Hunter guys really well so its really nice to have them out on tour. Getting to know White Denim and it’s great. Little Hurricane is great too.

How long did it take you guys to write Simple Math?

Not very long. We kind of went straight into the studio after this tour we did with Thrice. It got cut short, their dad had some medical problems, and we were gonna go home and relax but we went straight to the studio and just started writing. It took a couple of weeks- maybe like 2 to 3 weeks. We wrote like 35 songs for this record. We recorded the whole process so it was really chill, like we didn’t have to keep playing the songs over and over again. Once we got it good all the way through we would just moved on, so it was a fast process. We kind of sat on it for a long time though. 

Do you have a favorite song off the album?

I really like Virgin. I think that’s our most experimental song, and I really like that.

What about Mean Everything To Nothing?

Uhm.. Everything To Nothing. I think that song is really cool, and I like my part on that song. So, selfishly I like that song.

What would you want people to know about your newest album?

We’re really proud of it. We’re really happy that it came out the way it did. I think it’s a really different record for us, especially with the string arrangements, and more in the pocket drumming I think changed our ability to do different things. And adding a different drummer... I think it’s a really good record and I think the dynamic really grows as a story from beginning to end. It’s definitely a record you have to listen to as a whole. I’m sure there are certain songs that will stick out to people, but we kind of wrote it and sequenced it to be listened to from start to finish

What’s something that very few people know about Manchester Orchestra?

Haha we’ve all cried together. So that’s something. Like after a miserable night in England. We had like a really long tour- we did a big U.K. tour then went to Germany and we were at the end of our rope. We got back to the bus, and I think Andy had fallen down some stairs and he had hurt his leg, and we all got into a huge fight and then just started crying - like “I just want to go home” like a bunch of kids haha. So yeah, we’ve cried. It happens. Sometimes we just get to that place where you just can’t take it anymore. We’re better know. We cried it out.

So Europe wasn’t the best?

Well it was just so dark and dreary and we had been touring for forever. We just kind of wanted to be home and our bus smelled like mildew. I had dropped a case on my foot and I had like a black eye and my wrist hurt- we had a bunch of injuries. And it was Jeremiah’s last tour and we knew it was his last tour so we were just down ‘n out. It sounds more serious than it actually is haha. We were just whining.

Do you guy’s laugh about it now?

Yeah, no it’s amazing. We laugh about it all the time. Our tour manager: we laugh with him all the time about it. He’s the one of the few people that’s seen our entire band just lose it.

How is it being on tour?

Well, it’s a very boring lifestyle- what we do. People kind of glamourize it a lot. It’s a whole lot of sitting around, which I don’t think a lot of people realize. We get here (venues) at like noon and we don’t do anything till four o’clock and that’s just sound check, and that takes 15 minutes at the most then you just kind of wait around in anxiety till the show. That hour and a half of my day in like the most important hour and a half, and everything just builds up to that. Then you’re done for the day.

Do you still get nervous before playing? 

No, I mean, unless we’re doing a late night performance. Those are really nerve racking.

What are the plans after the tour?

After this tour we are gonna take a little break and work on some side projects that we all like to work on. Just take a little time off and then probably go back into the studio and write another Bad Books record or do another Manchester record eventually. So yeah, we’re gonna try and chill for a while.

Random!

How’s your day?

I‘m having a great day. I got a compliment on my shirt! It’s “Ralf” -well Alf, but he ralphed… And I had this dream last night that this vampire-ish bunny bit me on the neck, and we became one and I had all these super powers. I could move stuff with my brain. It was awesome! And I had like super strength. It was great, but I became a super villain instead of being a super hero. So much cooler.

After the interviews I stayed for the show, and it was honestly the best show I’ve been to in a while. If you get the chance, I definitely recommend seeing these guys perform live.You can practically see their passion oozing out when they perform. It’s amazing.

Hope you enjoyed!

-Jalapeño