Silent Season | Matt Connarton Unleashed

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The band is a Silent Season, and we have Silent
Season here with us in studio. We're gonna talk with
these guys in just a moment. But welcome everybody. You
have entered our number two Newmarrow dose of Matt Connorton
Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w
m NH ninety five point three FM and Glorious Manchester,
New Hampshire. Today is a Saturday, August thirtieth, twenty twenty five.

(00:22):
Jennius here of course at the news table, there is
accounted for and we've got the guys from Silent Season.
Let me get these mics on here. Yeah, that is
really good. That is really good.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome guys.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Hey, Hi, how's everyone doing?

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good? Good? So what I think we should do?

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Let's uh, because all five of you are here, let's
start in the corner and I'm gonna have you.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Each introduce yourselves to us.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Who you are, what you do in the band, and
anything else you want us to know, but mainly who
you are and what you do in the band.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
We'll start over here.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
I am Jeremy and I'm the vocalist.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Welcome Jeremy, thank you.

Speaker 5 (00:54):
I am Brendan I play guitar.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Welcome Brendan, right, Brendan or Brandon Brendan, Brendan Okay, Yeah,
I'm Enzo and I do lead au car Enzo. Welcome.

Speaker 6 (01:04):
I'm David and I played drums slash business magician.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Oh, business magician. I like that. All right. Welcome David,
Thank you and you sir.

Speaker 7 (01:12):
And I'm Joe and I pray to bees.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
All right, welcome Joe. So yeah, and I'm glad that
you're all here.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
You know, sometimes not everyone we have a five fece span,
there's usually at least one person who doesn't make it right.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
So it's cool you're all here.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Uh so, uh, we should let's start with this because
it was just announced. So you're now the co headliners
on Swarmyfest right with Sepsis.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, coming up in November. That's pretty cool.

Speaker 6 (01:33):
Yes, very excited about that. We can't wait to play
that show on November fifteenth. And we've been friends with
Stepsist for a while and it's uh, it's exciting to
finally be able to play with those guys up here
and gals in Manchester.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, at at Jewel November fifteenth. And so how did that?
How did that come about how did that was that?

Speaker 1 (01:52):
You're the you're the business magician, right, yes, so did
are you the one who made that happen or how
did that come about?

Speaker 6 (01:58):
It was actually a great question, Mattie. It's a collaborative
effort between Joe and I. Joe knows the promoter and
most of the folks in Sepsis, so we got together.
We had a good conversation with Will in their team
and also the promoter Allowed Entertainment and they said, hey,
let's let's do something. We want you guys to play

(02:18):
the show. It's been a while and we're going to
rock it and it's just history from there. So we're
ready to go and we hope to see everyone at
that show. It's going to be great.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
The rhythm section makes it happen, right, it's right right, Joe.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
I'm a bass player, so I you know, so I
appreciate you. So you guys have been this band, Silent
Season has been around since what two thousand and eight?

Speaker 4 (02:42):
Is that corrects and eight?

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Okay okay, I was commenting off air, you know how
impressive that is to me because it's not you know,
you don't see a ton of longevity in the in
the music business. But I assume the lineup has changed
over the years, right, somewhat right a few time?

Speaker 8 (02:58):
Who are so?

Speaker 1 (02:58):
Who are the original members? You guys have been here
since the beginning? Yeah, and then uh and then everyone else,
So everyone else has changed? So what So I'm curious,
So what is it that because a lot of times
when there's lineup changes, especially over the course of so
I'm not good at math.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
What is that? How many years?

Speaker 6 (03:18):
Almost a lot of years?

Speaker 7 (03:20):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yeah, I mean, what is it that's driven you to
keep this thing going?

Speaker 4 (03:26):
Like?

Speaker 1 (03:26):
How do you how do you keep or maybe you've
taken breaks along the way with the band? I don't know,
But but what is it that keeps Silent Season going
after all this time?

Speaker 9 (03:33):
I think it's the music. I think it's the fans
who have supported us over the years. Yeah, I think
it's the drive. You know, if you have all of
those ingredients, I think it just leads to, you know,
wanting to continue no matter what happens.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
Yeah, it's so fun.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I'm curious between the two of you,
Jeremy and Brendan.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yes, I'm assume. I assume.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
I mean, has there ever been when you've got to
change members because you know, I've been in a lot
of bands, and I know people come and people go.
I was in a band a long time ago called
My Life Crisis, and I was the only like there
were so many changes over the years, but I was
the only original member. I was the only one who
was in every single lineup of that band. And it
was hard, you know, always keeping it going. You know

(04:20):
people you know, Sepsis has gone through that too. You know,
they've had a lot of jeez, Jenny, do you remember
that that night that you were online and you saw
like they've lost Will and Melissa, like like everybody left
and they had to replace everybody, like when one fell,
Swoop ended up work it did.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
It all worked out. But but but that's one of
the challenges, right with the band's change.

Speaker 10 (04:44):
And now you look at modern like these days, everybody's
suing everybody else.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
Oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 10 (04:49):
When you look at like old school rockers, right, oh yeah,
guys we all grew up with and like.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
Now they're all sewing each other.

Speaker 10 (04:54):
Oh yeah, it's so great to see people stay together
and play and continue the music. Yeah, in a positive way, right.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, But I'm curious between the two of you. At
any point, has there ever been a discussion about, I
don't know, do we want to keep doing this or
or have you guys always been on the same page.

Speaker 9 (05:11):
Or I mean, I think that for the most part
we've been on the same page. There's been, you know,
a question of like, you know, uh, if if it
is worth doing and I think we always come back
to the same answer that it is because we just
love what we do. And yeah, I mean, it's just
important to us. It's kind of like our baby at

(05:32):
the end of the day, you know, right right.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Plus you know, you've had some success, you've gotten some
some radio play. I was, I was, you know, as
I was read about you guys, and it's like, you know,
so you build up a name, it's like you don't
want to just let all that go, right, just just
because you know somebody else to go.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
Or So, now, so, how long, so Enzo, how long
have you been in the band? About two years? Two years? Okay?
Are you the new are you the new guy? Are
you the newest member. I'm not the newest member. That's
actually Joe, Joe's newist. Okay, all right, and then so
and David, how long have you been in the band?

Speaker 6 (06:02):
So I actually I started the band with Jeremy back
in two thousand and eight. Oh okay, and then Brendan
came along shortly thereafter. And then as as Jeremy mentioned.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
Oh so you're an original number two. Yeah, okay, so
the three of you okay, gotcha?

Speaker 6 (06:17):
Ok And then you know, some member lineup changes, you know,
like every band typically goes through. Yes, we discussed, but
then end Zo and Joe came into the fold, and
you know, it works out. It's clicking really well, and
we're very excited about the future of Silent Season.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
Yeah. So where does the name come from? The obvious question,
because it's a cool name.

Speaker 6 (06:38):
So I was listening to a breaking Benjamin song. I
believe it was called Sign of Season. Okay, but but
I said to myself, hey, why don't we say something
about Silent Season Because the time we started the band,
there were a lot of venues closing, and there were
a lot of negative things happening in the music industry
with you know, just coming off the whole Napster thing
and digital downloading, and there was just a mix of

(07:00):
like a lot of crazy things happening. So we said,
why do we try to come out with a positive
message and you know, just say, hey, how can we
overcome this? And especially in the rock genre, like how
can we get everything back to a good spot and
try to help influence the scene?

Speaker 2 (07:17):
Yeah, yeah, now that's cool. I like that.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
I like that it came from a good you know,
a good positive perspective and yeah, I yeah, two thousand
and eight, I'm trying to think of, like what was
what was happening?

Speaker 2 (07:29):
So yeah, I guess I was kind of just right
after yeah, not too long, right after Napster.

Speaker 1 (07:33):
And everything, and there was such a transition happening. It's
almost in my mind sometimes it's hard to pinpoint because
you know, the the music business has gone through so
many just you know, in the last you know, twenty years,
so many changes, right, it's it's uh, but you know,
and not everyone can adapt to it, and you know,
being able to adapt is is uh is so important.

(07:58):
So when you so so how long like so the
three of you guys started it together, and then like
did it come together pretty quickly when you all started
working together or or did it take a while to
get it off the ground.

Speaker 9 (08:10):
Or yeah, So, I mean Dave and I had been
in a previous band together before, so we had chemistry
as far as you know, knowing like you know, what
musical interest we had and all that kind.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
Of stuff that always helps.

Speaker 9 (08:21):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, And then you know, after we had
Brendan come in and then another original member and Brendan's
brother actually, oh wow, that was our original lineup, and
uh yeah no. After that, I mean, we we were recording,
we were playing out. I think one of our first
shows was with tap Root, which was pretty cool, nice

(08:41):
at the time. So yeah, we we just were getting
into it real fast. I think we had a couple
connections and stuff which made it a little easier. But yeah,
it wasn't It wasn't too hard at the time, I
don't think.

Speaker 6 (08:53):
And Matt quick backstory there quickly when we came together.
I have to save this on all the interviews. Jeremy
and I formulated this band idea at a Wendy's over
some fries at Frosty.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
No kidding, Yeah, yeah, that's where all the great ideas start.

Speaker 3 (09:07):
That's right.

Speaker 2 (09:11):
And then so.

Speaker 1 (09:13):
The uh, the songs that we're hearing today now, these
are are these from over a period of time, because
you guys have obviously, you know, you've recorded a lot
of music. I assume over over all these years. These
aren't all from one album, correct or maybe I'm wrong
about that.

Speaker 4 (09:26):
No, They're they're kind of spread out.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Spread out. Yeah, yeah, Now one was in Flames. Is
that one of the more recent ones? Or is that?

Speaker 4 (09:31):
Yes? In Flames is are one of our newest ones
that we're kind pushing.

Speaker 1 (09:35):
Okay, yeah, great track, great track, thank you, thank you.
Has the process changed over the years as far as
writing and recording, and I mean, obviously with different members,
I assume it changes somewhat. But what about the overall approach.

Speaker 9 (09:46):
I think, like you were talking or you were talking
about with the music industry, some things end up changing
as far as uh, like technology and what you were
able to do when we first started versus what we're
able to do now.

Speaker 2 (09:58):
Mm hmmm.

Speaker 9 (09:59):
Because when we started, you know, we were all just
in a basement and we were just writing there and
like recording off of this.

Speaker 4 (10:06):
Awful computer that we had.

Speaker 9 (10:08):
Yeah, and and or just like a tape or something
like that.

Speaker 4 (10:11):
Yeah, really aging us at this point.

Speaker 9 (10:13):
But but you know, now we have all this technology
and you can just like record anything, you know, at
the palm of your hands. You know, Yeah, you have
computers that can do professional recordings and stuff like that.
So oh yeah, we kind of get ideas, you know,
based off of that. We also jammed together. It's kind
of a mixture of both at this point. But yeah, yeah,

(10:33):
but it's cool because you know, you have all this
stuff at your fingertips, and oh yeah, it just makes
it a lot easier.

Speaker 2 (10:39):
It's an amazing time to be alive.

Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yes, I always say too with the pandemic, which I
assume affected you guys because it affected everybody, right, you know,
it affected the music industry certainly. You know, it was
a terrible experience collectively, but we got to find these
silver linings where we can. And one of the silver
linings of it is, I think it really and this
comes up all the time on the show. I think
it really forced people to kind of think of a

(11:02):
thing outside the box creatively of you know, well, how can.

Speaker 2 (11:05):
We continue to make music?

Speaker 1 (11:06):
And and you know, the technology was already there as
far as you know, we already had you know, so
for example, if you're recording and you're sending tracks back
and forth, we already had things like Google Drive and
dropbox and everything. But I think the pandemic kind of
forced people, some people who may have been a little
bit technophobic and a little bit resistant to using that
stuff to really embrace that and and you know, learn

(11:27):
you know, what's going on in terms of technology, and
how can I use that because you know, if I don't,
if I don't learn this stuff, now I'm kind of screwed.
I know, I can tell you for myself, just as
an aside, I also work as a hypnotherapist, and I'd
always been really resistant to doing sessions online until, you know,

(11:48):
till that was the only way to do them for
a while.

Speaker 11 (11:51):
You know.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
So, But but yeah, that's that's one of those few
silver linings about the pandemic. I think it kind of
forced everyone forward in terms of technology and uh, you know,
and a lot of people, a lot of people we've
had on the show over the years too, have talked
about how you know, they'll say, I didn't think I
could you know, I could play, I could write, but
I didn't think I could record. I didn't think I
could engineer something. But I was forced to learn how

(12:14):
to do it. And now I'm really glad I learned
how to do it, you know, so knowledge is power.
Why don't we play another track? I really I love
all of these songs, they're so good. Usually I leave
it to the guests. I would like to be with
your permission, I'd like to be a little bit selfish
and play Hopeless.

Speaker 2 (12:30):
Okay to do it, because this song.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
I love this song, and I like all of them,
but this one really connected with me. I'm curious if
there's a story behind this one, or or anything anything
we should know about it before we hear it.

Speaker 9 (12:44):
Yeah, I mean it was it was kind of written
at a time where I was feeling really I mean hopeless.

Speaker 4 (12:52):
I was not I was not in a good place.

Speaker 9 (12:55):
I didn't really know like where my life was going
and know where you know what what in the future.

Speaker 4 (13:01):
And and it's.

Speaker 9 (13:02):
Kind we kind of try to put a positive spin
on all of our music and you know, make it
so like, you know, telling people they can get out
of that, they can they can conquer, you know, whatever
they're feeling or you know, all the negative stuff. Yeah,
and you know, music is therapy for me in that sense.
And that's that's how I got out of my hopeless

(13:23):
kind of feeling. Is by you know, writing that with
the guys and yeah and yeah, no, that's that's basically
what it's about.

Speaker 1 (13:31):
Well, that's the thing too, about you know, using music
and creating art for for therapy, Because not only do
I think it's the best therapy, right when you take
anything that's bothering you or a trauma or anything and
you create something out of it that is art, that's
I think the best way to deal with it. But
also with music as an example, it also ends up
helping other people too, because then they can relate to
it and you know, okay, I feel this and that's

(13:53):
you know, and then they connect to the song too,
So you're you help yourself, but you also help other
people too. And you know you've probably had people tell
you over the year, is that that's.

Speaker 9 (14:02):
One of the most rewarding things that you can have
a fan tell you is that this song helped me
through this time, because I know that, you know, I
went through a bunch of times when I was a
kid and I listened to songs and they helped me
through those.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, let's give this a spend. When was
this recorded. Is this one of the newer ones or
this is also one of the newer ones.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
Oh cool cool, I.

Speaker 1 (14:20):
Thought, so, okay, excellent if you are just joining us,
we have Silent Season here with us in studio, and
let's listen to this. This track is called Hopeless.

Speaker 8 (14:54):
A fairly trussure safe behind every single day all the
same like.

Speaker 11 (15:09):
My songs and champs just make me fall for my.

Speaker 8 (15:26):
Chaps.

Speaker 12 (15:29):
So I'll say, well glass.

Speaker 8 (15:37):
And will know sad with s.

Speaker 12 (15:45):
Glass I'm buried and then no raise, I hide how I.

Speaker 11 (15:52):
Felt so sad answer I say that I can't break
if I should say sure so.

Speaker 8 (16:04):
That sert so raw. No I's gonna saying you no chancey.

Speaker 12 (16:21):
S h s say well as.

Speaker 8 (16:29):
You well know, thank god, it's a listening. I'm not
a such with my inshine. I don't know which way
is still.

Speaker 13 (16:47):
For my yes, my shot, make you work.

Speaker 12 (16:54):
God, you'll feel my god.

Speaker 8 (17:00):
Watch and atala.

Speaker 13 (17:03):
Very no chasy let s shaphome sass.

Speaker 8 (17:21):
And well know.

Speaker 12 (17:24):
They go been sound whist no chas chan chu, Well.

Speaker 8 (17:43):
Know they go this been sun home tass.

Speaker 11 (17:54):
S.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
I love that that is hopeless.

Speaker 1 (17:57):
The band is Silent Season, and we've got Silence Season
here with us a live in studio. Yeah, that's that's
such a great track. I love that chorus. It's very
very strong. Whoops, there we go and have all those
mics on. It's very uh yeah, this is a great chorus,
is very catchy, lyrics are very inspiring. It's funny too
because it kind of fools you, right because the song
is called hopeless, but it's actually very hopeful.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (18:18):
So it's a little little twist there. That's that's nice.
But no, I like that a lot. Yeah that that
came out what last year? Was that what I was reading?

Speaker 7 (18:26):
Correct? Right?

Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, so it's been out for a little bit, but yeah,
great great track. I also want to mention too, Uh
Sheila from paper Jam was she had messaged I think
she had messaged. Did she message you that about uh
how you guys are one of her favorite bands and
she was so thrilled to be able to interview you
on her birthday for paper Jam.

Speaker 2 (18:48):
Yeah so yeah, so congratulations.

Speaker 6 (18:50):
Right folks up there at paper Jam, we appreciate all
their support.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. You always send me the best artists.
Oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
We get a lot of guests from them, and uh,
you know, every month we always look forward to getting
paper Jam in the mail too. It's so cool that,
you know, because to that's quite an undertaking in the
digital age, you know, to to say Okay, we're gonna
put out this magazine, you know what I mean. And
I remember when we had them on the show. I asked, uh,

(19:20):
I asked Sheila and Tony. I said, did anyone when
you started payper jam did anyone try to talk you
out of it? Did anyone say, you know, do you
really want to you know, in a time when you know,
traditional publications have struggled and have been struggling for well
probably twenty years, Uh, with the rise of digital media,
do you really want to do this? And they said no,
No one really tried to. Like everyone was like super

(19:41):
supportive and it worked out.

Speaker 2 (19:44):
So you know, that's great. They're having a lot of
success with it.

Speaker 7 (19:46):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (19:46):
Yeah, Joe introduced introduced us to a paper jam. He
was very connected to them before. So oh cool for
every thankful for that connection as well.

Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 10 (19:54):
Being able to hold something in your hands and look
at it.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
Oh yeah, love that. Oh yeah, computer screen to doesn't
do it right, right, Yeah, No, it's very very cool,
very cool.

Speaker 1 (20:05):
Have you guys been obviously, you know, we talked about
Swarmy Fast coming up in November. Are you guys playing
a lot of shows generally? Are you doing a lot
of what's the live situation like?

Speaker 3 (20:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (20:14):
As of late, we've been playing a lot of great
shows over the New England base and area. We just
opened up for the Word Alive at Brighton Music Hall
a couple of weeks ago. It's amazing. We also jammed
with Keith Wallen a breaking Benjamin at the Palladium in Worcester, Okay.
That was an amazing show and Lakeview, Lakeview, shout out

(20:34):
to those guys. They added us to a couple of
their shows and we have more planned coming up. We'll
be announcing some of the other shows, you know where
We're not going to fall off. We're going to keep
going hard. Yeah, And we appreciate everyone coming to these
shows and giving us the support. And you know, we
like to call the fans our friends. We look at
them as our friends, you know, and they're helping us,
they're getting the word out their paper, jam and everyone across.

(20:58):
So let's keep it going and let's keep the train moving.

Speaker 1 (21:03):
When you when you play live, do you play songs
that span you know, the entire history of the band
or how does that work, Because, like we talked about,
you guys been around a while, you got a lot
of music, right.

Speaker 5 (21:15):
We try to get the ones that like the singles
like Chance was a single from Breaking ben Breaking Breaking
Me Down, Breaking Benjamin. Yeah, and then with the couple
from the War Within and the definitely the newest ones.

Speaker 3 (21:30):
We definitely try to fit in there as well.

Speaker 2 (21:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (21:33):
Yeah, how many albums do you have as a band?

Speaker 2 (21:36):
Or or albums and EPs?

Speaker 9 (21:38):
Or we have one full album, we have one EP,
and then we have a bunch of singles.

Speaker 2 (21:44):
Okay, okay.

Speaker 6 (21:46):
And you were saying earlier, Matt, about the time of COVID,
we really sort of changed our stance, you know, with
a lot of bands, like we saw bands like spirit
Box and releasing singles. You know, it became a little
bit more like get the content out quicker and you know,
keep the base engage. So we decided to do more singles.
And but we're, you know, we're you know, that's not

(22:06):
going to stop us. I should say, we're we're thinking
about you know, EPs and you know, get a collection
of our art out there, you know, so we're I
guess it just really depends on the mood and what's
going on out there, because we don't. We also, you know,
we want to be able to deliver what the fan,
the friends and want from Silent Season.

Speaker 1 (22:24):
That's another thing that's changed too, is the so many
different ways to release music now. You know, when I
was growing up, it was, you know, you've got an
album and then you've got a series of singles. If
you're lucky, you have a series of singles, or maybe
only have one. You know, it depends. But now it's
like a lot of artists do the inverse of that.
They released a series of singles that eventually coalesce into
an album or you know, or maybe they put out

(22:44):
I forget who it was. Recently we had on the show.
There was somebody who, oh is Jesse Rutstein. He's got
an EP, but that EP is going to become part
of a larger album.

Speaker 2 (22:56):
You know. It's so there's so many different ways to
do it now.

Speaker 1 (23:00):
But I think the key, as you know you alluded to, David,
is because you've got to feed that algorithm, right, you gotta.

Speaker 2 (23:05):
So, you gotta.

Speaker 1 (23:07):
Somehow even if you're even if you're only doing albums,
because some some artists are stubborn and they will only
do albums. But then it's like when you do an
album and you release that album, so you've got that
one shot to make a big splash, which is very difficult, uh,
in the digital age that we live in. So you know,
so you got to you gotta figure out ways to
stay engaged with your audience so they don't forget about you.

Speaker 6 (23:28):
You know, social media engagement content. You know, we're being
in a band today, it's like, you know, we're we're
creating art, but we're also becoming influencers in a way.

Speaker 1 (23:39):
Yeah right, oh yeah, yeah, I mean that's kind of
how I think of it. Everyone's an influencer now and
some people don't like that term, but but but I
mean it. Yeah, yeah, everyone's an influencer. Everyone's a brand.
You got to kind of embrace that, you know, it's
it's it's uh, if you want to have a long
like I said, you know a lot of bands don't
have the kind of longevity you guys have. But if

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you want to have that longevity, you know, you got
to you got to embrace everything that you gotta do
to you know, to stay in front of your fans
and continue to grow that fan base. And so you
guys are you have the right attitude. You're clearly on
a on a good path. So that's great. I noticed too,
you've had some airplay on Is It Octane?

Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, yeah, that's really cool too.

Speaker 6 (24:21):
Yeah, yeah, there will a shout out to those guys.
We appreciate their support. And but you know, we we've done, uh,
we've done a lot of campaigns. Like you were saying earlier,
what radio is again, I draw back to COVID. I
mean trying to be creative during a time where we
couldn't play out a lot yep, and yeah, we released
some music, but it was trying to stay fresh out there?

(24:42):
How can we stay fresh? And that was really Radio
is a strong medium, you know, as a way to
get our music out there, along with social media. So
it really worked out well for us in that regards.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. Why don't we play another track?
What do you have? Now? This time? I will not
be selfish. You guys can pick what what should we
play next?

Speaker 6 (25:00):
And so Joe you want to pick one? Oh yeah,
let's do let's do and so and Joe will pick one. Okay, Oh,
there's Wounds and Stars I think we went through the
stars before wounds and chants.

Speaker 1 (25:12):
I don't have stars in front of me for some reason. Okay,
although I thought I thought you did send that though,
but for so oh no, I do see it.

Speaker 2 (25:17):
I'm sorry, I'm just wounds in chance.

Speaker 6 (25:19):
I think those are still.

Speaker 2 (25:21):
But but I do. I do have stars also. Yeah,
I don't know why I don't see.

Speaker 7 (25:26):
We'll go, We'll go wounds.

Speaker 2 (25:28):
You want to go with wounds?

Speaker 7 (25:29):
Okay, the right word. We'll keep keep it going that way,
all right.

Speaker 2 (25:32):
Cool? Anything we should know about this before we play it?

Speaker 9 (25:35):
There is a story or uh oh yeah, no, I
mean I feel like a lot of a lot of
stuff around this time was just generally about anxiety and
and how to get over it. Also keeping that positive
vibe you know, with you know, not just being like
you know, poor me or whatever, but like hey, like

(25:57):
you know, you do get over this whatever. Yeah, yeah, no,
it was kind of along the same lines.

Speaker 1 (26:02):
Okay, all right, I like it. All right, let's give
this a spin. This is Wounds and the band is
Silent season.

Speaker 12 (26:27):
Short load in tarch All the shadow side.

Speaker 8 (26:36):
Launcher brag.

Speaker 12 (26:41):
Comusing up chop shd on thankfuls, I Love Class, Snow,

(27:10):
Side Suck so.

Speaker 8 (27:13):
Thankful, Most.

Speaker 12 (27:24):
Rokehim sound the Sword a part to what is lost
of their hearts, sing me.

Speaker 8 (27:33):
The self he Lost, and side.

Speaker 12 (27:37):
Feel like comusic Console Love cut so Cat Console a
sack care brown line, signe fucking so.

Speaker 8 (27:58):
Thankful, Most, I'm snow, could you got yo shop shop

(28:27):
s s show you shot that junky.

Speaker 14 (28:32):
Fens stretch back. What's mine? Not things, wants or tides?

Speaker 12 (28:47):
So I'm.

Speaker 2 (29:18):
Shoe that is called wounds.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
The band is a silent season, and we have silent
season here with us live in studio. Another great track, Jeremy.
Is it hard to sing like that when you gotta
switch back and forth between the uh? I mean, does
does that would bother your throat?

Speaker 4 (29:41):
It's very hard.

Speaker 9 (29:43):
It's it's funny because I've I've been really trying to
hone in on both of those aspects lately, trying to
you know, coach myself and you know, vocals, but also
like not just vocal singing, but but then also like
learning the the screams and stuff like that, and trying
to get more knowledge about how to do it correctly,

(30:04):
because I feel like for a long time I was
just kind of just doing whatever I wanted to and
not like actually like looking into it and like how
you should. Yeah, but yeah, no, it's tricky sometimes, you know,
like not as recently because I've been kind of doing
a little bit more research into it, but uh, sometimes
it was just so hard to like scream and then

(30:25):
go back to singing and scream and go back to singing.
But right, right, Yeah, it's it's constant, uphill battle. But
I think that, uh, it's getting better.

Speaker 1 (30:33):
Yeah, I've always kind of marveled at singers who can
do that and seamlessly go back and forth like that.

Speaker 2 (30:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
Do you do anything special for your vocal cords, like
for you know, some people use lemons, you know.

Speaker 9 (30:43):
I have two different devices that I've been using as
of recently. Ones kind of looks like a whistle. I
can't specifically remember what these things are called, except for
ones called doctor Vox, And it's like kind of like
a water bottle that's like filled and then you like
sing into it and it kind of like warms up

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your vocal cords.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
Interesting.

Speaker 9 (31:05):
Yeah, yeah, I feel like those things are are good
for when you're you know, about to do like a
recording session or something like that. But maybe not necessarily
for when you're about to you know, go live on
a set or whatever.

Speaker 1 (31:19):
Yeah, yeah, now that makes sense. Oh I saw a
chat room message too. I want to make sure I
read this.

Speaker 2 (31:26):
Renee Carlisle Abbott says, Hi, daddy love Devin and Riley
and Julian.

Speaker 7 (31:33):
So there you go. Yeah, my beautiful family and my wife.

Speaker 2 (31:37):
Oh very nice. Now having a supportive family is definitely
Uh do they come see you live?

Speaker 7 (31:45):
Yeah? My orders ten has and my wife had two
order ones not yet not yet. Yeah, I don't know
if they can handle it.

Speaker 1 (31:52):
Yeah, the volume of it, yeah, absolutely. So if you
are just joining us, we do have silent season here
with us live in studio. And what's the in terms
of what is a future hold in terms of new music,
Like are you guys always working on new music or
obviously you've got you know, you're playing shows and you've
got swarmy fests coming up, which is a big deal.
But are you guys also actively working on new stuff.

Speaker 9 (32:14):
Or Yeah, the summer has been packed with shows, so
I mean between you know, work life and then playing shows,
we've done a lot of a lot of that.

Speaker 2 (32:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (32:24):
I think that now that things have kind of died
down for a minute. We're going to be focusing on
putting out new music and or writing new music. Yeah,
we have a lot of things that are kind of
in the vault right now. Yeah, so it should be
easy to work with though.

Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah, good good. And as far as the live shows go,
is there anybody in the area. Are there any bands
that you've kind of you know, what happens organically? Are
there any bands you've kind of teamed up with. I
mean Stepsis obviously for swarmy fests, but are there bands
that you play a lot of shows with or.

Speaker 6 (32:56):
We've been involved in the local scene for a while
and a lot of bands have come and gone. But
I as of recently, we've been playing shows with bands
like Red Crown, Chasing the Devil. You know, we know
those guys really well. We played a few shows what
major moment they're doing their thing and there's just just

(33:18):
so many of them. But those have been like really
that I mentioned those because I know a lot of
the bands so too. I mentioned at the beginning of
from New Hampshire, So yeah, I mean, keep an eye out.
We may end up doing more with those bands. But
you know, we also have been really focused a lot
on national shows as of late too, as a strategy
good to get back. We were doing that and we

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toured in the past and we were writing and then
we kind of started playing some local shows again. But
everything we do we try to do with strategy in mind,
you know, as the business grows and we evolve as
a band.

Speaker 2 (33:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:52):
Who are some of the I'm curious about national acts
that you guys have played with?

Speaker 6 (33:55):
Yeah, so over the years we've played with bands like
Blackfield Brides at the Palladiums, Falling and Reverse. We we
played with them when rag Key was getting out of
his thing and getting back on the road. We've also
played with seven seven Yeah, we toured with seven Dusts
ten years in Gemini Syndrome, a few bands that mentioned

(34:19):
twelve Foot Ninja. I got to throw those guys out
too from Australia. Amazing, amazing band. But yeah, just just
a slew of nationals over the years and we want
to keep that, keep that ball rolling.

Speaker 2 (34:31):
Oh yeah, no doubt, no doubt. You said you'd gone
out on tour.

Speaker 6 (34:35):
Yeah, yeah, we did a few a couple of weeks
with Seven Dusts and Gemini Syndrome was on that, and
then we did another tour with ten Years and twelve
foot Ninja okay, and other offers came in.

Speaker 8 (34:47):
Uh.

Speaker 6 (34:47):
It just it's hard because it's all you know, it's
it's a business. It's a big investment and uh, you know,
but we're very thankful for those tours and Seven Dusts
was just amazing. You know, they were very well. They
treated us as family yea, and will forever be grateful
for that. And we always keep in touch with those guys.
So yeah, I just wanted to share.

Speaker 1 (35:08):
Yeah, I met them when they played at Meadowbrook. Boy,
how long ago is out? That was quite a while
ago too, jeez, I might have been around two thousand
and eight. But yeah, yeah, yeah, really nice guys.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
Yeah yeah, yeah, they're great.

Speaker 6 (35:21):
They're great and they're still doing it after all these years.
They're road warriors and they're phenomenal musicians and great amazing music.

Speaker 2 (35:28):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (35:30):
Is there anybody you guys have wanted to like, do
you have like a dream band that you'd love to
open for or get to tour with.

Speaker 15 (35:38):
I definitely have one, yeah, and We've tried a few
times to try to open for them. But I'm a
huge fan of the band He Is Legend. Okay, and yeah,
they've come by the Taffta about a year ago. Oh really, yeah,
and they they're coming by in September actually pretty pretty soon.

Speaker 2 (35:57):
We tried to get on that show.

Speaker 15 (35:58):
It seems like they were full for that, so but
I'm gonna be there anyways the crowd because they're one
of my favorite bands.

Speaker 2 (36:05):
Oh yeah, that would definitely be mine.

Speaker 6 (36:07):
Oh very and quick story on that. I'm a I'm
a guy full of stories. I'll make this quick.

Speaker 2 (36:11):
Nos, So before ends.

Speaker 6 (36:13):
Well, actually, when Enzo joined, we had played a showman
right before COVID with He Is Legend while She sleeps
in Summerville. And uh, when Enzo was playing with us
shortly after he joined, he said, hey, you know, you
guys played with He Is Legend at once ballroom and
some of them We're like, yeah, we did.

Speaker 2 (36:33):
He was I was there. I'm like wow.

Speaker 6 (36:35):
We were like wow, that's crazy a small world kind
of vibe. And we didn't know him at the time.
And a couple of years a few years fast forward,
he then joined the band, and I think it was
meant to be at that He Is Legend show. Now
we just got to come full circle. Like Enzo said,
we gotta play a show.

Speaker 3 (36:51):
What he is legend?

Speaker 4 (36:52):
So he is legend.

Speaker 6 (36:52):
If you're listening, let's do this.

Speaker 1 (36:55):
Yeah, yeah, no doubt, no doubt. Let's hit another studio tracks.
We got a couple we haven't played, right, we haven't
played a chance or Stars. We'll play one now and
then we'll play one for the end of the segment.

Speaker 7 (37:06):
How's that?

Speaker 2 (37:06):
So, I'll let you guys pick which which one you
want to go with next.

Speaker 6 (37:10):
Brendon Joe Jeremy's Stars do Stars?

Speaker 2 (37:14):
Is this the what's the newest one? By the way,
is it Stars?

Speaker 11 (37:17):
No?

Speaker 4 (37:17):
The newest ones are in Flames and Hopeless.

Speaker 1 (37:20):
Okay, those are the two that we Okay, all right, cool,
let's give this a spend. If you're just joining us,
We've got Silent Season here with us, live in studio,
and we're gonna play another track.

Speaker 2 (37:28):
This is called Stars.

Speaker 8 (37:42):
Shoot Shoot you.

Speaker 3 (37:49):
For sides?

Speaker 8 (37:54):
Shoot you side needs an.

Speaker 3 (38:07):
I say, I say, I shall.

Speaker 8 (38:19):
Listen. My podcast starts a s.

Speaker 12 (38:26):
Always good. So you chose cat?

Speaker 8 (38:37):
I can't go this No one who should chose her child.

Speaker 3 (38:55):
Soon? Way, sir, you can make a week thing. The
Chi shot.

Speaker 12 (39:14):
The I sing.

Speaker 3 (39:20):
O s John what starts?

Speaker 12 (39:32):
Jack my boy shot.

Speaker 8 (39:39):
Myself shot. Jack Chet said, b.

Speaker 3 (40:01):
You Jeff Stars, you show John.

Speaker 16 (40:37):
Strand Jeff Stars if you should get a voice your s.

Speaker 1 (41:06):
I didn't even want to talk over the feed. It
sounds so cool. As a radio guy, I'm supposed to
talk over the fade out rather not feed the fade out.
But I just love that so much. I just wanted
to let that ring out.

Speaker 7 (41:16):
That's so cool.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
That's an epic song. Great job, guys. I love that, man.

Speaker 7 (41:19):
I love that.

Speaker 1 (41:19):
That is Stars. The band is Silent Season. And hey,
thank you all for joining us today. This has been
This has been great. Really love talking to you guys.
I want to make sure so a couple of things
I want to make sure remind everybody about Swarmy Fest
November fifteenth. You guys are co headlining with sepsis very
very cool, right really right across the street Atole right

(41:40):
here in Manchester. So I'm excited to see you guys live.
That's going to be great. Matt Condorton Unleashed is one
of the sponsors on the show, so we're really looking
forward to that. And then let's see where should people go.
Where's the best place for who will go online to
keep up with everything that you guys are doing.

Speaker 6 (41:56):
Yeah, we have a website, Silent Season Music dot Com.
It lists so all our our socials on there. We're
on Facebook, Instagram x where we just as recently started
TikTok not dances really more show announcements and some cool
live footage. But you know, so we're engaging there as well,
and you know we're we're in a few different places,

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but if you go to our website, you'll really be
able to find all our content. And Enzo is also
helping running our website. He set up a mailing list,
so sign up for our mailing list and find out
the latest and greatest updates about Silent Season.

Speaker 1 (42:30):
Excellent. And then when's your next show? Is Swarmy thus
the next one? Or do you have something before? Then
where's the next place?

Speaker 6 (42:36):
It's a next one right now? But there. Even though
we said we're going to be working on some things
with music, we're gonna sort a multitask. There's a couple
shows we're working on in Providence and also maybe New Jersey.
That's all I can say for now, but as soon
as more details come out, we'll be sure to let
the show here, no, and we could let everyone to

(42:56):
find out what's going on if they want to travel
to come see us. Yeah, we're going to try to
also do some more shows obviously around the area, so
we don't lose the burn and uh, you know, just
keep active, multitasking, writing shows, all that good stuff.

Speaker 2 (43:10):
Yeah, there's a lot that goes into it. People who
don't people who haven't done it don't know. There's a
lot that goes into it.

Speaker 7 (43:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (43:15):
Yeah, yeah, and shout out again to paper Jam Right,
that's so cool, you know jam I know she she
is probably listening right now. So yeah, yeah, if if
you are just joining us and you don't know, Sheila was.
She had messaged Jenny earlier and said how much she
loved because you guys are like one of her favorite bands.
She loved interviewing you on her birthday. So yeah, yeah, we've.

Speaker 6 (43:35):
Got a special edition coming out with them September, in September,
October edition.

Speaker 2 (43:41):
Yeah. Yeah, very cool.

Speaker 1 (43:43):
Well, I think so we will end the uh the
only one we didn't play at is chance, correct, Yes,
So we'll end the segment with this, And if you
are listening live on Saturday, stick around We've got Cody
Pope coming up in the third hour, so very excited
about that. This is Matt Connor and Unleashed. We are
live on w m n H ninety five point three FM,

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and we will close the segment with this. This is
Chance and the band is Silent Season. And guys, thank
you again so much.

Speaker 7 (44:10):
Thank you so much, appreciate it, thank you for having you.

Speaker 2 (44:13):
Got it.

Speaker 8 (44:38):
Nch through the storm a waiting module.

Speaker 3 (44:44):
It's time to let go.

Speaker 12 (44:47):
At third, Joe Savage, your sum man is the same stage.

Speaker 8 (44:57):
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Speaker 12 (45:01):
And good chance such nothing so lovels a new turn

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so that it's the sole costreams a name for something,
justa change your time and your busy bots the possum.

Speaker 8 (45:42):
And that sound itself.

Speaker 12 (45:48):
Chang losing Elder Chance, that poject.

Speaker 8 (45:58):
Man good change studs come up to.

Speaker 12 (46:15):
And that you want.

Speaker 4 (46:17):
Stop, got on the.

Speaker 12 (46:23):
Stop can hold the hole.

Speaker 3 (46:27):
Say every shot side gets face.

Speaker 12 (46:35):
How that sounds up? The Okaka said that pct always

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make that say o Stosh