The All-American Rejects Breakdown ‘Sandbox’

All American Rejects
Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects talked with Alt Press about all the songs on their new album:

I wrote that hook for the Eels. E was trying to finish his record, and he was like, “Do you have any more songs?” I said no, but I was driving my son to school that morning, and right when I dropped him off, I heard the chorus for “Get This,” and [it] just came out. It was going fast, so I got home, and in 10 minutes, it was done. I sent it to him, and he was like, “I don’t think I can pull that off.” And I was like, “Good, because I want it.” That song, in the spirit of this record, was just pure fun. I showed Nick the demo, and he loved it. It came together the fastest out of all the songs. Super easy to put together. The good ones are easy. Sometimes everything about a song like that is just easy. It’s where we have always rung the bell as a band, just a fun song. It doesn’t mean anyone any harm.

Daisy Grenade Talk New EP

Daisy Grenade
Jason Tate

Daisy Grenade talked with Rock Sound about their new EP:

I think when we started this band, we didn’t know really what we wanted, or what we wanted it to feel like or sound like, and we were just kind of open to trying everything. We knew where our influences were coming from, but we didn’t know what felt like the best way to express that, and as we’ve grown and changed, we’re closer to what we want. Some of these songs we’ve been sitting on for two plus, almost three years, and I think it was just time that we put our foot down and say this is what we are going to do. Our sound is very eclectic because it comes from a million different places, and we don’t necessarily feel like we fit in one genre, but the musical landscape we’re in right now is so genre-less. And regardless, we don’t really give a fuck what label people put on this. We want to put out the songs we want to put out.