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Symptom And The Cure
Symptom And The Cure

making the call to push back the release sound, it probably has been just pursuing time and space - I think this is something
date, like we had a whole roll-out. We even the band. As a living, it takes a lot of your that we really need to be able to go all out
had an entire world tour booked around it, time, your energy and a lot of sacrifices of on tour. So this tour we’ve had 11 shows
which was then rescheduled for now and normality. I think you know, sticking it out straight in America and now we have 13
you’re witnessing the conclusion of it at the has been one of the bravest things because straight, and so 24 shows in 26 days is def-
moment, which has been amazing. But you do have to put on a brave face and get initely taking it out of us. But being able to
yeah, I think just making that decision on on with it when things do suck and kind of be smarter with our opportunities and tak-
the whole was a risk of losing momentum ride it out to the next positive thing and say ing the right tours is important, rather than
to be able to get the album right. We were ‘right, that was worthwhile’. There’s always just being out on tours just be out there.
right at the end with a week to go in the stu- a balance.” We’ve gotten to a point where we can grind
dio. We were like, ‘Right, we can finish it, Hands Like Houses are hard workers, and grind and sure it will probably pay off
but it’s not going to be what it should be. and Trenton acknowledges that being in a but we all have lives beyond, that are en-
We need some time to go away to sit on it band often means sacrificing a few things. riched and enhanced by what we do in the
and come back with a couple more songs.” “Yeah, we’ve been really lucky, particu- band and we want to be able to enjoy that,
Following on from making difficult de- larly this year. We hope to continue push- so striking a balance is kind of the biggest
cisions, Black Velvet asks Trenton what the ing as a band. We have been able to get a obstacle at the present.”
bravest thing he’s ever done is. balance as we’ve been getting busier.
“Oh Jeez!” He thinks for a moment and We’ve had to balance it out more in order oing back to ‘Dissonants’, the
then, although a little embarrassed to start to get our home time for recharging and Glyrics ‘I won't sink into the sea of
off with, he says, “As lame as it might also enjoying making music in our own grey, I won't melt into the choir of angels’ in

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