![]() ![]() But it became apparent around that time that we weren't a band that was going to have hits, we were the kind of band that was going to have a huge touring audience." We really thought we were going to get on the radio, we thought for sure we were going to have a hit but it didn't happen. Everyone thought 'Vindicated' was the best indication of what Dashboard is all about. I think it attracted a lot of fans that already liked our scene but had never listened to our music yet. While 'Vindicated' was something that was a big moment for us, it certainly moved the cultural needle for a lot of music fans. But it still clung onto this unusual way, it never had the usual way of gaining popularity through the radio like my friends' bands had. 'Vindicated' became this successful song, that is true. I don’t think that happened in quite the way that it might be perceived. Were there droves of casual fans coming to your shows just for that song? If so, was there any urge to prank them or play around with their expectations? I think I made a lot of great decisions for the band but I feel like I could’ve made some better ones."Īt that point, ‘Vindicated’ was a huge success and was added to this album. I think I could’ve made some better decisions. I had no experience at that level but was expected to know how to navigate through it. Suddenly, we were on a much grander stage, for lack of a better word. You can only make decisions with the information you've learnt so far. The way that you guide a band through its career, you can only do that in the now. I don't think I handled myself well a couple of times - there are a few regrets I have. At any point, did it all get too overwhelming? Up until now, we just finished a new record and it feels like where I wanted to be with Dusk And Summer. ![]() Everything from thereon feels like another era. I would say, the records we’ve talked about so far - the first three, along with the first half of Dusk and Summer - feel like one era of the band. I wasn't necessarily put off by this, I was up for the challenge. I began to have my vision influenced to become something and resulted in something that was not quite the way I intended. I think this was the first time I began to feel the pressure from the label. ![]() The memories of those shows stay with me."Ĭoming off the success of A Mark…, how did it feel like going back into the studio? Just being able to spend time with those bands, being on the same stage as them, listening to their advice for us, watching the way they carried themselves - it made quite an impression on me. So I didn't really think about pressure." We found great success with a small audience - the songs were important to these people but we weren't savvy enough to know to do the album any differently from how I did it the first time. At this point, Dashboard had starting growing a name out of the live gigs, there were no reviews of the records or anything about the band, really. I just didn't want them to fall away into someone else’s fit of anger over me not signing with them."įollowing up from your debut, what kind of pressure did you face going into the studio? I signed with Vagrant Records and I flew back to Florida and I met my brother, Matthew, at the airport with my guitar and I went straight to the James’ apartment and recorded a new batch of songs.įor some reason I thought it would be a good idea to keep these songs ready and I knew that I had the rights to re-record them. So the next day after they told me they were pulling the record, that’s what I did. ![]()
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