I think today record companies are looking for a single, rather than here's an album we made that tries to have some flow to it, tries to weave common threads and themes to it.

Having a really solid drummer behind us gave us all a charge. Dave is just this gem in Pittsburgh, this national caliber drummer. We were very fortunate to have him. It's like playing a pickup basketball game with an NBA guy, it just forces you all to play better.

I went into record some demo songs and Paul [Fitzsimmons] let me borrow one of his electric guitars, so maybe that's where I started to write a little more on the electric.

That was probably a conscious effort. But we're not really trying to sell out; it's not an effort to go mainstream. It's a natural evolution.

We came out today with the goal of playing as hard as we possibly could. I believe that we did that, but we just couldn't make shots. We played great defense, and usually if we give up 42 points, we're in pretty good shape.

We just couldn't get it done at the plate today.