We're a punk band, not so much from a sound perspective, but I still feel like we maintain a punk approach to what we do. But (punk) is not the most accepting community, it's really rather conservative. So we felt like we had to go against that.

In Providence, the noise scene is very anti-rock. But we don't want to outright reject rock clubs. There's a different set of influences in New York. (DFA) is a pop music label, and we're kind of an anomaly on the label (but) ... we can take advantage of the different resources available here.

In Providence, the noise scene is very anti-rock, ... But we don't want to outright reject rock clubs. There's a different set of influences in New York. (DFA) is a pop music label, and we're kind of an anomaly on the label (but) ... we can take advantage of the different resources available here.

A lot of people reject being in a place where they're physically confronted. We try to maintain an intense confrontational edge.

If you're around long enough and working hard, ... people will be exposed to your work. It's an interesting time.

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