Interview: Skope Magazine - Artist to Watch Feb 2010: The Shants
Neat little interview/feature from Skope Magazine…
Skope: How does it feel to be chosen as an Artist To Watch for February 2010? It feels great! We’re honored. 2010 is proving to be a really great year for us so far.
Skope: What are you currently working on in your musical endeavours? Well we just released an EP through High Scores & Records, called Russian River Songs. It was meant to just be a demo, so we headed up to a cabin near the redwoods North of San Francisco and recorded a bunch of songs live. It’s rough around the edges, but it felt and sounded great so we decided to release it. You can get it from iTunes, from highscoresandrecords.com, or directly from us online or at shows. Other than that, we’re just playing shows regionally and planning a West Coast tour this summer.
Skope: What is your favorite time of day to create music? We’d have to quote Big Joe Turner and say that the night-time is the right time! Seems like the only time we ever write songs or get together to play is after the sun goes down.
Skope: What is coming up for you and where can readers learn more about you? We’re opening for Basia Bulat on March 10 at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco, which should be a lot of fun. Then we’ll be playing in Sacramento on April 23 at the Naked Lounge, and Petaluma on April 24 at the Lagunitas Brewery. We’re hoping to start recording our full length debut this year, and of course playing lots of shows! You can keep up with The Shants through Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube and our Tumblr blog.
