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Dallas Turbofruits The band Turbo Fruits, who hail from Nashville Tennessee, don’t make fancy music but it’s rowdy and fun and a little weird. In anticipation of their show at Bryan Street Tavern coming up on October the 6th, I did a quick interview with band members Jonas and Kingsley to see what recording their new album Butter was like and what about Nashville influences their music.

 

1. So I just watched your video for the song Volcano, in it you guys are playing in someone’s living room while a crowd of kids goes crazy around you, is that similar to how you guys got started out, by having shows at people’s houses?

JONAS: Yep! You hit the nail on the head. Most of Turbo Fruits’ first shows were either in basements or living rooms. Regardless of how successful Turbo Fruits becomes, we will always make time for a house party show… always.

2. Do any of you guys play any other instruments besides the ones you play in the band?

KINGSLEY: We Can all play a few instruments besides the ones we play in the band. Not really well though:) I can play a bit of bass, mandolin, keys, and drums but pretty poorly. Jonas can play keys pretty decently as well as drums and I’m sure he can pick around on the bass. Dave can play guitar and a little keys and I’m sure a few others that I’m unaware of. Matt can dabble on the bass a little as well.

None of us really focus on any instrument other than the ones we play in the band but being able to play a few instruments each, definitely gives us some perspective on how to shape songs by giving each other input on what were all doing instrumentally during the writing process.

3. Is there any local music in Nashville that influences you guys or that you like to listen to?

KINGSLEY: I think we’re all definitely influenced to a certain degree by certain local music/musicians in Nashville. I’m personally without a doubt influenced by the country guitar players that play here. Not to the point where I’m playing country obviously but definitely by the technique and style of the players that you see here in town. I think everyone in the band has been influenced in some way by what’s going on in Nashville, especially in the rock scene…but I would say that we’re all more influenced by the overall feel and attitude of what’s going on here, rather than the actual music a certain band is playing.

4. When you guys are touring do you ever go explore the different cities you play in? What places do you like to check out?

KINGSLEY: We always try to explore certain cities we are unfamiliar with while we’re there if we have time. But we’re usually extremely busy and pressed for time to make it to the next city, which can make it much harder for us to do. We usually make it a point to at least go to a restaurant or bar that a city is well known for. At this point we’ve been all over the US and have had time to see and explore a lot of the cities and towns we’ve been to. The bigger cities we’re usually a little more familiar with because we’ve spent the most time in those places (New York, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles, etc).

It’s the smaller towns that are usually in between the big cities and require a longer drive to get to the next place…so a lot of the time we aren’t able to explore them because we usually don’t have time to. When we do have time to check stuff out we like to go to well known music stores, bars, restaurants, record shops, and thrift/vintage stores.

5. How is your new rat, Templeton adjusting to life on the Road?

KINGSLEY: Templeton seems to b enjoying his new life on the road, but he’s only experienced one day out, so I guess time will tell:) he’s currently staying with Jonas out at the sugar shack in Bellevue, TN.

6. Did Southern cooking inspire the name of your new album, Butter?

JONAS: Not necessarily…but we love our southern cooking! The album name came simply from me opening my fridge one day and seeing a brand new stick of butter. I thought to myself “Butter…that sounds good. Butter. Butter. YES! That’s the name of the new album!” I called Matt (TF drummer) and we both got really excited about the idea. He then proceeded to make a clay sculpture which was used as our album art. It’s my favorite album art I’ve seen in a long time.

7. I read that Butter was recorded in 8 days, how did you guys get the album done so fast?

JONAS: Jim Eno, our producer, was very aware of our budget and time constraints so he pushed us to practice 4 or 5 times a week for two months up until we recorded the album. He also requested that we tour down to the studio playing only our new songs. So all that practicing played a big roll in us finishing a record so timely.

8. Do you think the city an album is recorded in has any influence on it’s sound, like I know you guys recorded Butter in Austin TX. Do you think the songs would have a different sound if they were recorded in a place like New York or Las Vegas?

JONAS: Well…the recording process in austin was really concentrated and productive so we didn’t’ have much time to be influenced by Austin. Had we written the album in Austin it might be a different story. BUT we wrote the album in my old bedroom in my parents’ house just outside of Nashville, TN! So all of our geographical influence comes from Nashville. It’d be nice to try to write some songs totally out of our element…I’m sure it would have an influence on the songs we write.

 

 


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