MusicWeek Staff: What made you realize that music was your path?
Bat Lanyard: Despite the fact that we did not meet until college, Matt and Nick both grew up surrounded by music in some way and started playing instruments (guitar piano drums etc) early on. Soft rock and pop in your parents car or living room followed by high school heavy metal = Bat Lanyard first meeting in college listening to the dream pop of the time, shoegaze.
MusicWeek Staff: How will you describe your music to people?
Bat Lanyard: Bat lanyard is soft rock electronica pop metal alt pop.
MusicWeek Staff: What are your thoughts on the evolution of an artist and the evolution of music today?
Bat Lanyard: On one hand technology has allowed us to make our new self-titled album (available on all streaming services) in the way we wanted, but we did not rely on tech as heavily for so much of the finished record. This is why we we felt so strongly that putting it on vinyl (available on batlanyard.com) would allow for the best listening experience, which is in a way saying we are hopeful the evolution of music continues to allow people to listen to a complete story in ten songs.
MusicWeek Staff: Describe your experience recording the song "Burned Out Lovers"?
Bat Lanyard: This one happened more quickly than some of the other songs. Matt was in Colorado on a wintery day and I (Nick) was writing a song on a twelve string and then layered a synth over it. I sent an audio file of the rhythm to Matt over text and two weeks later we were recording it in the Mothership. Matt suggested a change in the chorus to be busier and I threw out the new chorus with scratch lyrics that turned out to fit the song perfectly. Later in the session they added an Ensoniq keyboard over the outro chorus and the song felt complete, bringing the emotional complex topic of complacency layed with lackadaisical love to a finish that we loved
MusicWeek Staff: What are your music goals for this year, and how are you working towards achieving them?
Bat Lanyard: We plan to push the website and vinyl at this time, and aim for some live regional shows this Fall.
MusicWeek Staff: What was the creative approach for this new video?
Bat Lanyard: Nick sent Matt some art randomly of the little Alien main character he’d drawn, now known as Fuzzy, and Matt had been working in animation and thought of the idea. The playful nature of the song That Explains It fits the mood perfectly.
MusicWeek Staff: How important do you think video is to your music?
Bat Lanyard: We want our listeners to know, while our songs dive into deep conflicting topics, our music yearns to be playful.
MusicWeek Staff: Are you already working on a new music? If so, can you tell us something about it?
Bat Lanyard: Yes! We have about 7 songs in the hopper and we believe if our listeners dig our self titled debut, they will love album two. And listeners that want something more out of our music we hope to achieve that two.
MusicWeek Staff: What are your thoughts on the evolution of an artist and the evolution of music today?
Bat Lanyard: On one hand technology has allowed us to make our new self-titled album (available on all streaming services) in the way we wanted, but we did not rely on tech as heavily for so much of the finished record. This is why we we felt so strongly that putting it on vinyl (available on batlanyard.com) would allow for the best listening experience, which is in a way saying we are hopeful the evolution of music continues to allow people to listen to a complete story in ten songs.
MusicWeek Staff: Where can potential fans find out more about you?
Bat Lanyard: batlanyard.com
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