Some bands consist of a bossy shot-caller and anonymous backing players.
We talk all the time.
We move in a unit.
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Its not too hard.
In many ways, they create as a single entity.
Like, Who has a drum loop theyve made?
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Pull it out, lets put some chords over it and go from there!
We can actually be together in a band and still have that freedom to go do whatever we want.
Syd says it was Martians who pushed Lacy to pursue a solo career.
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It inspired her to give it a try as well.
I was like, Well then me too!
If you let people have freedom to express, they never resent being in the band.
Syd and Martians have previous experience navigating the group dynamic.
Weve been in situations before where people werent very fair and where our voices werent heard, Martians explains.
So me and Syd take a stab at go out of our way to really take care of everybody.
We take a stab at be really aware of everybody having a say in every move we make.
Soon, Martians asked Lacy to help him flesh out songs hed been working on.
I was just the new kid, Lacy recalls.
Since then, the pair has only grown closer.
Martians describes Lacy as like the little brother I never had.
We realized that was the one we had to really hit out the park, Martians says.
ForHive Mind, the vibe was looser.
WhereEgo Deathwas brash and boisterous, their latest LP simmers with a decidedly slinky and seductive feel.
You put a timestamp on your music when you use things that are very trendy, he says.
So Im definitely gonna use no trap drums.
Its just naturally what we exude.
Writing and recording sessions resembled casual group hangs with each band member batting around ideas.
We just have a balance, says Lacy, of the Internets innate creative chemistry.
Adds Martians: Were just way more confident now.
For the Internet, that conviction has led to higher-profile work, both in and outside the music business.
I was grateful to be a part of that history, Lacy says.
He never modeled before, but apparently I was a natural, he adds with a laugh.
But Syd admits shes already itching to reunite with the full band on tour later this year.
Were homies, so its almost like a vacation, she says.
Except we have to wake up early.
