Camp Revival

In September Zac Nelson of the bands Hexlove and Chll Pll ————->

<—was nice enough to let me interview him about Chll Pll’s debut release: Aggressively Humble. This being Camp Revival’s debut interview, I didn’t plan out those um, hmm… what are they called? Oh yeah: logistics. I had recorded my conversation with Zac on my phone, but didn’t think about how I was going to pull that conversation off of my phone. After consulting these folks I was able to nab a very, very low quality version. Regardless, you can still hear Zac. He has cool things to say, which are occasionally interrupted by my coughs, chuckles, and Skype’s strange theremin like modulation.

Zac’s musical background

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How did you meet Zach Hill and how did Chll Pll come into existence?

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What was the process of making the record like?

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Was it intentional to only have people named Zac(h)(k) play on the record?

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What are you listening to?

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Didn’t catch all of that? Here’s a little assistance:
Trawler Bycatch
Art Zoyd
Von Zamla
Henry Cow
Aksak Maboul
Etron Fou Leloublan
Tim Hecker
The Work

What are your influences?

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On Friday, October 23rd, Camp Revival jumped into our motor coach and drove south into the night. Our destination? “The City that Works”: Portland, OR, home to our featured band: Family Channel. Family Channel is a group that was birthed by Brad Burns (guitar), Ethan Cates (percussion) and Trent Conant (behind the scenes) the very weekend we arrived; you’ll remember Ethan and Trent from the band Sharing Stone. Despite any labor pains caused by Family Channel’s quick entrance into this world there was little time for bed rest; we had a video to shoot!

After a night of liberal vodka drinking, black, black morning coffee, and an attempt at obtaining a Voodoo Donut (30 – 45 minutes is too long to wait for a donut) we headed to the Family Channel house to film. The setting was warm and inviting. The filming took place in the basement of the house where a projected video, created by Family Channel for the shoot, was streaming. Levels were tested, Hamm’s beers were cracked and the rest can be seen in the video above.

Today is 11/11/09, which means that Candy Claws‘ Online World Tour has reached the rain soaked streets of Seattle, Washington. From November through December Candy Claws will be posting exclusive content on blogs across the world in support of their release: “In the Dream of the Sea of Life”. As the record was recorded across the globe (Fort Collins, Italy & The Philippines) it seems entirely appropriate for these musical expeditionists to stay geographically fixed for the holiday season and let their content log miles for them; right? Before you watch Seattle’s exclusive video, please read the preface provided by Candy Claws:

“Here we are in Seattle! It feels so fast… This is the Online World Tour for our new album “In the Dream of the Sea Life.” Third song, Starry Fighter Kite, in order of the album. What a cold night to film, everyone froze, but we tried again. Maybe by now you will notice our method: this is what: two cameras, moving independently, then overlap the footage, no edits. Also, an audio recorder near Kay and Ryan, for the vocals and guitars mostly. Today we added Meghan on Fake Gourd Shaker. How many members will we end up with? This is the first song we wrote as Candy Claws. Is it still good? Again, here we have Marty and Mckenzie on cameras with cold hands. Thank you to them!

We just came from Cause = Time in Denver. Tomorrow we visit Chocolate Bobka in Brooklyn. Visit our blog for a full list of tour dates, with links.

You can stream the entire album, read reviews, and pick up a copy (digital or physical) at Indiecater. Also, this is our myspace.

Thanks for watching! See you so soon.”