We had the pleasure of interviewing Penny and Sparrow over Zoom video!  “Olly olly oxen free!” If you ever played hide-and-go-seek or capture the flag growing up, odds are good that you’ve shouted these words into the hot summer night, beckoning your unseen comrades out of their hiding places in exchange for safe passage home. But what does it actually mean? The origins of the phrase are murky, with variations existing in multiple languages over the centuries. Some trace it back to the German “alle, alle, auch sind frei,” which roughly translates to “all, all, also are free.” Others attribute it to a mix of French and Dutch, which would yield the similar “go, go, come in free.” For Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke—the musical duo better known as Penny and Sparrow—the phrase spoke to something far deeper than a children’s game, though, something profoundly existential.Written and recorded over the past year, Olly Olly is a work of liberation and revelation, a full-throated embrace of the self from a band that’s committed to leaving no stone unturned in their tireless quest for actualization. The songs here are fearless and introspective, embracing growth and change as they reckon with desire, intimacy, doubt, and regret, and the arrangements are similarly bold and thoughtful, augmenting the duo’s rich, hypnotic brand of chamber folk with electronic flourishes and R&B grooves. Baxter and Jahnke produced Olly Olly themselves, working on their own without an outside collaborator for the first time, and the result is the purest, most authentic act of artistic self-expression the pair have ever achieved.   Stuck at home with nothing but time on his hands, Jahnke leaned into bedroom pop, R&B, and hip-hop for sonic inspiration, pushing his boundaries in an attempt to forge new sounds that went against expectations. There was a certain amount of contrarianism at play (tell him you can’t write a folk song over a trap beat and he’d write you a folk song over a trap beat), but more than that, Jahnke was engaged in a conscious attempt to rewrite his own neural pathways, to step out of the invisible boxes that had bound him for much of his life. Baxter took a similar approach within his lyrics, which he worked on at home in Florence, AL, responding to Jahnke’s melodic cues by writing with new tones and modes of voice. In the end, that’s what Olly Olly is all about: finding new ways to use language and melody as acts of emancipation and self-discovery.We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #PennyandSparrow #OllyOlly #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Lilyisthatyou over Zoom video!  Toronto pop provocateur Lilyisthatyou celebrates her signing to Warner Records with her major-label debut single “Party 22.” A breakup anthem that doubles as a post-pandemic party jam, the propulsive bop finds the singer born Lily Davies looking for salvation in the club.  “Party 22” allows Lily to let loose. “Imma party like it's 2022,” she chants defiantly on the explosive chorus. “Imma shake off every last thought of you.” It turns out, “Party 22” is the result of quarantine-induced reflection. “I’ve always found nightlife as an opportunity to let go,” Lily says. “To release a lot of energy that I had been directing towards something negative.” She set out to make a floor-filler for a post-COVID world, adding, “I want to create anthems people will remember from the year the world really came back to life.” With references to bottles and bathroom stalls, “Party 22” picks up where her self-released viral hit “FMRN” left off. An acronym for “Fuck Me Right Now,” Lily’s sex-positive single caused a stir on TikTok, where it amassed more than 1 million views in 24 hours before being taken down for being too explicit. “FMRN” quickly became a streaming sensation.  Since its release, the unapologetic song has amassed over 40 million streams across platforms. Pop has been Lily’s calling from an early age. She began writing songs at 13 and received an AKG microphone from her father in 2016. With a rudimentary studio setup in her bedroom, the breakout artist became more serious about her craft. She achieved her first taste of virality on her own, but now with “Party 22,” she’s made it clear that, with backing from Warner Records and Marvin Alyas’ Until Successful Management, Lilyisthatyou is headed for even bigger things. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #Liltisthatyou #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Mayson over Zoom video! Entrenched in love of house music, the musical landscape in Paul Mayson's head is one rich in a commix of sounds and influences. From remaking Cher's iconic track 'Believe' together with GRAMMY nominated singer/songwriter Saint Sinner to dropping his soulful house anthem 'Can't Trust The Way I Feel', the Dutch DJ/Producer now takes listeners on a timeless funk-filled voyage with his latest single 'Don't Let Me Down', featuring UK singer/songwriter Zac Pajak at the helm on vocals. The track incorporates delicate house grooves, warm chords and soulful samples, whilst Mayson pushes Zac out of his pop comfort zone to achieve a resounding performance from the gifted singer. It's a delectable track with brilliant production touches that contribute to 'Don't Let Me Down', perhaps being Paul's most superior dance record after signing with Sony Music and embarking on a new chapter in 2021. Mayson's early years in the studio were spent co-producing and co-writing for American pop and hip-hop artists such as Yelawolf, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Far East Movement. Today he is dedicated to sharing his love for house music and is deep into music discovery and crate digging, constantly seeking out new ideas and sounds from old records and fusing genres and styles. Stripping it back to its core and unpicking everything with sampling and programming at the heart of his music, Mayson's creative exploration is paying off. He recently got picked up by MTV to become their MTV Push Artist of the month for August and positioned himself as one of the most exciting and innovative dance music talents out of The Netherlands right now.Since releasing his debut single 'Again' in 2019, Zac Pajak's music has led him to perform live shows everywhere from Glastonbury to London's Roundhouse and contribute to hit music for artists as diverse as Major Lazer, Raye and McFly and continue to deliver his own brilliantly observed, expressive releases.Paul Mayson & Zac Pajak’s ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ is out now via Sony Music. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #PaulMayson #zoom  Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Will Putney of Fit For An Autopsy over Zoom video!  New Jersey six-piece FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY — Joseph Badolato [vocals], Patrick Sheridan [guitar], Timothy Howley [guitar], Will Putney [guitar], Peter Blue Spinazola [bass], and Josean Orta Martinez [drums] — just released their sixth album, Oh What the Future Holds, via Nuclear Blast.The band has also shared the video for "Two Towers.""Conceptually, 'Two Towers' is an abstract story which follows the journey of your past self and future self, and the forces that pull them apart," the band explains. "Realizing the impossible concept of them meeting, one is faced with the reality of accepting the things you cannot change. It's a little out of the box for us, but it was challenging and fun to create a unique song for the record. Shout out to director Frankie Nasso and his team for the animated video that brought this story to life."FFAA returned to the road on a headline U.S. tour, which kicked off on January 5. The band and tour will certainly add a hefty dose of death metal to your winter doldrums. The trek began in Columbus, Ohio, and runs through February 12 in New York City. All dates are below. Enterprise Earth, Ingested, Signs of the Swarm, and Great American Ghost will also appear. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #WillPutney #FitForAnAutopsy #zoom  Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Poo Bear over Zoom video! At just 14-years-old, he co-wrote “Anywhere” for multi-platinum R&B powerhouse 112, which opened the floodgates for so many more opportunities for him. Collaborations with everyone from The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Pink, and Faith Evans to Dr. Dre, Lupe Fiasco, Drake, Snoop Dogg, Yo Gotti, and Rick Ross followed. Since then, he's written blockbuster smashes such as Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean?”, Usher’s “Caught Up,” Dan + Shay’s “10,000 Hours,” and Chris Brown’s “I Can Transform Ya” [feat. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz] as well as the 13-times platinum “Despacito (Remix)” [feat. Justin Bieber] for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. His catalog includes sales of over 350 million records worldwide, dozens of multi-platinum certifications, and 100 billion streams and counting, as well as two Grammy nominations. At the same time, his entrepreneurial portfolio consists of owning the restaurant Black Star Burger, as well as co-owning hydrogen-infused water manufacturer HFactor, among others. Most recently, Poo Bear signed a joint venture agreement with Def Jam Recordings for his own label, Bearthday Music. He’s credited on Justin Bieber’s newest album, Justice, and has just finished music directing on NBC’s new show, Kenan.Simultaneously, he emerged as a dynamic and diverse artist himself. He lent his voice to Skrillex’s “Would You Ever,” racking up over 200 million Spotify streams. In 2018, he unveiled his full-length debut Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music, featuring guests such as Jennifer Lopez, Anitta, Zara Larsson, Jay Electronica, Justin Bieber, and more.In October, he released his latest single, “Distant Shore." The track encapsulates that of a siren’s call, instantly pulling you in with it's electronic, upbeat energy and his entrancing vocals. It’s the perfect song to get lost to as you dance all night long. This is the first track of many, as an album is on its way. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #PooBear #JustinBieber #zoomListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Chrissy over Zoom video! Phoenix Music Group newcomer Chrissy is not only breathtakingly beautiful, but she is an emerging superstar as a singer, songwriter and actress that is about to take Hollywood by storm! A child of tinsel town since the day she was born, her father is music producer, screenwriter, director, Chris Stokes. But Chrissy didn’t discover her passion for singing and acting until the age of 11. She landed her first paid acting job on the TNT Drama Series ‘Southland’ opposite Emmy Award winning actress Regina King. In 2019, Chrissy got the opportunity to showcase her singing and acting talents on screen when she landed the lead role of ‘Nicki Ross’ in the Urbanflix series “Howard High”. Her latest project “Organic” was released on Friday, November 5th. The 7-track project features her latest singles “Relax”, “Dreamin”, “Love On Me”, “Sometimes”, & “Lowkey” featuring Marques Houston. In addition to her EP, she is also the star of her first full length musical film called Howard High which will be released Friday, February 4th, 2022, with Fox / Tubi. Aside from Chrissy's career as artist and actress, she’ll be releasing her own cosmetic line called CHRISSY, slated for release before 2021 ends.We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #Chrissy #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Garrett Nash over Zoom video!  6x RIAA platinum-certified Atlantic Records/Overall Recordings artist Garrett Nash has released his version of his favorite childhood song, “Stacy’s Mom.” Originally released by Fountains of Wayne, Nash has put his own spin on the 2000s hit. Listen to Nash’s version of “Stacy’s Mom” HERE. The nostalgic cover follows a pair of irresistible singles from Nash – the self-reflective, “Super Glue,” and the touching ode to Nash’s upbringing in Los Angeles, “Palm Trees.” These recent tracks marked a new direction from the singer-songwriter formerly known as gnash. The name change reflects his remarkable growth as both an individual and artist over the past decade.Having won worldwide applause and triumphant popular success under his gnash moniker, Garrett Nash now takes a more matured, deeply personal approach to his genre-blurring brand of modern pop. gnash made his global breakthrough with 2016’s multi-platform blockbuster hit single, “i hate u, i love u.” The stripped-bare track reached the top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” – where it spent an impressive 39 weeks – and singles charts around the world, earning 6x RIAA platinum certification and more than 2B global streams. Furthermore, the “i hate u, i love u” companion video is an unadulterated blockbuster, now with over 640M individual views via YouTube alone. Along with his world-straddling popular success, gnash began receiving rapt attention from worldwide media, drawing critical acclaim from such top tier publications as the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Vogue, and NYLON, to name but a few. 2019 saw gnash follow a series of EPs with his RIAA gold certified full-length debut album, we, drawing praise from such outlets as The Guardian for its “highly intimate confessionals about doubt, anxiety and insecurity…the combination of charming tunes and humbling insights are truly lovely.” As charming and idiosyncratic on stage as in the studio, gnash traveled North America on a number of tours, including 2019’s 40-date “the broken hearts club tour,” while also finding time for high-profile TV performances on NBC’s TODAY and Late Night with Seth Meyers. A strong advocate for mental health, gnash has long been open about his struggles, publicly acknowledging the benefits of therapy while also encouraging fans to find their own unique way to express themselves. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #GarrettNash #zoom  Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

Together with Sean Ulbs of the Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing Rolo Tomassi over Zoom video!  ROLO TOMASSI will release their huge, expansive and ambitious, brand new album 'Where Myth Becomes Memory' on February 4th, 2022 through MNRK. The band returned in August with the single 'Cloaked', their first new music since 2018's hugely acclaimed 'Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It'.ROLO TOMASSI have spent 17 years leading the pack rather than following and 'Where Myth Becomes Memory', sees them lead with more poise and determination than ever before. The new album serves as the final part in an unintended trilogy that began with 2015’s 'Grievances' and continued with 2018’s 'Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It', the most critically acclaimed album of the band’s career to date. Every ROLO TOMASSI album shows signs of growth, but 'Where Myth Becomes Memory' serves as a culmination of a period of creativity that has exalted ROLO TOMASSI to their loftiest status so far as a band, with a singular vision where the most savage, unhinged sonics can co-exist harmoniously with epic cinematic elegance and grace.MORE ON ROLO TOMASSI: Formed in 2005 this quintet’s early material blended hardcore with kitschy synths and nonsensical song structures. However, the group shaved off its more oddball qualities in favor of shoegaze and dream-pop on subsequent releases.This sound is beautifully demonstrated with Dillinger-style freak-outs that transition to lush soundscapes at a moment’s notice. Anchored by the Spence siblings’ complementary singing voices, the group perfectly blur the barrier between tranquility and destruction. They have worked with US super producer Diplo and performed on Channel 4 TV live with Biffy Clyro (watch that HERE), they have played the SXSW Festival, released an album through IPECAC after catching the ear of Mike Patton and their last album is on around 7 million streams on Spotify alone. This most recent album from 2018 'Time Will Die And love Will Bury It' was released to a flurry of praise an acclaim, landing it as the 2nd highest review score for the year on Metacritic (gaining a 92/100). Following previous tours and shows with the likes of Faith No More, Biffy Clyro, Dillinger Escape Plan, Architects, The Bronx and Gojira in 2019 (as main support), the band have established themselves as a live tour-de-force, now a headline prospect not only in their home territory of the UK and the EU, but also Australia, Japan, Russia and the USA.  There is no band on Earth quite like ROLO TOMASSI We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #RoloTomassi #TheEiffels #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Of Mice & Men over Zoom video!  OF MICE & MEN first emerged as part of a vanguard of subculture alongside their contemporaries and tour mates in Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Pierce The Veil, Asking Alexandria, and Dance Gavin Dance; and as a staple of the Vans Warped Tour and international rock festivals. They took home the Best International Newcomer price at the 2013 Kerrang! Awards and were twice nominated as Artist Of The Year at the APMAs, where Manansala took home Best Guitarist.Across a half dozen studio albums, including career redefining fan-favorite masterpiece Earthandsky and the No. 1 Billboard Independent Album Restoring Force, the group’s combination of crowd-moving breakdowns, staccato rhythms, and soaring melodic vocals bridged the gap from the underground to the world at large. Songs like “Would You Still be There” and “Unbreakable” catapulted OF MICE & MEN onto massive tours with Linkin Park and Rise Against (2015); Slipknot and Marilyn Manson (2016); and Five Finger Death Punch and In Flames (2017).At every turn, no matter what obstacles presented themselves, the four men at the OF MICE & MEN core since 2016 never lost sight of the strength of their connection to the audience or each other. They refocused and persevered at every turn, delivering massive anthems that work in the most intimate of punk clubs, the biggest of European festivals, and American rock radio formats alike. So, when the 2020 pandemic ground the touring business to a halt, Pauley, Manansala, Ashby, and Arteaga turned inward and resolved to take advantage of the year to create. They expanded their home-studio setups, wrote together online, and self-produced their new music. Pauley, already an experienced producer, handled all of the mixing and mastering duties himself.The band’s renowned spirit of determination, aggression, and musical excellence has never been more evident than on TIMELESS, the first of three EPs set for release in 2021, a sort of trilogy culminating in OF MICE & MEN’s seventh full-length album before the year’s end. Conceived in collaboration over platforms like Twitch and Zoom, in the midst of the pandemic, the California quartet’s new music is their most impressive and expansive, without sacrificing any heaviness. “Obsolete,” “Timeless,” and “Anchor” take a special place in the ever-evolving OM&M song canon. We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #aaronpauley #ofmice&men #OM&M #Ofmiceandmen #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!

We had the pleasure of interviewing Spaceface over Zoom video! Spaceface is a self described “Retro Futurist Dream Rock” (but you can call them psychedelic-pop) band from Memphis, TN and Los Angeles, CA, active since 2012  and including members of The Flaming Lips and Pierced. Always eavesdropping on the Universe whispering its chaotic will, the groovy bunch harnesses the transcendent pulse of the spacetime continuum into catchy songs that whirl and twirl, bend and stretch, attract and propel. Their unique alloy of dream-pop, funk rock and post-disco, charged by the Sun, ultimately shines way past our collective bedtime, akin to a glow-in-the-dark Slime Science Lab kit. The psych outfit are now announcing Anemoia, a second full-length album that should please fans of Beck, Tame Impala and MGMT. The forthcoming long play is scheduled for release on January 28th, 2022 via Montreal-based Mothland.We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #Spaceface #zoomListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!