Unsigned518 - Episode 132 - Scotchka

[00:00:01] Speaker A: He was born on a Saturday in 73 he loves park rock music, finding the 13 in the dazzle roll now on the Ben's guitar with a short with radio back his motherfucking Andy scolding. Look at Motherfucker cuz here he comes Andy. [00:00:27] Speaker B: Welcome to Unsigned 518. I am here with the members of Skotchka. How's it going? [00:00:32] Speaker C: Good. [00:00:33] Speaker D: Going great. [00:00:35] Speaker B: And I think what we'll do is we'll just start right here to my left and just go down the line, introduce yourself and what you do in the band. [00:00:42] Speaker E: Hi, everybody. I'm Brian. I am the drummer and third worst guitarist in Scotch. [00:00:51] Speaker C: I'm Jake or Jacob. I'm usually the bass player, but also play rhythm guitar and baritone and also produce most of the records. [00:01:02] Speaker D: I'm Maya. I'm the lead guitarist. Am I the best guitarist in Skodchka? Oh, that's crazy. I'm the best guitarist in Skodchka. I also play bass sometimes and do harsh vocals and backing vocals. [00:01:18] Speaker F: My name is Dominic. I am the worst guitarist. I do vocals, and I play rhythm guitar for the band. [00:01:27] Speaker B: And, you know, I love the multi instrumental thing, like, so do you switch it up, like, when you're playing live? Like, will you play, like, you know, based on one song? [00:01:37] Speaker C: Yeah, it started because on our most recent ep, I got a baritone guitar, and at our, like, writing retreat, we were, like, playing around with that and started. We have a couple songs that we wrote with that, and nobody else plays or has a baritone guitar. So then we started figuring out how to play those live, and then. Yeah, and then it kind of got a little out of control, and now we just spend the whole set running around stage switching instruments, switching chairs, switching instruments around. [00:02:06] Speaker D: Brian's just sitting there the whole time trying to adjust his drum stance while we're switching everything around. [00:02:11] Speaker C: Yeah, we don't let Brian play the guitar, but it's fine. [00:02:15] Speaker D: It's fine. Yeah. And then I was really interesting because a lot of the time when we were experimenting with, like, the other instruments for the ephemeral, I was just picking up. So a lot of the stuff that I listened to growing up, I really enjoy, like, punk. I enjoy dance, punk, goth music, anything like that. So I wanted to play bass because it's just an instrument that I had respect for for a long time. And so I think a couple of our songs I wrote, like, the breakdown section for Restless Ghost, which is, like, bass led, and that's all modeled after listening to stuff like Fugazi or the cure or I more obscure ones, like VCR or anything like that. So that's kind of where that came around from. [00:02:56] Speaker E: I would just like to clarify. I don't let anyone else play drums. [00:03:00] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:03:01] Speaker D: Cause we can't. [00:03:04] Speaker B: And, like, I'm a. You know, I'm a. I'm 51, so, like, I mean, I'm certainly not young, but, like, I'm an old punk rocker, like, skate punk stuff. And I also play bass. And, like, all of my bass playing is, like, punk rock style almost, no matter what style of song that we're playing. Cause I'm like, what? You know, that's what you get when you want me to play bass. You know what I mean? Like, you know, but mine, it's more like no effects. Like fat Mike and no effects. He's like, my guy. Like that. [00:03:31] Speaker D: That's the correct opinion. [00:03:33] Speaker B: That's, like, my. My whole. My whole bass playing is basically based off of. Off of him. Yeah, but same. Same thing. The bass, for me is just something that. I don't know. I love it. Like, I play guitar. You know, I play acoustic guitar, but I never really had any interest in, like, you know, like, my guitarists have all the pedals and, you know, and I'm just like, I just want that fucking low end and that drive, you know, I want to lock in with the bass drum and. [00:04:00] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah. Hell, yeah. Get that groove going. Absolutely. [00:04:04] Speaker B: So. And, you know, it's funny. I did the stank face, and, like, on the pod, it'll just be silenced, but people will be able to hear. They'll know what was happening. So I guess what we want to do is go and kind of tell the story of how the bandaid came together. You know, like, however you want to tell it, dom, if you want to take the lead on that one, for sure. [00:04:25] Speaker F: Yeah. So the band started in 2017. I just, like, started songwriting and had some songs kicking around that I worked on with my friend Drew at the time, and drew introduced me to Brian, and that was kind of the original lineup of Skotchka. And over the years, just, like, you know, lives changed, and we just kind of picked up and rotated members as time went on. And in 2018, we picked up Maya, and in 2019, we grabbed Jacob. And that's been the steady lineup for the past few years now. [00:05:05] Speaker E: Just really quickly, I want to fill out kind of how dom ropes people in because he tends to gloss over it. So I had known Drew that was, like, an old high school buddy of mine, and I guess Drew must have told Dom about me while they were looking for a drummer, and I remember, like, being at a show, like, outdoors kind of festival thing, actively, like, playing in the band, and then this guy just walks up from behind me. [00:05:35] Speaker B: And when you say actively playing, like. [00:05:37] Speaker E: I was on the drum. [00:05:38] Speaker B: Mid song. [00:05:38] Speaker E: Yes, mid song. Like, no joke. Yeah, on a beautiful day. And I'm just into it. I'm locked in, and then I see this kind of silhouette off to my left, and I look over, and he's like, hey, are you Brian? I'm just like, yeah. He's like, you're like, yeah, yeah. [00:06:02] Speaker D: What? [00:06:03] Speaker E: And he's like, I'm Drew's friend. Do you want to join my bandaid? I was just kind of like, yeah, I guess. Sure. You want to talk afterwards? [00:06:12] Speaker D: Oh, you weren't itching for a conversation in the middle of that show. [00:06:15] Speaker E: It was pretty short and sweet. [00:06:16] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:06:17] Speaker E: He was just kind of like, okay, cool, and walked away. [00:06:20] Speaker D: Yeah, he always does keep it short and sweet. We were talking that we realized that all of us just got hit up by Dom shortly after our bands broke up. Just like the guy who slips in after a breakup. He's just like, man, that sucks to hear about your bandaid. Do you want to join my band? And naturally you're like, well, I've got nothing else going on. Why not? Yeah. Cause after my first band ever broke up, and he reached out and he said, actually, do you want to join our band? Our guitar has just bailed, and we have a show in a week, and you have a week to learn the songs, and some of the parts aren't written yet. And I went, you know what? That sounds like a challenge. And we did it. Most of the parts that are still there, some of them got retooled, but, you know, most of those stuck around. [00:07:10] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, it was a similar thing with me. Like, I had. I had met Dom, like, very briefly, like, once when we were, like, at the same actually at a, like, a house show party thing at Brian's parents house, where I saw Skotchka before I was in the band, which was fun. [00:07:29] Speaker E: Join. [00:07:31] Speaker C: Still decided to join. Yes. I was in another band in the area that ended in 2019 or so, and I just get a message from Dom. He was like, hey, yeah, it was a similar thing. He was like, hey, man, really sorry to hear about your band. Anyway, you want to come see if you want to join my band? And then, you know, I got roped in. [00:07:56] Speaker B: You should have called yourself Dom in the rebounds or something. [00:07:59] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:08:04] Speaker F: We keep talking about how it's like, sliding into a DM after a breakup, and I have done that so many times, so. But Jake, you should see that as a big compliment. Jake was in this band, good fiction, and I just saw that they were, like, they knew what they were doing. They had, like, solid, like, release schedules. They were playing with, like, the joy formidable, like, much larger bands than we were playing with. They had, like, a really nicely done music video. So I was like, maybe this band kind of knows what they're doing. So if we can grab someone from the band. And we needed a bass player, so we went for the bass player, and it really worked out that he had a strong relationship with Brian as well already, and it just kind of locked into place. [00:08:46] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, honestly, I joined the band to hang out with Brian more because me and Brian went to school. We were both in, like, the classical guitar program at SECC, which is why we were making jokes about being guitar players earlier, because me and Brian are both, like, legitimately, classically trained and are the two people that play the least guitar in the band. [00:09:12] Speaker D: I went for music as a major for a semester, too, and I didn't even do guitar work. I just did music history. [00:09:20] Speaker B: And so as far as recorded stuff, you know, I know before we got started, you were saying that you diy everything, produce everything yourself. Like, how much. How much material do we have at this point? [00:09:31] Speaker C: So there are. There. There were two eps before I joined the band. There was, like, a afraid to fall. [00:09:39] Speaker D: Asleep ep, and that was a full band junction. And then. [00:09:44] Speaker C: Yeah. Recorded by Jordan Withers, actually, of poison noises. [00:09:47] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:09:47] Speaker C: Way back in the day, Dom and Jordan worked together at guitar center. Right? Like, way back in the day. And then high school with Jordan, too. Yeah. So Jordan's, like, a long time homie. And then there was an acoustic ep after that. And then I joined the band. When I joined in, like, 2019, they were in the middle of writing slash production on what became our first lp, a dozen Red Roses, please. And then last year, we put out a four song ep, and then we're working on another full length right now. Nice. [00:10:26] Speaker B: And do we want to play a song from Skotchka? [00:10:30] Speaker D: Yeah, absolutely. We're going to be playing don't cut too deep, which is a song we actually wrote. It was written before I even joined the band. And that song had just kind of grown so much from what it originally was. And it was probably the most difficult song because in that entire recording session, it was just Jake and I in his room and his parents house. It was warm. It was very warm. It was like, almost as if there was gas building from a stove, and I was. Every single time I was taking a crack. It is the. Is probably one of the more simpler lines that I've ever written. And that made it so much more difficult, because having grown up listening to, I listened to a lot of punk, but also, like, math rock, and that's where a lot of my guitar playing came from. My interest in guitar playing was from this highly technical type of guitar work, like fall of Troy. And so when I started tracking this very simple part, it became a challenge of patience. It became a challenge of recording. And every single time, it took about, I think, like, 3 hours just to track the part for that, if I'm right for three or 4 hours. [00:11:37] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, to touch on the production process for that. For that album really quick. It was. Yeah, like, it was really interesting because the. The band had never really like that, that first full band EP. Like, I wasn't there, but from what I understand, it was very sort of, like, impromptu and, like, flying by the seat of their pants. And, like, jordan had, like, just set up all of his recording equipment. [00:12:00] Speaker D: Like, the recording booth was in the basement, and everything was on the third. [00:12:04] Speaker C: Floor, running through the floor, like, up a couple. Like, very, like, flying by the seat of their pants. And then there was, like, an acoustic ep recorded by Mike Dwyer, which was, like, sounds really great, but the band didn't have a ton of experience making, like, a full, kind of full production, like, pop punk record. And so when I joined the band, there were three singles that were written and recorded and published already, but a lot of the rest of the album hadn't even been written yet. So they're, like, behind the eight ball a little bit. As far as that goes. [00:12:39] Speaker D: Priorities are, you know, they're relative. You know, sometimes you make your three singles before your album. [00:12:43] Speaker C: Well, yeah, and, like, so it was just a thing of, like, everybody very much was, like, just figuring stuff out, you know? And, like, when I joined the band, part of the bargain that I made was like, I was going to school for production, so I was like, if you let me produce your record, I'll join the band. Which, in retrospect, is a very funny deal to make. [00:13:02] Speaker D: Sucker. [00:13:03] Speaker C: But I needed. I needed material. You know, I needed to get reps in the practice, and they didn't have the budget to hire an established producer to take care of everything. And the process of recording those singles with Mike, he did a great job, but it was very much the band wasn't really coming in with that much production knowledge or vision, even, really. So it was very much just record the parts, mix them, publish them. But a bunch of the songs, like, don't cut too deep. The song we're gonna play has a bunch of other stuff. There's, like, some synths going on. There are, like, production elements, like, you know, even just, like, simple delay throws and stuff. Like, there's kind of more moving pieces. [00:13:44] Speaker D: Yeah, there's, like, the Foley bits at the end, too, because it was. It started getting blown out. These electronic purposes that came from you, from your influence. [00:13:52] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, so there. Yeah, so there was all kinds of stuff, but, yeah, like, to touch on what Maya was saying about the. The recording process for the whole thing was definitely difficult. I was working out of a studio that I built in my parents house, which was, like, my childhood bedroom, which is, like, probably, I don't know, maybe 7ft wide and, like, 12ft long. Like, a little, like, shoebox, basically, with no ac, one fan in the corner. Like, it was. Yeah, it was definitely something, but, yeah, so don't cut, like, all that. To say that album is something that we all look back on and, like, there are some things that we're really proud of, some things that we feel like we could have executed a little bit better on. But don't cut too deep is one of the songs that. It's still in the live set. We just played it last night and it did great. [00:14:44] Speaker D: It did so good. [00:14:46] Speaker C: Yeah, like, it's awesome. And we, like, really stand by it and, yeah, we look back on it really proudly. [00:14:56] Speaker E: Yeah, don't cut is one of those tracks that, like, existed before the band, even before that first lineup even formed. I believe Dom had that in his pocket. And that LP is, like, an amalgam of songs like that from when the band was going by a different name up until, like, there was all this new stuff that we had all been working on, like, together at the same time. And you can hear, like, six years of history on this LP and, like, everybody's, like, you know, unique styles, kind of. Kind of helping to build the song, you know? Yeah, this one is from way back. [00:15:43] Speaker F: Yeah, it was, like one of the, like, the second or third songs that, like, I wrote ever. So it's, like, really cool to me that it held up long enough to make it as far as it has. There's a lot of songs I wrote around that time I do not want to listen to ever again. [00:16:01] Speaker E: Dom has sanctioned a lot of his own songs. [00:16:04] Speaker B: Cool. [00:16:05] Speaker C: All right. [00:16:05] Speaker B: So let's listen to. Don't cut too deep, skotchka, and then we'll be right back. [00:16:18] Speaker G: Psychopathic needs of intervention keep calloused hands crawling in your general direction psychopathic appeals for attention it hurts when I'm thinking hurts when I'm thinking all your confidence is false if I'm dishonest there's no one I'd rather lie to where have you gone? Are you happy with you've become now I bet you're having fun just wait till they get to know you even the buzz will move on why can't you fall asleep? It hurts when I'm dreaming hurts when I'm dreaming I wasn't the one to get scars on your flower I sat by the window I watched it all pan out text me underneath your breath I'm well out of earshot brightest spark in my heart now the darkest place in my thought so long ago we'll see you in you can cut yourself. [00:18:40] Speaker A: If that makes you happy this is. [00:18:45] Speaker G: The new you I've watched develop from the start I'll be having somebody else. [00:18:53] Speaker A: Now. [00:18:56] Speaker G: Go smoke your potential psychopathic hopes of independence keeps you running for mother and her baby bottles dad can't decide divorce or elcopathic hopes of resurrection keeps me bandaged this bleeding heart won't quit. [00:19:33] Speaker A: I wasn't the one to get scars on your flower I sat by the window I washed it all better takes me underneath your breath I well out of earshot the brightest spark in my heart now the darkest place in my house all right. [00:21:39] Speaker D: All right. [00:21:39] Speaker B: That was don't cut too deep from Skotchka. And while we were listening to the song, you know, we were talking about how there's a lot of different influences that can be heard in that. And I guess, you know, whoever wants to start kind of. What are some of the influences that are coming together to kind of create your unique sound? [00:21:57] Speaker F: Yeah, this band's a lot of fun because we don't always agree on the stuff that we listen to outside of the band, but we find a way to bring the best of everything to create kind of a unique, semi unique. We still consider ourselves emo, pop, punk, but we think our influences help us sound a little bit unique in a lot of areas. For me, I get most of my inspiration from my favorite bands, which are all emo bands from the two thousands. Say anything was like my introductory emo band. And they're, to this day, like, still my favorite band of all time. And a lot of my taste was also shaped just growing up in the Albany DIY scene like Prince Daddy and the hyena is one of my favorite bands, as well as, like, a lot of bands that they were adjacent to when they were up and coming. That's like champs. Posture in the grizzly, state champs. Oh, so. Oh, so mom jeans. Just all bands that they were playing with. And then also, like, vocally forward bands like the front bottoms in modern baseball. So that's kind of what I bring to Skotchka is that just kind of whiny angst that tends to go over well, luckily. [00:23:16] Speaker C: And I mean, that's kind of like, sort of the centerpiece. Like, that's the, like, kind of the focusing lens, you could say, of, like, what we kind of mesh all of the other stuff around is that core of, like, sort of vocal driven, emo pop punk kind of stuff. [00:23:35] Speaker D: Yeah, for sure. I think a lot of it comes from Dom and I starting to bond over. So when I started joining the band, the band, I wasn't previously had that style and that flavor because that's just what I listened to a lot growing up. I was listening to a lot of stuff that was coming out on bandcamp. I had a lot of time on my hands when I was younger. I wasn't particularly social, so I just kind of listened to a lot of music online, and I would go through the bandcamp discovers and I would look up, you know, like, emo pop punk, stuff like that. I would go into Sophie's floorboard. I would go into music forums all over and just pull out a bunch of stuff. And a lot of what I listened to that was relatively new was stuff like Prince Daddy and the hyena or modern baseball or free throw Marietta, stuff that was popular around the early 2010s, in addition to previous hardcore bands and punk bands, sort of like mock orange, Fugazi, rites of spring, the stuff that came out of DC embrace. So, like, that style always kind of appealed to me. And that kind of is what we get from our heavier sections, from the heavier parts of what we listen to. And so a lot of that comes out in different ways. And trying to make that homogenous is always a bit of a challenge. But Dom and I would go to shows every so often, and we would go to live shows that are around the area. I would also make my way out to live shows around the area, like in St. Rose Jack's place. I saw mom jeans and Prince Daddy and the Hyena. And I think pictures of Vernon at the time, something like that. And so just participating in the. In the culture around Albany was significant in how I enjoy music and how I think music should be enjoyed. I'm very much, like a. I love the performance of it all more than, like, the production of it all. You know, I would watch live performances of, like, brave little advocates on my phone every single night for, like, months, and I would fall asleep to it because of the idea of, like, community and being together to see a band perform and give, like, their heart out every single night and hearing other people sing along to the songs, hearing people talk about, like, oh, I remember the first time I heard this song. I was doing XYZ. I was talking to this person from this band and stuff like that always, like, makes my heart swell so big, because that's. It's just what I've always wanted is people to share the taste of music with, because my fiance and I were, like, super into music, and we'll always, like, send links back and forth to each other. Like, this is what I thought about this, this and this. What do you like about this? And I don't know. It's just one of my favorite connections I can have with other people, so. [00:26:36] Speaker E: Yeah, definitely the disparity between our backgrounds and inspirations is a huge, huge part of why we sound like that. It's a massive part of our charm, and I think, jake, you have a good point. There is a center of gravity that kind of reigns us in. That is, like, the kind of pop, punk, emo, and then, like, everybody else can kind of, like, sneak other stuff, you know, around and kind of song to song can have a very different vibe. And I'm definitely, like, the ugly duckling black sheep contributor was raised on, like, art rock since I could remember bands like yes and Rush and tool. Yeah, yeah, just for the listeners. [00:27:35] Speaker B: Yeah, tool are one of my favorite bands. [00:27:37] Speaker E: I just wanted to confirm. I got it. I got a. [00:27:39] Speaker B: You got some devil horns. [00:27:40] Speaker E: Rock hands. Yeah, devil hands. [00:27:41] Speaker D: Throwing some symbols. Yeah, rock symbols. [00:27:44] Speaker E: But yeah, like. And then kind of discovered, like, just, like, kind of, like, hyper progressive kind of stuff and really got into jazz. And kind of any. Any kind of crossover between those genres is always been my shit. [00:28:00] Speaker C: Like. [00:28:00] Speaker E: Like, toe mouse on the keys. Like, very kind of, like, mathy, jazzy stuff. [00:28:04] Speaker D: Yeah. That's kind of what we connected over. [00:28:06] Speaker E: Yeah. Maya, when we first met, just immediately, like, kind of. [00:28:09] Speaker D: Yeah, we were in that covet. Yeah. Because we were just super into that. We always try to sneak in the odd time signatures every so often, and then people don't follow along when we're jamming. It's like, what do you. What's the problem? You can't just count seven, eight when people are just playing and jamming. [00:28:23] Speaker E: Yeah, we get reined in quite a bit, but, yeah, I mean, it's cool to hear, like, you don't see us in the band cave arguing and throwing shit at each other and fucking calling each other names and saying, no, your taste is bad. No, your taste is bad. And then you hear the song and it's just definitively skotchka, you know? It's cool. [00:28:59] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, I definitely. Yeah, it's interesting because Maya and Dom very much are the ones who actually have, like, the, like, emo cred in the band. And then, like, one of the reasons why I was, like, a little hesitant about joining the band in the first place was, like, I had never, like, heard of nor listened to, like, modern baseball or say anything or, like, any of the, like, the. Probably the biggest influences for the band. Like, I was. I was raised, like, in the church and I was, like, pretty sheltered, so I only listened to, like, worship music for the first, like, twelve or 13 years of my life. [00:29:42] Speaker B: And then that devil horns comment work for you? [00:29:45] Speaker C: Oh, that was awesome. No, I mean, like, you know, over time, like, as I kind of, like, expanded my horizons and kind of got out of, like, just that specific subculture, I got into, like, indie music. Like, that was the really big thing for me, was, like, fleet foxes and, like, the killers and stuff like that. And the most, like, emo music that I listened to was, like, death cab and, like, reliant k and stuff like that, which, like, don't get me wrong, is, like, emotional. You know what I mean? But, like, is sort of definitely different from, you know, modern baseball or something like that. And now, over time, like, I've really gained an appreciation for that kind of stuff. But, like, my main influences are. Yeah, like, indie rock and then, like, electronic music. Like, I listen to a lot of, like, apex twin and I like daft punk and, like, venetian snares and atukra and, like, 100 trix point never and stuff like that, which there's very, very little of in this band. But, like, yeah, it's really interesting how, like, that sort of disparity in all of our tastes, it really turns into this, like, sort of like a forge that, like, when we're working on a song together, by the time we've, like, hashed out all of these, like, and subjective differences between all of us, by the time we have something that we all agree on. It's something that's really cool and really unique and feels very specifically skotchka. Like, the sort of ingredients that we all throw in a blender. Like, by the time we're taking it out of the oven, it's something that you couldn't really come up with outside of that, where it's, like, dom's taste is very much, like the centerpiece, and being the one who's doing the majority of the top line writing and being the front person, that's sort of the centerpiece. And then Maya's taste is. Maya's the type of person that, like, if you mention a band to her, there is, like, a 95% chance that she's like, oh, yeah, yeah. Like, oh, I love that band. Or I've listened to them. And then Brian is very much, like, the sort of eclectic taste. Kind of like spices on top, you know what I mean? It's very much the type of stuff that, like, really adds a lot of, like, ear candy and a lot of, like, interest to it. [00:32:11] Speaker B: All right, sweet. Well, do we want to put on another skotchka song right now? [00:32:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:16] Speaker D: Bad ending, for sure. Bad ending. Yeah. That one's a good one. [00:32:19] Speaker C: Yeah. This is like the. This is the hit from our. From our latest DP. [00:32:23] Speaker D: Yeah, it's pretty big. It blew up pretty big, especially in Brazil. Yeah, Brazil loved this one. [00:32:28] Speaker B: All right, sweet. Well, let's listen to bad ending. Scotch, cut, and then we'll be right back to wrap it up. [00:32:33] Speaker G: I thought it would make a good story. [00:32:36] Speaker C: Did you see? [00:32:37] Speaker G: See me waiting for you? The sun had begun its descent? But you climbed up the grass? If you reach out, does it feel brand new? What does it feel like? You didn't look back? You did not want to? [00:32:58] Speaker A: Couldn't really understand? Didn't really feel like trying to understand I'm dugging over your house I go over your house again no pressure sunk right in every picture? Now it makes sense. [00:33:17] Speaker G: I remember the sun was out. [00:33:20] Speaker A: I don't know. I remember it like you just can't. [00:33:24] Speaker G: Believe that you're talking to someone new. [00:33:27] Speaker A: So chic to flaunt such disaster now you're the last thing on my mind. It's not easy to compete when I'm. [00:33:38] Speaker G: This upset I drive through the paint. I'm Jeff Gordon. I wanted to build something we could share. [00:33:52] Speaker A: Why are you alone on the stairs? So like you to be out here by yourself. You're in your own head. [00:34:05] Speaker G: You don't care who wants to know your name? [00:34:11] Speaker A: I didn't know you were out here. Did you see me waiting for you? I know that you saw me waiting for you. You'd like to watch me fall on the concrete. You'd like to watch me queen. You want to do that? Couldn't really understand. Didn't really feel like trying to understand. I've been over your house. I go over your house again. No color. So gray in every picture. Now it makes sense. I remember the sun was out. I don't know what. I remember it like that. Should you be alone on the sandhennead? And do you want to fight? Next time we speak. [00:35:42] Speaker B: Great. [00:35:47] Speaker E: Okay. [00:35:48] Speaker C: How do you feel about it? [00:35:49] Speaker F: I feel good about it. [00:35:50] Speaker G: Yeah. [00:35:51] Speaker C: How about one more? [00:35:53] Speaker E: That's it. Let's do one more. [00:35:54] Speaker C: Last one. Good or bad? [00:35:55] Speaker B: Alright. That was bad ending from Skotchka. And I want to thank you so much for taking time out of your day to come out here and do this with me. And people may not know, but behind the scenes there was some technical difficulties and you, you hung in there. So I appreciate that. And before we go, I just want to give everybody a chance to say what I refer to as your gratitude. So, Brian, microphones all yours. [00:36:21] Speaker E: Yeah, I guess. Want to thank everyone that we've ever worked with, good or bad. All you beautiful people, I want to thank the ogden. Good hair. Good hair. [00:36:37] Speaker D: Oh, Tucker. [00:36:38] Speaker E: Deep lore. [00:36:39] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:36:39] Speaker E: Tucker. Jahoda, thanks for, you know, signing on. And Drew Fatone, thank you for introducing me to Dom and also, you know, laying the groundwork. Let's see. I want to thank the state of New Jersey. [00:36:56] Speaker D: Yeah, we just restored our reputation with them. Thank you, Jersey, for working with us on the table. [00:37:01] Speaker E: Very sensitive dick. Diplomatic mission we just returned from with New Jersey. And I think we, I think we squashed everything. Who else? I think that's, I mean, all the beautiful fucking people that, you know, keep the music scene alive. You know who you are. I would, I would scroll through the names, but I've been yapping. I've been yapping. [00:37:24] Speaker C: It's okay. You can yap a little. Yeah. I mean, I think first and foremost for me is like the Albany DIY scene. Like our friends, like we said earlier, Skacchka is a DIY band through and through. And so without all the other bands that we play with, there's a tight crew of people, like everybody that loves you and senior living who it feels like we play every other show with and booking people, Rachel Freeman and just so many people that we like. I literally, it would take hours to list everybody but they are so much of what makes Scotchka skacchka. Yeah. I mean, I think that's really the big thing for me. [00:38:14] Speaker D: Yeah. I want to thank my fiance Megan, because I lost kind of my enjoyment of music for a while, going through a difficult situation, and he really made it possible for me to love music again and discuss it and play it and just appreciate it overall. So I really want to thank him. I also want to thank you guys. Honestly, all the guys at it's been really difficult for me as a person to get through the past couple of years, and there's been a lot of ups and a lot of downs, and I've definitely had to adjust to a lot of emotional ups and downs. And so these guys have been really patient with me. They've been really great. They've been like a family. Yeah. And everyone else in the diy scene, you know, there's Rachel, Taryn Aves, mason, Jordan, Zach. Literally way too many to name, but all of you guys and Johnny and the people who come out and sing the songs at us in front of the same venue we played at a couple of times and still love hearing our music and ask us to keep playing root Osis, even though we haven't practiced it in years. You know, everyone, for sure. Thank you. [00:39:19] Speaker F: Yeah, and kind of going with the common theme, just, like, there's just too many people. Like, I couldn't thank everyone we've recorded with, everyone I've talked to at a show, anyone who's, you know, created artwork for us. Like, even, like, you know yourself, Andy. Like, just doing this is, like, really nice for us, and we've, like, had a pleasure working with you today. Just the entire just community. We're so grateful to have such a strong community in Albany because I could have been born somewhere else and not had this chance. So it's really nice that I have it, and it's just so fun. You just got to go out there and make something, like, make a zine, write a song, start a band. It's just so fun to have such a emerging, strong community around. [00:40:12] Speaker B: All right, well, they are. Skotchka. I am Andy Scullen. This is unsigned 518. I'll see you on the road. Unsigned 518 is produced and hosted by me, Andy Scullen. New episodes are available every week wherever you stream podcasts. If you'd like to help support the show, please like and subscribe wherever you are listening. Or you could buy me a [email protected]. dot Unsigned 518 if you would like to advertise on the show, send me an email at unsigned 508 mail.com. and to be a guest on the show, reach out to me through Instagram, unsigned 518. Take care of one another, and I'll see you next week. [00:40:54] Speaker A: Andy Scullin. Andy Scullin.