Little Green Cars

0:00Hi, we're Little Green Cars and you're watching MSN Exclusives. So the record just came out. It must be an exciting week for you guys, absolute zero. Just out in stores like two days ago. Yeah, it's pretty, it feels like a real bond, eh? A real band? Now you're on the road and the biggest North American tour, South by Southwest.

0:47The record is out. So what's it, this is like the dream for every band. This is like the beginnings of a big thing. Or is it? How long have you guys been two or nine? That is special because we've been together for five years. Okay. We all met in school and you know, kind of from the moment we met. When we formed the band, we've just been writing and writing and writing and recording demos and you know, kind of developing who we are as a band. So it's safe to say that some of these songs on the record might be five years old. Uh five years, the oldest is three. The oldest is three. And what is the oldest one? Uh, Angel Lyle. Yeah, okay. I could see how that would inform the sound of some of the record, except for Red and Blue, which is like this auto-tune vocal crazy song. Let's talk about that thing because that one is out of left field in the record. I think it's kind of cool. It was almost as well as something different on the first album.

1:34It kind of leaves a lot to be, you know, a lot of space for the second album. It's kind of like where is this going to go? And we just thought it was a nice song and it could fit in on the album. Yeah. Even though it's different, it still, it still has all the same elements as all the other songs. And as I said, we've, you know, we've always been recording kind of all the way along, recording demos, stuff like that. So, um, Red and Blue in particular is just, is it, is it, was it demo? It's a demo. Originated from a demo that Stevie had, um, and there's a, some time where I could, I ran out of writing this. I had writer's block. And so I decided that I'd pretend to be someone else. And so I dressed up like a robot and started writing songs, pretending that I was a robot. Where'd you get the robot costume?

2:20I made it. You made tin foil kind of thing? Tin foil. I've done that for Halloween. Yeah. Large boxes. Let's go with Halloween costumes for, I don't know why, because we're talking about it. What was, what's the best Halloween costume everyone has done? What has been your favorite of the years? Do you celebrate Halloween in Ireland? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I once painted my shoulders on a canvas and, and tore the canvas open from my head through it. So it was like a haunted house. That was amazing. Yeah. Amazing. What about you guys? My last Halloween on Iowa, Coconut Brown, Hula skirt. Sexy. No. I'm just, I feel like my strength is in kind of, see my kid brothers like I always kind of help them with their costumes. So like last year, I know my brother wants to be the Joker. I have a good, I have a good, I have a kind of gift that really making people look like, you know, that kind of thing. I've never got a future in, I don't know, it's costume design.

3:06So are you in charge of the way the band looks on stage? Are you, are you trying to get everyone to where you're sitting there? You're trying. You're trying to work out so well. They want to go in the spandex. You guys are going to play a song for us. Harper Lee, you guys want to talk about writing that one? How did that one come about? What's it about? Who is Harper Lee? It was written when we moved, we all moved in together. How long ago was it a year ago or so, two years ago? We moved up to the countryside where my granny's house was. And it was the first time we'd all spent like a long period of time together, like constantly in each other's company. That was pretty much, there's a huge turning point for the band, because we really became who we were. And that was the first song that came out of that kind of stretch.

3:53It was kind of bad. Because the thing that was, there was actually a gun in the house somewhere. So, you know, when it was the first time we'd spent any time together, so you know, temperatures were high and people's nerves were shot. And it was just a bit like, excuse the pun. It's just kind of like, who's the first one of us that's going to crack and kill everybody? Who would be the first one to crack? It's usually the passive one. It's the quiet one. You're the quiet one, I guess? He was looking at you when he sang that. No, probably getting him. How does songwriting work in the band? I know everyone kind of plays everything. So how do songs come about typically? Generally, Stevie and Faye will come in with kind of

4:40heart of the song and then together, so it might be, you know, kind of an acoustic guitar and they'll sing it and then we'll take it around until it sounds like it does. And how do the harmonies of everyone always sing in the same range? Like does everyone have their part for every song? Yeah, we kind of, over time we've kind of, you know, found our comfort spots, vocally and, you know, kind of bit of a feel for it. So there's a song called John Wayne on the record. I printed out some John Wayne quotes. Who can do an American accent? Can anyone take a gander at an American accent? I think we're all pretty freaky. Yeah, okay. Well, why don't you choose a quote first? We'll just pass it down the line. I'd love to hear who's American accent. A lot of my accents turn out Jamaican no matter what. What part of the world am I in? So, all right. That'd be more funny.

5:26Yeah, yeah, I would read. Just give it a go. Life is hot. It's hot. I'm just stupid. That was good. I like that. This one. I'm gonna win some there. Tomorrow hoops we learned something from yesterday. That was good. I was checking, there's nowhere near as good as your Americans. Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight, very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something new from yesterday. Yeah. All applauded that one. That was great guys. Thank you. So we closed that every interview with something called Five Questions. Five Quick Questions, one word answers. Road or studio? Road. What do you say? Road or studio?

6:12Road. My studio. No road. No studio actually. I've already had this studio. Yeah, studio. Yeah. You have a solo song. Okay. Let me know. Landon or McCartney? Lemon. Lemon. I'm coming around to Landon. Cool. When you hear a song what usually hits you first lyrics, melody or rhythm? Moly. Larricks. Melody. Song you've written you're most proud of. No answer. Grow. Go. Contequen. In one word, little green cars. Little green cars. Car. No, that works.