Badflower To Release New Album, One Song Called “Detroit”
The band Badflower will be releasing a new album and go out on tour. The first single is called “Teacher Has A Gun”, which you can see the video for and read about here.
I recently spoke with singer, Josh Katz and bassist Alex Espiritu from Josh’s farmhouse outside of Nashville. We talked about the upcoming album, the songs, and more.
“It’s finally getting done” when asked about the new music. He said he had/has lots of ideas but also self-doubt when creating music. As far as the goal of the upcoming album, Josh says “That’s a tough question. The motivation for why we do what we do has been a really big issue in my head.” He went on “The motivation doesn’t seem as pure anymore when you’ve had success.” He said it’s a weird business/career. “You can’t force that ( writing about the struggles)” He said that he can communicate his motivation through his music.
As far as the name of the album and when it drops, Josh said “It doesn’t exist yet”
Badflower Writes A Song Called Detroit
At a stop in Detroit in 2022, the guys wrote a song before the show, then asked the crowd to sing part of it for a recording later. Josh explained. “It’s not about Detroit, it has nothing to do with Detroit other than the fact that we wrote it on the bus, and we had a show that night and had the audience sing a part of the song.” He said how he stopped the show near the end of their set, and asked the crowd if they partake in the same “They were stoked. “I taught them a quick phrase and had them repeat it a couple times, while Anthony kept time on his high hat quietly, so I wouldn’t be too loud in the recording. And they did it a couple times and that was it. It was perfect!”
What Topics Will Make The New Badflower Album
“Being American in 2023, 24, 25, whatever year it is.” He went on “There’s some very personal(songs), like Detroit is very personal”
They also talked about shooting the video for the song on the stage at the Ryman in Nashville, Tenn.
Watch the interview below….
Josh also talked about his fear of going on stage. He’s very anxious on show days “I just get nervous. I care a lot. I want to be perceived a certain way.” he said. That was an interesting part of the conversation.
You can listen to this interview, and others on my Talkin’ Rock with Meltdown podcast.