Leigh Kakaty Of Pop Evil Says Their New Music Is Heavier And Darker Download

31:19 Download August 1st, 2024

Great to catch up with Pop Evil singer Leigh Kakaty. He said the band has a lot going on, including writing and recording new music. “We’re constantly writing, new single, obviously coming here and we’re just excited, man.” 

We talked about the newest member of the band, drummer Blake Allison, and bass player Joey Walser. “Every new person’s different, you know? And, obviously, Haley was great. She was amazing, for us for a long time. But Blake now and obviously his relationship with Joey, who played bass with us, they played together in Egypt Central and Devour the Day. So there’s such a chemistry now for our rhythm section that we’ve not had before, you know, because when you grow up, a bass and a drummer like Joey and Blake have, there’s a tightness there that spreads to Nick, Dave and I, the rest of the band.”

As far as the new music is concerned, they have a lot done. “A lot of new stuff. We’re at that cool stage where we have enough for an album easily, but, we’re really trying to be picky, man. And like you said, making albums now is personally is such a blessing. And it’s something that, you know, may not be around much longer. So if we’re going to do it on the hit, hit, hit, big, big, big, whatever that means to us. Right? And big doesn’t have to mean necessarily number one. It has to mean like something that we can really elevate our live show with.”

The Heaviest Pop Evil Record

As Leigh described the new material, it sounded like it could be a much heavier direction for the band. I asked him if it was indeed heavier. “Absolutely. The heaviest Pop Evil record, without a doubt, really, hands down. So it’ll be interesting for what fans say on that. But you know, the players, they’re just different, right? When you put some of the same guys you put in Joey & Blake. It’s just a heavier band. I mean, it’s just different. You know, I mean, Joey and Blake come from metal and heavier rock and roll backgrounds. I mean, those are those with the guys can play, you know what I mean? That’s what we play. So that’s kind of where it’s at. And I think there’s the darkness. It’s where we’re at in our career. You know, it’s like, okay, sure we’ve had success, but we feel like we got a lot to prove, man.”

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