{"id":1110,"date":"2010-07-27T19:14:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T02:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefirst3songs.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2014-08-01T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T04:25:29","slug":"hey-monday-interview-jersey-moritary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefirst3songs.com\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"Hey Monday Interview- Jersey Moriarty- Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey Monday is an up and coming alternative rock group from West Palm Beach, Florida. The band formed in March of 2008 and have just released their 2nd<\/sup> studio album, an EP titled Beneath It All. <\/em>The new EP features 6 songs including the highly touted songs, \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d and \u201cThe Hangover.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We had a chance to catch up with Jersey Moriarty when the band came to Cincinnati on the Warped Tour just before the release of their new EP.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: Thanks for taking the time out to talk to me.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if you remember, I saw you guys last year when you came through at Bogart\u2019s in Cincinnati and actually did some portrait shots with you before the show.<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Oh ok, I remember that.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: \u00a0Didn\u2019t Cassidy fall down and hurt herself that night after the show at Bogarts?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>:\u00a0 Yea, I actually got a tattoo that day and Cassidy sprained her ankle that day.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: So it wasn\u2019t a good day in Cincinnati?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: It was a crazy day.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: So after she fell down, how did you handle that with the rest of the tour? She couldn\u2019t jump around right for a while?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Yeah for like a week we had to do acoustic sets. She toughed it out though.\u00a0 She had a brace on it or something and she eventually started hobbling around the stage as much as she could rather than playing acoustic. As far as I know, that was her favorite tour.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: You guys have a tour coming up this fall with Cartel and The Ready Set. I just saw them at Bamboozle a few weeks ago here when they came through town. Their new album seems really cool. So that should be a good tour.<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Yeah it should be a great show and we\u2019re definitely going to be on tour with them.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: \u00a0I have just listened to the new single, \u201cThe Hangover\u201d this week.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jersey<\/strong>: Oh Great.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: So I just wanted to ask a couple questions. Can you tell me the story behind \u201cThe Hangover\u201d? What is different about the new album?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u201cHangover\u201d was\u2026 I honestly never got into asking Cassidy what those lyrics were actually about. But as far as the new record, we have just seen it as being kind of\u2026 I\u2019m trying to avoid the word mature because people kind of get scared of that word.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: Ok<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: It\u2019s a step up I think. I think it\u2019s something that will keep the fans we have always had and as well open us up to maybe a wider array of fans as well. It\u2019s a little more 90\u2019s based\u201490\u2019s rock\u2014pop rock . It\u2019s still got our edge to it but it\u2019s got a little touch that I think is for the better. We weren\u2019t trying to be grown-ups when recording it. It\u2019s definitely going to be something to keep people interested.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: One of my questions was is the record slower? Your last one was really upbeat.<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Yeah. There aren\u2019t many upbeat songs on the new record. There\u2019s a handful of them. This one \u00a0is more heartfelt and emotional. In which case you do have more a heartfelt vibe like our last record was very \u201cgo, go, go\u201d and straight forward, get the songs out, done, \u201cboom, boom, boom.\u201d\u00a0 This record has more dynamic to it emotionally and lyrically.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: So what\u2019s your favorite song to play on the new album?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: As of now we haven\u2019t really dug into the new album yet as far as playing the songs and usually it’s playing the songs that differentiate what my favorite is.\u00a0 So far, I am in love with \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d It\u2019s definitely one of my favorites.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: So any crazy Warped Tour stories that that you\u2019ve had on the road?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Honestly, it\u2019s crazy from the second we pulled up to it. \u201cWarped Tour\u201d is a lot like our first record, very \u201cgo, go, go.\u201d \u00a0It\u2019s definitely been quite an experience. Always hanging out, always a good time, always busy. There\u2019s really never down time because there\u2019s so much else to do. If you find yourself sitting down going \u201cOh wow, I don\u2019t have anything to do\u201d it\u2019s usually when \u201cOh well time to do this\u201d so there\u2019s definitely always something going on.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: After I saw you guys live, I\u2019ve kind of been a fan for the past year. I have my little Hey Monday glasses I wear when I go shoot shows sometimes so I think of you often. There are so many bands on tour, have you got any favorites that you go check out on a regular basis?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>:\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t say favorites necessarily, but we all have those bands that we love to go watch and see everyday.\u00a0 We\u2019ve become good friends with a lot of the bands.\u00a0 \u00a0We watch We The Kings everyday so that\u2019s really something. We all make a conscious effort. I have become a huge fan of The Tack Attack. They\u2019re a band that has played on our stage\u2014a very heavy band that I probably would have never thought to go watch ever before but our guitar tech Nick is good friends with them and I have become good friends with them as well. Then there\u2019s the Motion City Soundtrack and All-American Rejects who were on the first half of the tour and that was incredible watching them every single day.<\/p>\n

Amy<\/strong>: You were discovered by Pete Wentz right, or through the demo tapes?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Actually no. Our A&R guy Jay Herron at Columbia Records was the one that found Cassidy and Mike and then\u00a0while the band was signing with Columbia and finding management within Ozone\u2014that was when Pete had wound up hearing one of the first songs from a long time ago and\u00a0he \u00a0kind of expressed interest and got into the mix of things. It kind of went from there.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: Do you still work with him?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: Yeah. We actually saw him right before the tour when we were in L.A. We went out and had lunch with him and hung out for a little while. It was good to see him. You don\u2019t get to see him often because he is so busy. It was definitely good to see him. And it was just like normal.<\/p>\n

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Amy<\/strong>: When can we see the new CD?<\/p>\n

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Jersey<\/strong>: It comes out August 17th<\/sup> and we\u2019re going to be on Warped Tour til the very end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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