After the Approaching track by track, I emailed Katie and I never heard anything from her. A week went by and I figured she was busy. She probably is, most people have a life, but I’m almost certain she read it and not a whole lot of good can come from wishing that your ex would get a divorce from her husband. It felt good to get all of that out at the time but I wish I could take it back. I understand if she hates me. I mean, it is kinda creepy that after 5 years I still can’t get over her. I was with her during all of my teen years and it’s hard to pick out memories that don’t involve her. She helped me through so many tough spots and they’ve all been coming back to me. I’ve been thinking about this time that happened a few summers ago. I had this gigantic blow out with my dad. We almost got into a fist fight and I had to leave. There was no way I could stick around. My dad is the angriest person I’ve ever met. Me and her had to take the bullets out of his gun once because we were so uneasy about him. I’ve never seen anything like it before or since. He still hasn’t dropped this incident and he isn’t afraid to bring it up whenever he feels slighted. I remember having to go stay at her house until things cooled off. It was one of the best and worst times of my life. I was upset from all of the bullshit at home but she always had this way of comforting me. She always knew what to say or what not to say. We slept in her bed and she went to work the next morning. I had no idea that 2 weeks later it would all be over. I would be left with a small drinking problem and a desire to do nothing. It’s a big mess but what it comes down to anymore is that I love her. I’m gonna miss it when her emails stop for good. I just felt like I had to get that out of my system but no matter how many words I spew out you will never give you the full picture of her and how much she meant. I guess the worst that could happen is that I end up like Jesse Lacey but he’s cool as shit so I dunno…
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The last time I talked about the new FY album, I gave you a little sneak peek into the sound, what some of the songs are about, and why we named it Approaching. I didn’t want to give away too much and I still don’t. We’re about halfway through it and everything is sounding great. We’ve both changed so much, lyrically and musically, and this album is a huge step for both of us. We’re so excited about finishing this and we can’t wait to get it out there for all of you. It’s been the one thing that’s pulled me out of bed lately. I can’t talk much about the music since that part isn’t through but I thought I’d do a track by track with the lyrics on the album. A lot of people worry about revealing the meanings to songs and I understand that. Most of my favorite songs are about things that are vague. That connect with me in a way that might not connect with you and that’s what’s great about music. These are my most personal lyrics. Some of them are pretty cringe worthy and I know I’m going to get a lot of pissed emails and facebook messages after people find out what they’re about. I also think they’re the most universal and I hope you guys will agree. A full lyric sheet will be available when the album is closer to being finished. Sorry for all the self-pity in advance. Have mercy on me!
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Matt Finney is one of those rare modern day renaissance men that seems to have a hand in everything. Whether creating unique and immersive ambient, experimental and noise music to stimulate your ears or crafting poetry that jumps off the printed page directly into the center of your mind, Finney is an artistic jack-of-all-trades. I first interviewed Finney as part of the ambient/spoken-word duo Finneyerkes and found him to be a highly articulate and engaging subject. Much to my surprise, he e-mailed me a few months later asking if I would be interested in another round of interrogations, an offer I couldn’t possibly pass up.
When I conducted this second interview via e-mail with Mr. Finney, Finneyerkes had recently dissolved and another project, the lo-fi acoustic Ferdinand the Bull had sadly crashed and burned before it had a chance to blossom. But, in a fortuitous turn of events as I was all set to post the piece, Finneyerkes has gotten back together and Finney also has several written projects in the can as well.
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Sometimes, trying to get a band/artist nailed down for an interview can be akin to pulling teeth. It can literally involve weeks or even months of myspace messaging and playing “e-mail tag” just to get a few basic questions answered. Luckily, this was not the case with Alabama-based ambient/electronic/spoken-word duo Matt Finney and Randy Yerkes, aka Finneyerkes. After receiving an e-mail from Matt, I was pleasantly surprised to check out Finneyerkes’ music and discover a sort of dark, dreamy, narcotic beat poetry, like Lustmord collaborating with the late William S. Burroughs in a smokey dive bar. Finding that the twosome were more than eager to answer my queries, the following interrogation was conducted via e-mail.
Sonic Frontiers: For those who might not be familiar, tell our readers a little bit about how you two met and formed Finneyerkes.
Finneyerkes: we met in high school in an environmental science class. we sat next to each other and bonded over our love for growing absurd facial hair, modest mouse, and the electric six. our friendship was cemented after matt when to to randy and his brothers band, Franklin and the Neato’s, first basement show. randy moved away shortly after that but we kept in touch for a while through AIM, email, and myspace. the formation of Finneyerkes came when randy was recording his first Moosejaw album Glada. it was mostly him doing ambient/electronica with samples thrown in. matt approached randy with the idea of recording some of his poems that he had been writing and using them as vocals for the songs. we stuck with the idea and here we are.
