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Hi Paria Congratulations on the release of your new Album “The Barnacle Cordious” through Black Market Activities.
Q. I really dig the dirty killer aggressive performance of Parias Video “The Barnacle Cordious” I swear I saw the floor and foundations shake in this video where on location was your video filmed at?
Brian: The video was filmed in two locations. The parts where I am (Brian) dressed in the tie were filmed in the basement of our friend’s apartment building. It was a really creepy building that supposedly was inhabited by the mafia at one point. The scenes where you can see the whole band were filmed at a studio at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Q. What I experienced from the theme of this video is the military approach of Paria to intelligently confine all ears and eyes to become hypnotized to the bands sound, the view from above watching this killer performance draws the eyes into the ground shaking buzz feel effect of all Parias sonic boom who helped with the production of your video “The Barnacle Cordious”?
Brian: Our good friend Kyle Benecke filmed and edited the video. The production value of the video is owed entirely to him.
Q. Can you tell us about “The Barnacle of Cordious how it attacks and seizes the listener on a bondage of sounds of anger, hatred, jealousy love and disappointment?
Brian: I think the music speaks for itself. All of the emotions you mention are evoked by the music itself. The first track on the album (the title track) begins with a trippy sort of confusion then opens wide with a kick to the stomach. Once you’ve got the wind knocked out of you, you’re hooked and in for the ride. I think emotions like jealousy and love are often characterized by a sense of elation, then confusion. There’s a certain sense of excitement and happiness that comes along with portions of the music. At other times the listener loses grasp of the music. It becomes confusing in the same way that jealousy and love sometimes do. It’s often difficult to understand why one is jealous. You just know you are. It’s only afterwards that you gain the perspective necessary to understand the why. Similarly, it’s only afterwards that the why becomes apparent with some of our music.
Q. Who writes the bands lyrical content can you elaborate how each song tells a story, such as the multifarious themes behind them what inspires or motivates the band to experiment and try new things to their lyrical content and sound?
Brian: I do (Brian). Many of the songs are character studies of sorts. I essentially take on the role of a fictitious character. I elaborate on how the character feels and experiences the world or event in which he exists. There are a variety of different characters, though most of them suffer from severe neuroses. Sometimes I personify abstract ideas in order to talk about them as though they have a personality, because they typically do. I personify addiction in “Thrash” in order to kill it and make it suffer in the same way that addictions cause the person to suffer. I don’t want to simply tell stories. I want to write lyrics pertaining to the song itself. I was able to listen to our new album in its entirety without any lyrics. I listened to it over and over again in order to figure out what each song made me think about and, more importantly, how it made it me feel.
Q. Will the band be producing any more of their killer assault videos from “The Barnacle of Cordious” song tracks?
Brian: We’d like to, but don’t have anything scheduled as of yet.
Q. How does “The Barnacle of Cordious” differ in a more complex form from your previous Album Misanthropos with respect to instrumentals, sound quality and lyrical content?
Brian: This album incorporates more influences and has a fresher sound. Many of the songs on “Misanthropos” had been written years before the album came out and gone through some revisions, but most of the songs were kept intact from the way they had originally been written. The new album was predominantly written as an instrumental album. Each musician was really at the top of their game when writing these songs. The instrumental songs were really the pivotal points in terms of songwriting when they wrote them. They were epic in scope and unlike anything we had ever written. A lot of people have come up to us at shows and told us that the instrumental songs were the best things they’d ever heard from us. It’s really encouraging because a lot people that listen to heavy music are not interested in those types of songs.
The overall production of this album is quite a bit better. The first album was good for what it was and we were able to work with our friend Dan Brennan who is probably the best sound guy in Omaha (he’s currently on tour with Cursive doing sound for them). We recorded on ADAT tapes for “Misanthropos” which gave it a certain grit. “The Barnacle Cordious” was recorded digitally. Recording digitally made the recording process much easier. The result is a much cleaner recording because we were able to fix many of the flaws we would not have been able to had we recorded on analog tapes.
Brian: Lyrically, as I mentioned above, I wanted to try some new things and consider them to compliment the music more than the lyrics I had previously written.
Q. While playing alongside with Everytime I Die, The Dillinger Escape Plan, As I Lay Dying and many more which city stands out in your mind as one of your favorite places to play?
Brian: Minneapolis has always been very kind to us. We’ve developed friendships there with bands and individuals that will hopefully last a lifetime. Peoria, IL is another city that is near and dear to our hearts, as are the people there.
Q. Do you plan on a tour to promote “The Barnacle of Cordious” soon?
Brian: We are hoping to lock some definite tour plans sometime soon for the summer.
Q.Who helps with the recording, mixing and mastering of all Parias music production?
Brian: “The Barnacle Cordious” was recorded by Jeff Fenn at Infinite Productions here in Omaha. He’s been extremely easy to work with and does phenomenal work. The album was mixed and mastered by Jason “Jocko” Randall at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, NY. Jocko was recommended to us by Guy from the Red Chord and we really couldn’t be happier with the product he produced and the experience working with him.
Q. What is the bands career objectives for 2009 is the focus on touring or coming out with another explosion of new sound to take over the world?
Brian: The goal is to promote the new album and get it out to as many people as possible. We’re going to get some touring in and have already begun writing. We’d really like 2009 to be a productive, but fun year for the band. We’ve been working on this album for almost five years, so we would like to get it out to people that would not otherwise have heard us.
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Q. Before we wrap up our interview does Paria have any shout outs to friends or fans?
Brian: Big thanks to Jeff Fenn, Jocko, and Kyle in particular. Like I said, these guys are what really have made this album and the video come together. We would also like to thank Big John, Tim Greenup, and the bluest of the blue (blue as a smurf) Khurshed Isamov. Thank you to everyone who has supported the album as well and we hope to see you in 2009!
I would like to thank Paria and Black Market Activities for this interview opportunity and hope to see Paria come to Canada and play live soon. Horns High You Rock HMTV Canada
By the way love the default pic on your myspace it represents Paria in the bands true form.
