Video Footage by: Taylor Prater & Jaren Lorenz
Last Monday we sat down for an interview with three members of a favorite local Dallas band - Goodnight Ned.
Thanks to the awesome people over at K1 Speed for allowing us to race, film and basically hang out for the evening! DFW take your friends and family over to the Arlington location. Trust us, you'll have a blast!
Find out all about GNN's latest album and upcoming live release show: Goodnight Ned's Unsound Circus coming up later this month in the interview below!
Don't forget to catch the #MarioKart #InRealLife race video mashup at the bottom!
Interview with: Chase McMillan // Conner Farrall & Jonas Martin of Goodnight Ned.
GBS:
How was the race?
Conner:
Awesome, a lot of fun!
Chase:
I won!
Jonas:
I have to admit I kinda saw it coming!
GBS:
What were the official standings one thru three?
Conner:
Chase took home first prize! I was second place and Jonas was third.
Jonas:
Our lives!
GBS:
Let’s talk about the upcoming second album for a minute. Self titled or EPONYMOUS release on July, 29th. You guys recorded all of it at Ferralog Studios?
Yes!
GBS:
Was this your first time working with or being produced by Nathan Adamson & Jonathan Jackson in the studio?
Conner:
It's our first time in that role but we've been friends with them for awhile. Played in other bands with him and been around the studio for ages. We decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on the whole album thing.
Chase:
JJ (Johathan) was the producer of the first album. So we had worked with him before and he was more after the fact. After we had everything recorded. He came and kinda helped us narrow it all down to how we wanted the album to sound.
GBS:
Your first album Smoke from the Sails was recorded live in one day if my facts straight? How did recording this album with multi-tracking vs live feel to you? More creative, less or no different?
Jonas:
One day! One very long day! We were able to spend a little more time obviously. I remember I had to leave to play a gig half way through the day and then come back to help finish it.
Chase:
This one we did a lot of the basic instruments like drums, rhythm guitar and bass. We did a lot of that live but to be able to go in and take time on those overdubs like lead guitar and vocals. Especially background vocals to be able to take our time and we could write more parts to it. I thought that was a lot of fun!
Conner:
You can musically express yourself a little more clearly. Have the time to look at things, change things and explore ideas.
Chase:
It's almost like the first album was how the songs were, like how we played them live. This album we were actually able to kinda expand the songs a little and kinda find some new parts.
Conner:
In the same vein we recorded this album all on tape, one inch tape. So we had to work out in the studio the way we wanted it. You can't just do a million takes on tape. You have more time to do stuff but the stakes were a little higher.
GBS:
What about an official date for the Goodnight Ned Live Release Show? Can we reveal it?
Yes! July 24th.
Chase:
At Trees with Sam Lao and The Rich Girls!
Conner:
Goodnight Ned's Unsound Circus!
GBS:
So “Father Ned Misty” (Goodnight Ned), “Androgynous” (Dead Flowers) & “Jank City Jacket” (Somebody’s Darling) that had to be a fun show a few weeks back at Gas Monkey?
Jonas:
To see two of our favorite bands to be able to pull off some really cool bands and ourselves trying to struggle through it. Father John Misty is one of our favorite songwriters!
Conner:
It was an unexpected blessing for us too. The fact that we took on this project and worked really hard to make it come together.
GBS:
Where can I get a Goodnight Ned Koozie and how much? Best looking Koozie’s I’ve seen in a while, no b.s.!
At the release show!
GBS:
You guys did Red Bull Sound Select back in May with Quaker City
Nighthawks and Somebody’s Darling. That basically placed you into the Red Bull Sound Select family with a ton of other extremely talented bands across the country. Any moment that stood out about that particular show?
Conner:
The whole thing was just an honor to be apart of it.
Jonas:
An arm wrestling competition... that was one of the most interesting things other than playing the show!
Conner:
Those are a couple of our favorite local bands. Quaker City
Nighthawks and Somebody's Darling. It was a cool night! The first I think all local Red Bull Sound Select. It was just a good vibe from start to end. Turned out to be above and beyond expected.
Chase:
We had the same line up at Granada a year ago and to be able to do that again with the same two bands was so much fun!
GBS:
Do you guys have more live dates or a summer tour planned for after the live release show coming up?
Chase:
We're working on that right now. Kinda getting the details of it worked out. Right now we're just focused on this one mainly.
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