LESANDS

Lesands is Austin Taylor Tirado a bedroom synth pop band we recently played with on our recent trip to L.A.. We were chatting backstage and got back in touch a couple of weeks later.

THITH: You’re originally from San Diego and just moved to L.A.. How’s the move been? What’s the best thing about L.A.?

AUSTIN TIRADO: The best thing about LA. I’d say probably the community of fellow bands coming out and doing things right now. Its really inspiring and nice to be able to hang at eachother shows or have bbq’s with all your friends that consist of 9 different bands. I feel loved.

THITH: What are these bands around you that you feel connected to?

RT: Theres a handful but id say my closest buds in bands around me are Superhumanoids, Hands, White Arrows, Princeton, Pepper Rabbit are all killing it right now and are all people i respect so much. its nice to bounce ideas off with such fine folk.

THITH: You recently made an EP. Where and how did you record it?

RT: I started the EP alone in my bedroom then it slowly formed into recording at friends houses and lofts. There were supposed to be 7 songs on it but i ended up cutting a few to make the ep feel and sound more cohesive. I recording into my laptop running Logic and Ableton and used plug -ins and analog synths. I was very new to the recording world so it was definitely a learning experience and has helped me now that I’m recording my first full length.

THITH: Were these songs that had been sitting around from a larger pile of songs or did you think about the EP itself as a singular work?

RT: It was a singular piece of work. All the songs on the ep were recording at the beginning of last year and i wrote and recorded all the songs in a matter of 2 months.

More Lesands here.

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