Back in early June I saw a mention on Twitter from journalist Lee Valentine Smith, who stated he had landed the first interview with Trevor regarding ARW. Though his claim may be true his was not the first published, as the interview on the WOAI website claims that distinction.
I had thought Smith might make the interview available via his website, but I finally unearthed it via this link, on page 18:
https://issuu.com/insiteatlanta/docs/insiteissueweb-july16
It's very brief, and covers old ground as well as new, but there are a few interesting details:
- This interview features the first statement from Trevor that he was putting his scoring work on hold.
- His response (below) regarding future recordings seems to align with what Rick stated Trevor had said about desiring to record an album later rather than sooner. Even as Trevor was working on a new song when the interview was conducted, it doesn't appear now there will be any new music released this year.
In this band you can control everything without the input of label people. That must be a great feeling.
It is. The business is so different, why put out an album when you can just put out some great music? So we're going to do three or four tracks, then after the tour is finished, maybe we will sit down and do a whole album. But this summer and fall, all these tracks are going to come out first and I think that's the way we are going to operate. I'm just very excited about it.
