
play like pianos
play like pianos is ben and tristan from save yourself (www.purevolume.com/saveyourselfvt) messing around with a little keyboard, some broken tape players, guitars, bass, rhythm sticks, a harmonica, and some voices.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
play like pianos started as brighton, a solo project i had been working on as a way to record all the bad save yourself songs and call them actual songs, i write them and collaborate with whoever wants to contribute, mainly tristan. it's fun, we're currently working on the album and getting a full band together.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
yeah, we'll play live, right now we're trying to put a whole band together, nothing stable as of now, but it will be soon.
Your musical influences
death cab for cutie, the mars volta jimmy eat world, bright eyes, U2, mineral, straylight run, christie front drive, cursive, brand new, sunny day real estate, taking back sunday, underoath, armor for sleep
What equipment do you use?
little yamaha keyboard, fender jazz bass/telecaster, washburn acoustic, zoom 505 effects pedal, broken tape players, karaoke machine that kind of works
Anything else?
these are some rough demos off our album we're in the process of recording. keep a lookout for it.