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Q&A with Holiday Friends band leader
Band recently released
its newest album
Alyssa Evans: There are a lot of songs
that relate both to wondering and want-
ing. How did the themes of this album
come about?
Scott Fagerland: All the songs go
through the band fi lter so by the time they’re
done they’ll even have lyrical contributions
from every member. I probably write 80 to
90% of the words but sometimes, Joey, our
drummer, will take a song and write a verse
or two … there’s a collective consciousness
going on.
What I write is sort of truthful but exag-
gerated. It’s a technique I use which I
learned from my friend and band co-founder
Jesse. I’ll take these themes and ideas of
desire or wondering what if, and looking at
all the other paths your life could have taken,
then blow it into an 80s movie soundtrack.
By ALYSSA EVANS
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
A
storia indie rock band Holiday Friends
released its third album, “Still Wonder,”
last week on streaming services. The
band fi rst released the album in June on Band-
camp and SoundCloud.
Scott Fagerland, the band’s lead singer
and guitarist, recently shared some thoughts
on the album in an interview with Coast
Weekend.
The band’s other members include Joey
Ficken, Zack O’Connor and Jon Fagerland.
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bothers me. In a lot of ways it’s like we’re
an emo band because the lyrics aren’t super
literal, they’re emotional. I like music that
makes you feel something.
AE: We talked a couple months ago
about how this album was ready to be
released but the band’s plans were put
on pause because of the coronavirus pan-
demic. How have the band’s plans since
adapted?
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AE: What were some of the inspiration
sources for the album?
SF: Musically, defi nitely Tears for Fears,
The Outfi eld, just a lot of 80s music. Then
some contemporary musicians that make
that style of music … sometimes at the end
of the day, I wish our music sounded more
80s-like.
Other inspirations … I draw a lot from
my own emotions and life. It’s not usually
from a happy place, it’s from a therapeu-
tic place of thinking about something that
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