When RadioActive's Noah Phillips Reardon was 13, her friend put Beat Connection's song "Silver Screen" on a mix tape. Noah played it over and over and over again. Four years later, she sat down with the Seattle band in KUOW's studio for this live performance and interview.
Keyboard player and producer Reed Juenger explains the phrase he coined to describe today's iteration of the perennial artist's dilemma: Industrial Condo Sadness.
[asset-pullquotes[{"quote": "It's about wanting to have one of those new construction apartments but also being really depressed about the sacrifice that that represents to the greater community and to yourself. Especially being a pop band, how do we make meaningful art but also create a situation for ourselves to do this for a living?", "style": "wide"}]]Hear the entire interview by clicking play above. Listen and watch their live performance below.
http://youtu.be/eUyJFMQHawg
Beat Connection plays an all-ages show at Neumos in Seattle on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Find tickets here.
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