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<\/b>\u201cMatt and Kim are bringing the heat!\u201d exclaims Matt Johnson, the keys and vocals behind the renowned Brooklyn-based duo Matt and Kim. The pair are back on tour after getting taken off the road due to an injury that rendered drummer Kim Schifino unable to perform. WTBU DJ Monica Sucic talked with Johnson about being sidelined, his relationship with Kim, and the many artists featured on the upcoming sixth album, <\/b>Almost Everyday.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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Monica Sucic: This past year has been one of your longest breaks from touring. Does the time you had sidelined from touring reflect in the production and writing of the new album?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Matt Johnson: Oh, absolutely. This is far from our first album. Having had a shit ass year, because Kim got injured on stage and the long recovery and all the horrible headlines, it was a new sort of inspiration for writing. Maybe I wouldn\u2019t have asked for it, but trying to make lemonade out of lemons, I think writing from a therapeutic place\u2013which is what musicians have done for decades, but me and Kim never did\u2013let stuff come out quicker and be more personal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MS: Your chemistry with Kim is a huge highlight to your onstage performance and your writing. How has your bond with her grown and changed over the years?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n MJ: I don\u2019t know! It kind of feels the same, which is crazy, right? It\u2019s been so long; it\u2019s been my whole adult life that we\u2019ve been together. When we got together, we were two carefree people versus the world, and those are still the same people we are today. You\u2019d think that after all the time we spend with each other, we\u2019d have killed each other by this point. [<\/span>laughs<\/span><\/i>] When we get off a tour, we\u2019re like, \u201cLet\u2019s go see a movie together!\u201d We\u2019re still each other\u2019s bestie, for lack of a better word.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MS: Your new album features a variety of artists, including Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 and Kevin Ray from Walk the Moon. What prompted you to include these artists? \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n MJ: We feel that there\u2019s this thing about playing our songs live and the energy they get\u2013I feel like part of that is having other voices singing along. Not just having me to shrilly sing but having these other voices. So we thought, \u201cLet\u2019s hit up some of our friends who play music!\u201d They\u2019re the chorus in the background. It\u2019s not as much about having individual features as it\u2019s just what happens when a bunch of voices sing together. It was just so cool to get people that we\u2019re friends with, but also a fan of, on the record.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MS: What made you want to write \u201cHappy If You\u2019re Happy\u201d as an a cappella song?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n MJ: While everyone tells me that \u201cthe album is dead\u201d and that people just listen to singles or everyone just puts songs on shuffle, it was important to us to make a record that felt like, beginning to end, you were listening to an album. I thought that it really means giving diversity in the songs. Some are short, some are long, some are instrumental songs, and there\u2019s that song we did with just our voices. Right now, that\u2019s our number two song on Spotify. I never thought it would find an audience where it\u2019s finding an audience. I thought it would be just a deep album cut. Some of my favorite listening experiences have been when I loved an album all the way through.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MS: What topics do you want to talk about next on your YouTube channel?<\/b><\/p>\n MJ: Here\u2019s the thing: I get down with stuff that Kim would roll her eyes about. Nerdy stuff, like tech stuff and things like that. We call the vlog \u201cShow You Stuff.\u201d Maybe I show you something that\u2019s really fucking crazy. But on the other side of that, if I suggested it, Kim would roll her eyes and say \u201cBORING!\u201d [<\/span>laughs<\/span><\/i>]<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MS: What makes your current tour different than previous tours?<\/b><\/p>\n MJ: In many ways, it\u2019s the same. The energy of what we want on stage is always the same. We want it to be a party, we want it to be out of control. We need a visually excited crowd. I think of these bands that are really great where the audience doesn\u2019t move or dance, because it\u2019s lowkey music, but to me that would be like being a comedian and having no one laugh at any of your jokes. You need the feedback in the moment. But at the same time, I think we have even a deeper appreciation after having had almost a year and a half of no shows. I\u2019ve never taken that sort of break since we started. And we really missed it. We saw what a world and a life would be like for us after the band or after we\u2019re off the road, so I think now we appreciate every minute we have on stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matt and Kim\u2019s sixth album, \u201cAlmost Everyday,\u201d will be out May 4. Matt and Kim are currently on tour, and will be playing Boston\u2019s House of Blues on Thursday, April 26. Tickets are available <\/b>here<\/b><\/a>. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMatt and Kim are bringing the heat!\u201d exclaims Matt Johnson, the keys and vocals behind the renowned Brooklyn-based duo Matt and Kim. The pair are back on tour after getting taken off the road due to an injury that rendered drummer Kim Schifino unable to perform. 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