The Beard Interview w/ This Will Destroy You

This Will Destroy You released Tunnel Blanket to much critical acclaim in May. The album charted at number 25 in it's first week on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Guitarist Jeremy Galindo recently responded to some questions from The Beard while on the European leg of their tour. Here is what he had to say.


TE - You've posted some hilarious videos via your Tumblr page. My favourite
is The Cat Massage video, are you cat people? Which of your own songs do
you think would best score the video?

TWDY - I am definitely a cat person. As much as I miss home and legit mexican

food while I'm on the road, I definitely miss my cat the most. And he
definitely has experienced some cat massages. I think Villa del Refugio would give a great ethereal touch to that video.

TE - Prior to the tour your van full of gear was stolen, then you got very sick

shortly into the tour forcing you to cancel a (the Vancouver) show. Were
you able to adequately replace your gear? and get healthy? Has the tour
otherwise been going well? and what's the weirdest thing that has
happened to you on the road? 

TWDY - Both the van and all the gear were recovered. That definitely made our

lives a lot easier. Health wise we are all doing well, but we're all
going to crazy town. We've had a lot of weird things happen to us.
Most of which I can't go into details. Let's just say, we've seen cars
blow up, almost burnt a building down in Europe, acid/stripper
parties, hard falls down a long flight of stairs... We'll keep it at
that.

TE - My friends and I like to make up band names, I understand you guys like to

toss around band names too, what would you call yourselves if you were just
naming the band now or what are some of your favourites? I'll go first
a favourite of mine is "Slow Clap for Lazers"

TWDY - Beach: A rape crystal

TE - You've rejected the rather vague label of "post-rock" and have labeled

yourselves as "Doomgaze". How would YOU define Doomgaze?

TWDY - That was really more of joke, but it caught on somewhere in the

internets. I just find the label "post-rock" stupid. What does that
even mean? After rock? It's just stupid. I really don't care what
people call us or whatever genre they want to throw us into. As long
as we are happy with what we are making, it shouldn't matter.

TE - On April 1st you famously announced that the band was

breaking up, but it turned out to be an April's Fools Day prank. Are
you pranksters with each other? What's the best prank (aside from that
one) that you've pulled? (or been duped by?)

TWDY - Surprisingly we don't really pull pranks on each other. One of the

bands we toured with once turned our van into a crime scene while we
were sleeping at a hotel. That was pretty funny.

Thanks to Jeremy and This Will Destroy You for taking the time to respond. Beard out!