Review Fix chats with Aurin’s Andrew Wayne and Sarah Anderson, who discuss the band’s new album, “Catharsis,†which will be released by Pavement Entertainment via major music retailers on 10/14/14. Discussing everything from their origin to their goals and sound, Wayne and Anderson give us an inside look at what makes the band tick.
Review Fix: What do you think makes Aurin a special band?
Andrew Wayne: A couple of things actually. Aurin has an 50% male to female ratio. Sarah Anderson is on vocals while Linda Medina is on drums. Andrew Wayne is on guitars/background vocals while Joe Palamara is on bass. A comment that we get frequently which is one of our favorites is that fans tell us we are a “female rock group so strong in what we do that we can hold our own with the male dominated world of rock.” Not just our lyrics, but the way the music is written itself is intended to portray suffering from mental illness, losing people to it, bullying, poverty, etc…Music has saved each and every one of our lives and when Andrew originally formed this group, he wanted to make sure that he could convey to future listeners that they are not alone in this world, that there is always a light at the end of that tunnel. We strive as a band to connect to our audience on a very personal level. We hope that we can reach people with our music and have it help them just like music has helped all of us.
Review Fix: What kind of challenges have you guys faced throughout your lives and how have they helped you become better musicians?
Sarah Anderson: We all come from different walks of life. Some of us have grown up surrounded by and/or struggling with our own mental illnesses for instance. If you add poverty, bullying, and low self-esteem into the mix, you start to create the recipe of what would eventually become our music. Music gave us an outlet, a point of focus you could say, to be able to purge and convey our emotions through art to the listener. Hence, the reason for the title of our up-coming album “Catharsis” that drops on 10/14/14.
Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy this album the most?
Wayne: We feel fans of hard rock, especially from that of the 1990s and early 2000s would be a prime target. But, our music is very diverse and has various different influences. We have been told many times by people of all ages and backgrounds that they were able to appreciate and value our music.
Review Fix: How was “Stained” written? Is there a story behind it?
Anderson: Stained was written between Sarah (lyrics) and Andrew (music) acoustically first before it was brought to the band to work out everything that would make it into the song it is today. Yes, there is a story behind it, but we typically do not like to divulge much of or all of the details because we hope that every listener could be able to take away a different meaning that means something special to them. On the surface though, it is about someone who has gone down a very dark path with their own struggles who uses substances to try to find a way out, but only digs themselves in deeper.
Review Fix: What song on the album do you think is most indicative of your sound?
Wayne: That’s really hard to say as we try to write whatever we feel. That could be anger, sadness, rebellion, and even contemplation or an outside perspective of milestone type events. We don’t think there is just one song where you can go “yep, that’s Aurin’s style.” But, at the same time, we write in such a way that you will know us when you hear it.
Review Fix: What did you learn about yourselves through the creation of this album?
Anderson: We learned that it was okay and even fun to explore different avenues of the creative process. We also realized during writing that we were able to travel further down the proverbial rabbit hole and bring forth some of the darker things in our lives that previously we had not been able to or maybe even willing to access.
Review Fix: How do you want this album to be remembered?
Wayne: Â As something that people really enjoyed listening to, but ultimately as something people were able to connect to on a very deep and personal level. If it helped at least one person, then we believe we’ve done our job. Help does not come easy, it never did, and if we can affect just one person in a positive way, it would mean the world to us.
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