![]() So I thought we were all gonna get some new variant. When you're going through Texas at nighttime, it’s weird, like you’re just going through gas stations, too, where nobody's wearing masks. I got a cold that I thought was COVID, and it wasn't COVID. Then we were all said, “We should just go home we'll just go back to LA.” So we drove back to LA and it was psychotic, and then my body kind of crashed. We played this show in Dallas - this place called The Trees. We were just exhausted from touring we had driven back from Dallas. I was just kind of trying to develop some sort of narrative, but just like a background of where we are where we were at. TILDEN: There's an album that we have that we scrapped and we wanted to start from scratch. LUNA: I also wanted to do a temperature check with you guys - how are you feeling? You went through kidney stones, almost getting COVID… And that was like five years ago or something. Let's do it.” And then we just got really close. ![]() And then, a few years later, Rob was looking for a bass player. LUNA: How do you guys know each other outside of performing together?īUCKLEY: I mean, me and Rob have known each other since like, 2012 2013 just playing in the same music scene and the same weird, grungy warehouses. Read below to learn more about BOYO’s creative process in producing Echoes Like Memories, inspirations, and how their return to live music has been going. In between discussing the music, Tilden shares his love of Adam Sandler and “hyperfixation” on Uncut Gems, (check out his Uncut Jams playlist on Spotify), and both share their “fantasy bagel” orders in extreme detail. Despite some physical challenges including kidney stones, a cold and general wear and tear of touring, the duo produced the 10-track album in under three weeks. It is the sound we have come to know and love, with a conscious effort to be more “upbeat and funky.” The band shares how much their return to live shows - specifically in touring most recently with Luna Luna - inspired Tilden and Buckley to scrap the original album and begin again. Their new surprise album, Echoes Like Memories, released March 11, diverges a bit from the duo’s previous releases. Its age gave it a beauty like no other, something I had not noticed until that moment.SEVERAL THINGS WERE MADE CLEAR - after speaking over Zoom with BOYO’s Robert Tilden and Hudson Buckley. It’s lost branches and the way it contorted caused asymmetry that embodied the elegance of imperfection. Looking again at the maple tree, I realized how beautiful it had become. As life got busier, my dad and I forgot about the swing. ![]() But now, sitting on it alone would cause it to crumble. When we were kids, that swing would hold me and my three siblings together. The coating was peeling, and the wood underneath was beginning to rot. Looking back at the swing, I noticed that one of the wooden planks supporting the bottom was falling off the left side, and it was only hanging by a screw on the other. I would build the biggest pile I could, get a running start, then jump into it, creating an explosion of leaves. My dog rolled around in them, kicking them in complete disorder, having the time of his life - reminding me how much I loved playing in the leaves as a child. The leaves had changed from a rich green to lighter shades of red and yellow, and about half of them had fallen to the ground.
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