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Company of Thieves
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Apr 30, 2008
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There's a well-known saying that can make a lot of bands uncomfortable while embarking upon their second album: Musicians have their entire lives to write their debut, and a year to complete the follow-up. But in the case of Company of Thieves, the Chicago outfit couldn't wait to record its sophomore full-length, Running From A Gamble. Even though Company of Thieves' famously feverish fanbase is exponentially larger than it was when the band released its first album, the only pressure felt during the making of Running From A Gamble was due to the explosive nature of the songs themselves. And the tremendous results are a testament to how far the band has come in such a short period of time.
Despite its varying moods and textures, Running From A Gamble is a cohesive, fully formed album, one that Walloch says "you don't want to skim through." The band spent a couple of months at the beginning of 2010 fleshing out the acoustic demos made by Walloch and Genevieve. By the time they'd moved operations in the summer from Chicago to L.A., where they hooked up with producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Saves The Day), Running From A Gamble was ready to be recorded. Schnapf helped Company of Thieves capture its live intensity in the studio, which included documenting the power of Genevieve's booming voice. However, at first the band wasn't sure if they were in the right relationship.
"Our initial conversations with Rob were bad, because he didn't really give us any answers to our questions, which is what turned out to be so great about him," says Walloch. "Anything we would ask him about the process, he'd say, 'I can't tell you, it has to be whatever it naturally needs to be. I don't have any plan.' And we just loved that."
"I felt like Rob really let me do my thing and would encourage me to get to the point where I felt like I had to sing songs to get them out of me," says Genevieve. "I don't know what more I could have asked for."
Having recorded in L.A., toured the country numerous times, and played overseas, the members of Company of Thieves are certainly a worldly bunch. But they also know where they came from and aren't about to lose sight of what got them here.
"There's definitely a hard-work ethic in the Midwest," says Walloch. "The seasons change your inspiration, they change your mood, they change how productive you are. It's good to not be conditioned to any one thing or be like a robot and always feel or be the same. I guess that's kind of like our music."
Record Label:
Wind-Up Records
Label Type:
Independent
Band Members:
Genevieve (vocals)/Marc Walloch (guitar)/Chris Faller (drums)
Influences:
The Beatles, Wilco, Billie Holiday, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Simon and Garfunkel, Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Broken Social Scene, Elliott Smith, The Doors, The Zombies... and pretty much anything that our ears and brain are keen to. The list could go on forever!
Hometown:
Chicago
Country:
United States
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