About this user
Intake is defined by Oxford simply, but perfectly, as 'the action of taking something in.' The recognition of this daily consumption of good or bad, useful or useless, meaningful or meaningless (and any other infinite number of choice-dealing comparisons) is the driving factor that has brought a band through numerous transformations, personal growth, and epiphanic revelations of life and purpose to its current state. And after years worth of an on and off courtship with the cutting room floor, Intake becomes a story worth telling, experiences worth sharing, and sounds worth hearing.
The collective accounts of four very different members musically bring to the table influences that are guilty of pulling one, and often suddenly, into rather different musical places. Standing on the base of modern alternative rock, hats are tipped off to Latin-American roots, Western Classical traditions, hip-hop culture immersion and an impulsive youthful desire for noise, yet all the while continuing to be intrigued by the juxtaposition of elements that have not yet had an opportunity to meet.
Lyrically, Intake comes from an unshakeable belief in foundational truth that this day and age seems exhausted by cliché words and empty credibility-seeking answers. Knowing that the greatest argument means nothing to a worthy skeptic, throat-shoving debates are here nowhere to be incited. All that remains then are bare, undressed, unadorned comments, thoughts, revelations, warnings, lessons, views and ideals that stem from undeniable personal encounters that echo through hopeful smiles singing, "another look up, kiss the sky, say goodnight, it's a better day today."
