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I recently had the chance to interview Joe from Within The Ruins.

AO: You guys are set to release Invade at the end of August. What can you tell us about this album?

We can tell you that it’s the best material we’ve written today and the first album that any of us have ever had 100% confidence in. It’s a year’s worth of hard work. I think it displays that we’ve matured as musicians. There’s much more “feeling” to this album, rather than “hey listen to all these crazy riffs we made!” We concentrated much more on song structure and leaving room for our new vocalist Tim to do what he does and get the message across.

AO: What was the most memorable moment from the recording process?

We recorded this album with Josh Wickman and I have to say every single day from the start with Josh was fucking ridiculous! He’s an awesome dude. It’s cool when you can have a great time in the process as well as end up with a great sounding album and some good friends out of it. We stayed in Michigan for a month to record and luckily found The Hayloft in Mt. Clemens. We spent almost every other night getting drunk there with some awesome people. To answer your question, Tim blacked-out mid conversation one night, fell over and dislocated his shoulder. I’ll never forget that.

AO: Why did you guys decide to release a new album so soon after your debut?

A few reasons. One being our obsession with always having to outdo ourselves. As soon as we finish a song it’s like “man that songs okay, I’m kind of sick of it now though, we could make something way sicker” We never stopped writing since the release of our debt. It’s all we do, we really having nothing else in our lives besides family and friends, so 90% of our free time is spent writing. And two, there are a million bands out there, always new stuff happening, especially in this genre. It’s easy to get lost in the mix unless you keep up with getting people new music.

AO: Why did you guys decide to name the album Invade?

We spent literally 3 months trying to come up with a name for the album. It was just something Tim threw out there that always kept coming back up while discussing the album titles. It’s a powerful word I think, and honestly it kind of describes what we hope to do with this album. We want to make an impact. We want people to hear what we do.

AO: Who came up with the album cover and why did you guys decide to choose that one?

Once Tim came up with the album title and we all agreed on it, we sat down in the studio one night and all talked about some artwork ideas. It seemed we all kind of had the same vision so we gathered some pictures for reference and sent them over to the label and it turned out great I think.

AO: Can you tell us about any upcoming touring plans that you may or may not be able to talk about?

Well we have plans up to November right now but nothing has been officially released, so yeah I can’t say much. We will be doing a solid eastern Canadian run soon though with some great bands, followed by a full US tour with some more great bands in Oct/Nov.

AO: What are your thoughts on illegal downloading and CDs getting leaked onto the internet?

All I can say is that it is the worst feeling in the world when you check up on your cd leaking, and it finally happens. It’s inevitable though I guess. You almost feel violated in a way. It hurts the band and label, but hey people are hearing the music which is the point after all.

AO: Thank you for your time! Any final thoughts?

Thank YOU! Please check out the 2 new songs we have released, and if you like, please buy our album and support us! Invade will be in stores everywhere 8-31-10! Come out to shows too and talk to us. We love hanging out with everyone.