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\"\"<\/a>\u201cThere\u2019s so much out there now whether it\u2019s trying to be profound or deep or witty to me the stuff that connects with me is the stuff that I believe no matter how simple it is it\u2019s believable, so we just try and play and sing what we love you know and do our best to connect with people and that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: With the four members of\u00a0THE DIVES\u00a0hailing from both sides of the country and the middle, it might seem unlikely that these musicians would ever even meet, let alone form a band \u2013 until you hear them play.\u00a0 After one listen, it’s nearly impossible to imagine them playing with anyone else.\u00a0 Featuring tight harmonies and infectious hooks,\u00a0THE DIVES’ music sounds fresh and familiar at the same time.\u00a0 When explaining how the band was formed, they all vehemently agree that they got together with the common goal of making the kind of music they wish they heard more.<\/p>\n

We gave Evan and Sergio from The Dives a call while in New York in the middle of rehearsal and they filled us in on the band, their music, what they\u2019re all about, their mission and we think this sound is rad! So we proclaim The Dives our newest Best Thing You\u2019ve Never Heard!<\/p>\n

So for those that may not be aware of The Dives, how would you best describe your music and what you\u2019re all about?<\/strong>
\nEvan \u2013<\/strong> Well we\u2019re a rock and roll band playing songs we lone and ones you hopefully won\u2019t forget, we\u2019re just trying have a blast and so far we\u2019re doing a pretty good job of it. We just get up on stage and play music with your best friends and there\u2019s nothing better than that.<\/p>\n

You have just released your debut EP, when you\u2019re introducing yourselves to the world is it a hard task putting together what will be their first impression of the band?<\/strong>
\nEvan \u2013<\/strong> No, I mean I think from the very beginning we\u2019ve always had a pretty good idea of who we are, there was never a question as to what we were all about it was just how do we get it across in full force, and really with the EP it sums who we are exactly in twelve minutes, there are no tricks and no gimmicks and it\u2019s basically what you would get at a live show, that\u2019s us.<\/p>\n

So instead of giving us a standard review, let\u2019s say if you had to give us your best door to door sales pitch to try and convince someone to listen to it before they slam the door in your face, what do you say to them?
\nEvan- <\/strong>Well, I\u2019d play it
\nSergio – <\/strong>*laughs*
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>I\u2019d play you the first thirty seconds of the EP, we worked really hard to make a very concise statement with those four songs and one that doesn\u2019t need any qualifiers or any disclaimers you know? That\u2019s us, and I think the best thing anyone can do to get an idea of who we are is to take a couple of minutes to listen.<\/p>\n

In terms of your song writing, what do you consider to be the most important ingredients that make up one of your songs?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>Honesty, I think the best thing you can do is just be honest and that connects with people. There\u2019s so much out there now whether it\u2019s trying to be profound or deep or witty to me the stuff that connects with me is the stuff that I believe no matter how simple it is it\u2019s believable, so we just try and play and sing what we love you know and do our best to connect with people and that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, whatever art you\u2019re making the idea is to connect with someone and I think you have to do that by being honest and being real.
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>Yeah people can usually sniff out when you\u2019re not being genuine you know? They\u2019re the first to call you out on it, or they just won\u2019t listen.<\/p>\n

So what bands did you grow up listening to and how did they help create the style of music that can now be heard throughout your music?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>The Beatles are kind of the big binding agent between us all, we all really got our first taste of music through them but for the most part it\u2019s the great bands that have great songs you know all of us are all about the songs whether it\u2019s The Kinks or The Beatles or The Who, Tom petty you know guys that have songs that really stand the test of time, Led Zeppelin, those guys are really where it\u2019s at for us because they\u2019re all amazing musicians and they were never playing to show you how good they are at guitar or drums, they were playing to get the point of the song across which I think is really worth the time of the listener. I would take a great song over a great band if I had to choose one or the other.<\/p>\n

I love the power pop vibe like a Cheap Trick early Marvelous3 type vibe, is that what you listen to now and inspires you to keep doing it?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>We listen to everything, I love Cheap Trick I think we all do, you know I think if you listen to one genre or one band you\u2019re gonna get stale really quickly because you\u2019re just going to end up being sloppy seconds of that band. So I think to make something fresh and something really unique you\u2019ve gotta pull from a lot of different areas, so I don\u2019t think any of us listen to one genre or one time frame too much, it\u2019s just a bit all over the place and I think that\u2019s what really breathes life into something. We\u2019re a rock and roll band, we listen to everything and I think that\u2019s what hopefully people find interesting is they pick up a little bit of this and a little bit of that and we really try and put our own spin on things.<\/p>\n

Well when I listened to your EP it stood out as it was really refreshing to hear something that sounds old but sounds new again if you know what I mean?
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>Yeah man thank you we appreciate that.
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>Thank you, that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re trying to do, just do what we love and do it as best as we can.<\/p>\n

For a bit of fun, say you get the chance to open for any artist or band in the world, who would they be and why?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>Ooh that\u2019s a tough one.
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>Is it only one?
\nYeah, only one.
\nEvan & Sergio – <\/strong>*laughs*
\nEvan\u00a0 – <\/strong>Well that\u2019s a difficult question, unofficially I would say Paul McCartney just because I\u2019d love free tickets to a Paul McCartney show he\u2019s like my hero, but probably, that\u2019s so hard.
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>Yeah, oh man\u2026
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>Maybe Arctic Monkeys because I think their fan base is young and very open to new stuff and I think if you them you might also be inclined to like us, they\u2019re a cool band, I think they\u2019ve got great songs and we share an audience there well. So I think being a bit judicious I would pick them but selfishly it would be McCartney.<\/p>\n

Other side of that, if you had to pick a song to cover that no one would ever expect from you what would it be?
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>I don\u2019t know if we can answer this *laughs* I\u2019d say we tend to throw something out that\u2019s unexpected, you know at our live shows but that\u2019s a tough one man, this is harder than the one band to tour with.
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>I think there\u2019s so many great bands out there at the end of the day there\u2019s nothing that gives us more joy than playing our songs, that\u2019s why we\u2019re really in it to show you who we are. So to choose a cover song is so hard because there are so many great songs but there aren\u2019t any that stand out as absolutely must play song for me. It\u2019s always for me we must play this song that just got finished last night, that\u2019s the reason we write songs and the most important one is the one that just got written.<\/p>\n

Obviously you\u2019ve just released an EP but are there plans for more songs and possibly and album to come?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>We\u2019ve got tonnes of material, there\u2019s no shortage in that we\u2019re just trying to continually one up ourselves in terms of songs and in terms of live shows, so right now we\u2019re focusing on playing as much as we can and there\u2019s gonna be a very steady stream of output but in terms of a full length you know we\u2019ll do it when the time is right. Right now we\u2019ve got an EP out that I think we\u2019re all very proud of that really sums up the band and hopefully gets more people out to live shows and we\u2019re just gonna concentrate on that for a little bit.
\nSergio \u2013 <\/strong>Yeah we\u2019ll concentrate on the EP as it\u2019s a good representation of who we are but you know four songs that shows this is who we are and until then the time will come when an album comes out.<\/p>\n

You talk a lot about live shows and of course I have to ask, what do you think the chances of seeing you guys down here in Australia is?
\nEvan \u2013 <\/strong>It\u2019s just a matter of when! We\u2019re dying to get down there and I think that people down there seem to really get this stuff and we\u2019re just hoping to get down there sooner rather than later. So the answer is 100% it\u2019s just a matter of when.<\/p>\n

Obviously Evan, being around music your whole life what is the best piece of advice you have been given?<\/strong>
\nEvan \u2013<\/strong> I mean really there\u2019s no secret to anything you just have to work super hard *laughs* and at best take away is seeing so much of behind the scenes of everything and how much work there\u2019s really no substitute for just a tonne of work, I stayed home from so many parties in high school and left a tonne of parties in college just to work on songs or really hone my craft and I know all the guys have done the same and that\u2019s what we really pride ourselves on is we work non-stop to get better at what we do and to expose more people to what we do. We\u2019re together every day of the week whether it\u2019s a couple of us or all of us just working on songs or harmonies or trying to push stuff and I think that\u2019s really the best thing you can do is just be relentless.
\nSergio \u2013<\/strong> Yeah it\u2019s 24\/7, the first thing when we wake up in the morning is band related and the last thing that we talk about before the night is done is band related so it\u2019s constant. It never stops but it\u2019s a strong work ethic and you\u2019ve gotta support one another and really, really, really work.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve mentioned playing shows a lot, what are the plans for the rest of the year?<\/strong>
\nEvan \u2013<\/strong> We\u2019ve got a national tour in August so that will see us through North America which should be really fun and get us through a lot of places that we haven\u2019t had a chance to go yet, and just continue to play a tonne around New York and New Jersey, we\u2019ve got a lot of new stuff we\u2019ve got in the works so we\u2019re looking forward to playing that live and continuing on as we happen. So really the plan is just to keep on going as we\u2019ve been going. Play and play and play.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s predict the future a little bit. Finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2017 The Dives will\u2026
\nEvan \u2013<\/strong> Hmm\u2026 Be stuck in your head.
\nSergio \u2013<\/strong> That\u2019s almost creepy sounding.
\nEvan –<\/strong> *laughs*<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0New York, NY, USA<\/p>\n

Band Members:<\/strong>\u00a0Evan Stanley \u2013 Guitar\/Vocals, Mike Lefton \u2013 Guitar, Jimmy Meier \u2013 Drums, Sergio Ortega – Bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0www.thedivesmusic.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release: <\/strong>Everybody’s Talkin’ (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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