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I’m trying to help out Not Blood Paint, Jangula and Yellow Dogs a bit with the promotion of their show at The Knitting Factory this Saturday. It’s a great lineup, and I hope you guys can make it out. Tickets are available to buy online now for only $9, head here to pick some up. Find more info at the facebook page here.

I dug deep into the minds of the bands, in enlightening interviews that showed us a little bit about their spirits. Check out my interview with the mysteriously cool Not Blood Paint:

Not Blood Paint:

1. Will: Although I’ve never seen you live, I’ve heard that you guys change costumes for every show, and that each performance is different in it’s own way. What caused you to go that route for live performances?

Not Blood Paint: We learned early on that, for us, the New Suit Methodology is a great way to explore different angles of the performative
experience. We’re better able to separate from our individual personalities or EGOs and direct a focused group energy more spontaneously with each new crowd. It’s something we’re constantly refining.

We are trying also to encourage people who come to the shows to do the same–alter themselves in some way before entering the space. It is wild and incredible what can happen to a room when everyone in it is relieved of their identities for an hour.

2. W: How would you describe the Not Blood Paint live experience?

NBP: Involved. We may be hard to view passively. We prefer it that way. Like any live experience, ours is totally dependent on the
audience. That engagement is so important, and so key to what we do. We may be more brightly lit than anyone else in the room, but we see no separation there. It’s a group effort, and we love for people to explore that and express it in whatever form it takes. So when that’s
there, it can get pretty intense.

We can’t say what it’s like for anyone else. We can only tell you what we see: Gaping mouths and shaking booties. Fists. Some people laugh,
some people roll their eyes. Lots of guys don’t seem to like how much their girlfriends like us. One time four people showed up to one of our shows each with a mask of one of our faces. So, anything can happen, really.

3. W: Some live reviews I’ve seen seem to consider you guys a cult band. How would you respond to this?

NBP: Be with us.

4. W: What influences you guys? (Music, Movies, Theater?)

NBP: There’s a heavy theatre influence left over from being born in a theatre. Of course we like music and movies and reading and
thinking. We lean into influences from all over the place. We like to experiment with the collision and collusion of disparate things. And we about ideas talk A LOT. If you’re interested in what we like, you can keep up week-to-week at our blog. The four members give endorsements every Friday here: notbloodpaint.tumblr.com

5. W: What does the future hold for NBP? Can we expect a new album of epic proportions?

NBP: We’re gestating now. There is an album on the way. Ultrasound shows it to be about 12″ by 12″ so far. Nine tracks, averaging seven minutes a piece. Our greatest hits to date. After that comes another tour or several small tours and then back to writing. We’re chomping at the bit to write some new songs.

6. W: Favorite Alcoholic Beverage?

NBP: Vitreous humor eyeball fluid + whiskey-drenched squeezed mosquitoes.

Yummy. Thanks for the chat guys.

For more on Not Blood Paint, head to their website, read their blog, friend them on facebook, and listen to some music.


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