Can you introduce yourselves?

J: I’m Jimmy, I sing in the band.

Z: I’m Zac, I play the bass guitar.

A: I’m Avery and I play the guitar.

Whats your band name?

?: Texture Freq.

Where are you from?

J: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

How did the band start?

A: I guess I should tell this, so, John (the other guitarist) and myself, we got the idea of starting this band like 3 years ago, I think. We had our buddy Algen (?) playing drums, and then I talked to Dave, who’s our drummer. Then Dave joined, then I got Zac on bass, and then we were looking for someone to do vocals and we decided on, to give young Jimmy a shot.

Z: Yeah, all of us have been in bands for much longer than we should be,

A: And this is Jimmy’s first band.

Z: So, we needed some young blood to make it fun.

What are your inspirations? Musical or just general?

A: Uh I don’t know… Rock & Roll, Punk Rock. I guess like me and John were like kind of taking stuff a lot from some like European hardcore bands like ‘Youth Avoiders’ from France, a lot of 80’s hardcore like ‘Poision Idea’(…) a lot of different stuff.

J: This is my first band but I’ve always been a writer. I’ve done poetry, I’ve done fiction, essays, whatever whatever. So, I would say my atmosphere is very literary. Primarily sort of classic gay authors, (…) Mishima, we had a song about Antonin Artuad.

z: Delaney… happy birthday Delaney!

J: It is Sam Delaney’s birthday, we should give him a shoutout but he’s not really involved in this band. (z: Haha! He’s not in this band)But anyway, all of this to say, it’s not relegated to any one identity or politics but more about expanding our nations of sexuality and the body, what it means to be a person in this world.

z: And I’m inspired by, I find that music is the only way I can contribute anything positive to the world, so

J: Just so I can jump in in that idea, moving from somebody whose only real presence is on the page (I mean I’d done readings and whatever) to doing this… the aspect of embodiment is so sort of invigorating. There are things I can say and things I can do in this band, not just in the level of what I’m saying but what I’m doing physically, that would not be available to me, personally, in any other medium.

z: Black Flag, (?), Tenement

J: The Germs… like if Darby Crash could’ve come out

Best show you’ve played?

J: Ever?

z: Grand Rapids, Michigan

J: I think our last record release show, before we wont on tour last time.

A: Oh wait, the one with Spitz and The Urinals? That one?

J: No, no, whenever you guys hated it… cause you thought you were gonna die.

A: Oh, that was our tour kickoff.

Z: Oh! I thought you were talking about our tape release show-

J: No! Not that one! I thought we were gonna die in that one but that was one of our best shows.

A: I would say our best show was when we played the Wagner’s liquor store parking lot in New Orleans

J: Oh, that’s a good one too.

z: I think our best show was October, 2023 at Pork.

J: They were all good; lets say that.

z: We play a lot of fun shows. Every one of them are more special and more different and more interesting.

Did you say you had a new album out? Or coming out?

J: We out an album out in the fall on Dirt Cult Records. It’s called ‘What May Come’. You can get it from us in person or Dirt Cult online. Actually, I think it might’ve sold out. But Dirt Cult might still have some.

z: We do have one new song.

J: So there will be a new record some day.

Why is local music important to you?

z: I think local music is important because the internet, especially in music cultures, is so all encompassing. And I think there are a lot of these bands, no ill will, but like, a lot of people think that, like, Amyl and The Sniffers is, like what punk is. And Turnstiles… I even like some of these bands songs, but like, punk is like something you find on the internet…

J: Like an aesthetic

z: Well, it’s an aesthetic and it’s a part of the algorithm. And when you are young and you get involved with local music, you find bands that all have a… uh, y’all drank the same water and you all dealt with the same school systems. At least when you’re young, it helps you find your identity and it helps you find like-minded individuals. (…) And like, supporting you local scene is important and I feel like with the internet people kind of view it as less important, but it’s actually more important than it’s ever been.

J: I think it’s so much more about the community and the people around you than what specifically anyone is doing musically. If I quit this band today, I would still love these same people and be in the same boat as them. There’s a reason that so many of our shows and so many of the shows in Minneapolis are benefit shows; for a cause that’s local, a cause that’s global, for somebody making rent or something like that. We need each other in so many ways musically or otherwise but it is particularly easy to sort of organize around this axis. Fortunately, we all like a lot of the same things and it’s easy to meet on those grounds and build from that.

z: Yeah, when you’re a part of a scene, I see like capitalism fucks us all over and capitalism hurts us all a lot, and I see when somebody from our scene needs help, people are very good at rallying about it. Local music is sort of like the soundtrack to that, it’s the best when it feels authentic to the town that it’s in. I like when punk scenes have, I mean bands can sound different but you can tell, like I said, they all drink the same water. They have something in common. Touring makes that more evident. You go to different part s of the country and you get to see what different places are like. (…) It’s something that reminds me ‘Oh, I’m on tour I’m not scrolling on an app right now’, ‘I’m in Michigan so there’s some Michigan shit’ and when we play in Texas, there’s some Texas shit.

A: A lot of cowboy hats, I’m from Texas I’m allowed to say it.

J: You’ve been on cowboy hats al day

z: You can say anything you want because you’re from texas

A: Yeah, those are the rules

What’s next for you guys?

J: Urbana, Illinois.

z: The show tomorrow

A: Yeah, the show tomorrow and the show after that.

z: And then the show after that.

J: Well, the show after that we’re opening for Subhumans. So, I should say that… I feel pretty blessed that that’s occured.

A: So, If you’re listening to this right now, go to Minneapolis and see us open for the Subhumans.

z: Which this probably won’t be released for a little while… a lot of us are in a lot of other bands so you go on tour and you go home and you focus on your other bands for a little bit.

A: and then you go on tour again

Anything else?

A: Don’t be afraid to learn a new instrument or learn anything new. Start bands, go on tour, meet people from everywhere, book shows in your local community, and just care about each other and take care of each other.

z: And try to play music that is honest about who you are. Don’t follow a trend

A: Yeah, just be true to yourself.