At Shaky Knees Music Festival, SCAD Radio Music Director El Smith met with Evan Westfall from indie folk band CAAMP, an Ohio-based trio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s your favorite kind of bear?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Evan- Polar. We could use more of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You guys have a new record coming out on July 26th. What inspired it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Lead singer] <\/strong>Taylor [Meier] writes the lyrics, lyrically it\u2019s a lot of stuff that has been goin\u2019 on in our lives. Tour life and relationships. I suppose musically, we\u2019re kinda boppin\u2019 around the country\u2026 We\u2019ve got some desert-y sounding songs mixed with some folk-y where we\u2019re from, kind of like Appalachia. Some woodsy sounding songs mixed in with some surf-y rock-y songs. It\u2019s a nice blend of different genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other than places, are there any other specific artists that inspire you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of our friends\u2019 bands like Crooked Spine, Speaking Suns, Gaptooth Grin. In our hometown, we\u2019re very supportive of each other. I also like a lot of older stuff like Neil Young, Big Star, the album\u2019s a nice mix of a lot of what we\u2019ve been listening to as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You mentioned a lot of friends\u2019 bands. Do you guys have a big music scene locally?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s gettin\u2019 there. Our friends are doing great things up there in Columbus and Ohio. It\u2019s not competitive, you hear one of them write a good song and you\u2019re like \u201cAw, I wish I would\u2019ve written that song\u201d, and it makes you wanna try and write a better song. We kinda push each other to write good music, but it\u2019s very supportive at the same time. We\u2019re all going out to each other\u2019s shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n