Its this busted van that should never be in a school parking lot, Trent tellsRolling Stone.
Its a bad look.
The sticker on the back says, Do Not Open Live Snakes, Hearst chuckles.
Shovels & Rope celebrate their union on the new album ‘Something Is Working Up Above My Head.‘Fay Money Studios*
The piano teacher was like, Can you not wait outside with your white, unmarked stranger-danger van?’
To them, the distance is just part of the job.
Theres a lot at stake, Hearst says of the duos nature to constantly tour and churn out albums.
Its like an old family business, this mom-n-pop shop.
This is the shop we run.
Later that evening, Shovels & Rope will hit the Great Northern Stage in front of a passionate audience.
You cant venture to meet somebodys expectations, Trent says of the bands attitude toward not being pigeonholed.
Where to from here?
Am I doing it right?
Something Is Working Up Above My Headis also signature Shovels & Rope.
Im looking at young people out in the world with a lot of love and respect.
But, at a certain point, the bulletproof thing wears off, Hearst notes.
You start taking inventory this forging forth of time on you versus being carefree.
The record is nitty-gritty garage-rock and sweaty alt-country under the haze of neon barroom lights.
Success separately would maybe hinder that.
A Houston native who came of age in Denver, Trent eventually also landed in Charleston.
Both were aspiring musicians involved in a revolving door of bands and solo endeavors from a young age.
I absolutely know when I first saw you walk into a room, Hearst turns and says to Trent.
In a bar band.
It was a time when [everybody] had already dated each other [in Charleston].
Trent and some friends waltzed in.
Then, it turned out they were in a band and friends with the boys in my band.
Both kindred spirits and old souls, the two quickly became friends.
At the time, Trent was in a rock band, the Films.
We were influenced by British rock, Trent says.
And we really liked the Strokes and T. Rex.
Hearst was headlong into her own group, Borrowed Angels.
We were an early Americana band.
I remember being like, Were revolutionizing music, guys.
Were bringing back country music, Hearst says with a laugh.
We were listening to a lot of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.
They decided to test the waters and play some shows.
It was an accidental band.
We didnt really plan on it, Trent says of the formation of Shovels & Rope.
We just started doing it on the side from our other bands and projects.
The thing that made people respond was when it was just the two of us.
There were milestones too, including the bands performance of Birmingham on theLate Show with David Lettermanin 2013.
Thats all [my dad] cared about, then he died, Trent says.
He was a huge David Letterman fan.
One of those epiphany moments, where you get a glimpse at the space-time continuum.
Its going to unfold, and it keeps unfolding I saw all of it.
