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Making lemonade out of lemony moments

Tori Roze on her band's new #2 release, Turbulence

Dave Good: The music on Turbulence…kind of is turbulent. At the very least, it sounds driven and complex.

Victoria Roze: "The driven and complex music on this album simply reflects each of us as band members. Was it intentional to make the music this way? No. Was it visceral and did it just happen? Yes."

Are you likewise driven and complex?

"We collectively like to push the envelope, and the music we make is the sum of its parts --- meaning, it cannot exist with the removal of any one element. Each of us is therefore driven and complex."

What is the single thought that unifies all of the songs -- if there is one?

"That life is turbulent and unpredictable but we are all human and help each other feel better understood. Every one struggles with the themes present on this album, like money, self-realization, lust, commitment, perfection, distance, loss, death. It's best to make lemonade out of these lemony moments."

How's gigging with your mom working out?

"My mom (Lee Clark plays flute and sings backup) is a wonderful person to have in the band. Her life experience and mom moments keep us all in check when we're up in the rafters about anything."

And the rest of the band?

"Gigging with them is incredible. There is a symbiosis we have together that I personally just haven't been able to find playing with anyone else. The rest of the Hot Mess is Johnny Alexander on guitar, Jordan Morita on trombone, Harley Magsino on bass, and Charlie Weller on drums.

"About that album art…"

"The idea came to me like a bolt of lightning. I just had to follow through. The cover is a vintage Ford F-150 pick up truck flying off what looks like a hill. But when you open it up, you see that the hill is actually my right cheek (wink, wink,) and the back of the album is the back of my head and torso.

Is there any hidden meaning?

"The artwork is a nod to the title of our first album From the Hip, hence the pick up truck flying off my hip into the air. The band was pretty shocked at first but we all like to laugh and joke a lot so it's all in good fun.

Anything else?

"We would like to thank Ben Moore who engineered and mixed, and John Wilds for playing on this album."

"Turbulence" is available at Lou's Records, M-Theory Music, and on iTunes, bandcamp.com, amazon.com, and CD Baby.

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Dave Good: The music on Turbulence…kind of is turbulent. At the very least, it sounds driven and complex.

Victoria Roze: "The driven and complex music on this album simply reflects each of us as band members. Was it intentional to make the music this way? No. Was it visceral and did it just happen? Yes."

Are you likewise driven and complex?

"We collectively like to push the envelope, and the music we make is the sum of its parts --- meaning, it cannot exist with the removal of any one element. Each of us is therefore driven and complex."

What is the single thought that unifies all of the songs -- if there is one?

"That life is turbulent and unpredictable but we are all human and help each other feel better understood. Every one struggles with the themes present on this album, like money, self-realization, lust, commitment, perfection, distance, loss, death. It's best to make lemonade out of these lemony moments."

How's gigging with your mom working out?

"My mom (Lee Clark plays flute and sings backup) is a wonderful person to have in the band. Her life experience and mom moments keep us all in check when we're up in the rafters about anything."

And the rest of the band?

"Gigging with them is incredible. There is a symbiosis we have together that I personally just haven't been able to find playing with anyone else. The rest of the Hot Mess is Johnny Alexander on guitar, Jordan Morita on trombone, Harley Magsino on bass, and Charlie Weller on drums.

"About that album art…"

"The idea came to me like a bolt of lightning. I just had to follow through. The cover is a vintage Ford F-150 pick up truck flying off what looks like a hill. But when you open it up, you see that the hill is actually my right cheek (wink, wink,) and the back of the album is the back of my head and torso.

Is there any hidden meaning?

"The artwork is a nod to the title of our first album From the Hip, hence the pick up truck flying off my hip into the air. The band was pretty shocked at first but we all like to laugh and joke a lot so it's all in good fun.

Anything else?

"We would like to thank Ben Moore who engineered and mixed, and John Wilds for playing on this album."

"Turbulence" is available at Lou's Records, M-Theory Music, and on iTunes, bandcamp.com, amazon.com, and CD Baby.

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