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The phrase should be walking in here any second now.
Yeah, so we're in a separate room from the regular studio that is all decked out as a performance
space. We've got some virtual Q100 listeners in here to enjoy this special performance,
this private VIP performance of the phrase.
Yeah, they've been winning over the last couple of days, and the phrase should be walking in here
any couple of minutes. Jenna and I were talking earlier. The phrase is one of these bands that you
just don't read, like there's just not a lot of rumor, paparazzi not following them around.
It's just not like what they are. They're about music.
Yeah, they really are dedicated to the music, and I think their fans follow them because of that,
but you're right. There's not a whole lot of ups and downs, or crazy rumors, or TMZ's not following
them everywhere. So pretty clean cut band, and you know, it's stick to the basics.
Yeah, no one's dating a celebrity. You don't see them throwing up in the middle of the night,
stuff like that. They're all Mary too. Yeah, so I don't even know what we're going to talk to.
Well, I think there's a lot to explore there about, you know, I mean, the music industry is
in a different place. Right now, bands are having a tour a lot more to be able to make money,
and so they're out on tour a lot more. I wonder how their wives are feeling about that.
Yeah, and to ask them. I think I read yesterday, also, although you never know what you read on
the internet, the two of the guys were in like rival high school bands. They didn't even like
each other for a while. And then at a necessity, they kind of came together and like, hey, this
works pretty well. I like you now. Hey, you're kind of good at this. Yeah, let's make money.
Yeah. So, all right, the fray. We ready to go. Let's bring them on in. Here they are.
Woo! The fray. The Q100 Studios is walking in right now. Isaac and Joe Dave Ben,
the fray at Q100. Welcome. That is the, there are four guys in here that have the
damn, we played late last night. I can't believe we got to be up early to do this,
but we're glad you guys came. How you guys doing this morning? Good, man. How you guys doing?
Thanks a lot for coming on in. You guys played a variety playhouse last night? Yes, sir. Yeah,
how'd it go? Good. Actually, it was a really good show. Are there times where you guys,
I think a lot like our show also, there are some days where we come in studio and there are some
days we're all clicking and there are just some days that we just all suck. All right. What's that?
Today, it's too early to tell. Let you know over the next 15 minutes.
So, do any live performances stand out where you guys just all rocked at one night and another
one where you guys just all just sucked? This one might be one of those. Hopefully it's, hopefully it's
a good one. It's going to be one of the other. It's going to go either way. Anytime in touring,
where like one night just stands out where you're like, yeah, that was, that's what we got to remember
and that's what we want to do every night. Yeah, actually, there's a there's a venue in Denver
called Red Rocks and the U2 recorded under blittered sky there and a lot of famous bands play
the Beatles play their stuff and we had we had a show there that it rained at and everybody stayed
actually probably like some of the dudes left, but for the most part everybody stayed and I don't
we did we all just clicked and we actually had to like cover the instruments so that Dave and Joe
didn't get shocked to death. It might have been a fun or show for me than them, but I felt like we
had synergy then. Do you guys after like after a show like sit down and go, okay, this is what
worked and this is what didn't work or you just yeah, we'll do it again in the Mar night.
Yeah, we used to we used to have a videotape each show and then go back and look at it and go back
yeah, well, it kind of worked, but you'd end up you know, you're on tour and your videotape show
and then you get on the bus and by that time it's like 2 a.m. and the more 3 a.m. and who wants to
watch the show and then Ben was usually the guy watching from the couch for maybe the first
couple songs then you come in and get you know, water or something and he just passed them.
She was not that boring. It's forward by that point. It's the fray on the virtual on Q100 this morning.
We were talking about this before you guys came in and we were wondering about with the state
of the music industry, bands touring a lot more now to support themselves. How are all of your
wives feeling about you guys being out on the road? Good. I think the state of the industry
doesn't really affect them. We're leaving whether it's going to be good money or bad money.
The state of the industry is kind of freaky just from our standpoint,
tour-wise and all that. Gas prices may go up or whatever, but I think for the most part,
people have always listened to music, people will always listen to music and the way they get
it's changing and it's going to be okay everyone. Is it affecting your families at all because you
guys are out more? Are they used to it by now? Definitely the first two years when we're
slummin' it and having to ask for a loan to pay your bills. That's when it gets a little hard
because they're like, I need to buy some groceries and that you're out, you're gone for like
a month at a time. We had to put in the time to break the band and do the thing and it's a little
easier now because we can say, well, we're going to go for three weeks and then come back for a
week or two weeks. So we kind of have like time frames now. Is the mentality of what was going to be
your future-wise more like, look, this is a band, this is what we're signing up for so it's not
going to be so shocking if they're on the road that many weeks. It's sort of new what they were
getting into. Like I think we've learned how to do it healthy now. It's a different dynamic than
it was the first couple of years but we didn't know what we signed up for. I don't think they
could anticipate anything. Do they ever travel with you guys? Do you bring them on the road?
Yeah, they come out. It kind of sucks because your life comes to a screeching halt when you come
on the road and we have stuff to do which is cool but they just sort of sit around and check out
the local museum or something. So it's kind of boring for them but they come out every couple weeks,
could you pinpoint at time where they were used to be really excited to be at on the road with you?
Was there one specific city where they're like, you know what? I'm done with this. I'm so sick of
this. Yeah, no, no, no, it's hurt again. There's so much. They're so supportive man. I think we could
do this without them and it sucks because on one hand like I wish I was single as weird as that
sounds because you wouldn't have anybody to miss, you know, but then at the same time we wouldn't
have anybody to go home to either. So it's like sucks on either side. I'm happy though.
Oh, you're happy. We're happy. We're happy. It's all right, man. You asked me two hours
off totally different. Well, we'll talk more to the fray here in just a couple of minutes but we
want to hear some stuff off the the new album which comes out February 3rd. Is that right? Yeah.
I get that right. Yes. Yeah. Well, let's do what you want to do guys. It's your time. It's the fray.
Can you guys see guys on? We're good. I'm feeling it. All right. It's a definite energy going on.
And I'm in style. Lost in this chill. You found me. You found me lying on the sun.
Surrounded. Surrounded by two half-two-way. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Just a little
day. You found me. Yeah. You found me.
In the air. Every one of them is up alone.
Through the tension. You don't let one show. It's ever known.
Who I am. I'm not a cool. I don't want to be knowing to know how long she will be next to me.
Lost in this chill. You found me. You found me lying on the sun. Surrounded. Surrounded.
Why do you have to wait? Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Just a little day.
You found me. You found me.
I'm not a cool. I don't want to be knowing to know how long she will be next to me.
I'm not a cool. I don't want to be knowing to know how long she will be next to me.
Yeah. You never left me no messages. Never seen no letters. You got some kind of news.
You can take it all out one. Lost in this chill. You found me. You found me lying on the sun.
You found me. You found me lying on the sun. Surrounded. Surrounded. Why do you have to wait?
Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Just a little day. You found me. You found me.
Why do you have to wait? Well, yeah. Just a little day.
I'm afraid. I'm a K-100.
Can you guys feel a hit when you're in the studio? I mean, you guys had over my head and how to save a life?
Specifically with those two songs, was there something special about those two where you were
there in studio going, okay, all right, those are a little different. That might be a hit right there.
We're not very good at the whole what's going to work at radio thing, but
I remember the first time recording how to save a life. It was like right on the edge of
like what we understood and what we knew kind of like what you're comfortable with.
And I'd love to like sing about stuff. We figured out years ago and you're like, let me tell you
by wisdom. And that stuff is like right on the border. So it's kind of uncomfortable to sing about
that stuff. It's still uncomfortable just because you know, you're like being vulnerable in front of
of a bunch of people. I mean, you guys just seem nice, but I've never met you before. You know what I mean?
It's like, it's like imagining walking to Starbucks. I mean, like, hello everyone. I'd like to tell you all about
the things that I don't know. So that's hard, but I think that was that was the theme if there was any
about about those first two songs. They're both really vulnerable.
How do you guys write songs as a band? We get them on this website. It's like
it's.com. It's.com. It's probably a real site. It's radio rating.
Which format would you like to succeed? Now we just we have a bunch of little snippets and
little it's like a junkyard kind of back on. We just walk around and we're like,
this looks like a good piece of bumper or something. And then we sort of put things together.
Do you guys all write the lyrics? Do you write the lyrics? And then the band helps put together the
music? How does it come up? Everybody's good at something different. So we all sort of like
bring it together. Some of us write first and then bring it to the other guys and it's kind of
it's kind of a weird process. We haven't really figured it out yet. So we'll get back to you as soon as we
figure it out. You guys ever bump heads like one guy sure we should go in this direction and
another guy. No, no, no, no, no, we're liars. We are in perfect humans. Liar. Like four swaths.
Absolutely lion, man. What do you do when there's a stalemate? That should have been the question.
What do you do when there's like one guy thinks you should go in one way? Another guy thinks you
should go in a different direction. We vote actually. Call our manager.
This is like my guitar line. Paper ox is always. We're surprisingly diplomatic
about things. I think we talk through it. Everybody feels comfortable. Yeah. Who picked the name of
this new album? Actually our producer suggested we we we we've written a list of probably eight,
ten different options and nothing was sticking. And he's like self titled. You should think about
self-titled. So it's our Bruno's and it made sense. Like, you know what? Why not? Let's just
self title. So I want you guys to bring us back to that time. You know, you were talking about
how you aren't even sure the fray was really going to be the fray eventually. I want to talk about
that time where you guys weren't the fray yet. And you were just about to be signed. I'm always
a little bit curious about this. Like, is it a little bit like a hot high school football prospect
that's being scouted by college colleges? And you're getting calls all the time from different
labels going, we want you. We want you. We want you. Talk to us about what that time is like.
You know, it's scary and extremely exciting at the same time. The free dinners are really good.
That's against NCAA rules. We literally. Yeah. Well, NCAA, we literally.
We don't do that. Do you remember when we had the deal like ready to go and we hadn't signed
anything yet, but that's a do you remember? There was this time when I do remember,
right? It's funny that you mentioned you go ahead and tell that story. We remember go with
the Sony and there's another label that jumped in fourth quarter and they're like, we need you.
We're flying a man out tonight. So we got this phone call and the guys like, I'm at the hotel.
Where do you guys want to meet? And we're like, I'll call you back. So we call our manager and he's
like, do not under any circumstances go to dinner with that man. No, but the big thing the night before
because I knew he was coming out and everything. Well, you might not know. I was in the dark.
But Dave was like, I called Dave because Dave's our food guy and if you don't know, he does like
reviews on restaurants and all this. He's pretty big deal. He's a big deal. Big deal. So I asked
him the night before I was like, so where should we go to dinner tomorrow night? It's a good
spot that we haven't been to yet. And he told me some Kevin Taylor and Denver. So we were planning
on just having a great dinner free to not so much signing a deal. But the guy didn't know that.
If you're out there. Yeah, the guy was freaking me. Anyways, yeah, it's a very tumultuous time.
Yeah, but I'm excited when you look back. I didn't like that was that was pretty cool time
or was it more stressful than anything else? More stressful. Yeah, it was very stressful. Yeah.
Yeah, because you're, I mean, you're like picking, it's like a marriage or something. You know,
you're picking who you're going to be with for the rest of your life. Yeah, it's something like that.
But yeah, it was it was super scary. Yeah, sometimes. Yeah. Let's hear some more stuff off the
the new CD here. It's the fray live on the birch show and Q 100.
Okay.
And they're proud of, together on the wild
You can never see, never why we don't know it
It's time and time again, younger now
Than we were before, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go
Picture, you're the queen of everything
Far as the eye can see, under your command
I will be your guardian, on this throne
And steady your hands
You can never see, never why we don't know it
It's time and time again, younger now
Than we were before, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go
Oh, I'm showing it together, can't ever hear, but true, I'm still waiting for it together.
Oh, let's do it together, let's cherish it.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
So we were talking earlier this morning about Valentine's Day, so I'm wondering what you guys have in store for Valentine's Day because I would think being the fray all you had to do is write a song for your woman
La la la la la, I love you baby, I love you baby, that's it, so I'm just wondering what you guys do
That's not it
The bar must be set pretty high for you guys
Yeah
The first time I met my wife, she's like three hours into it, I was in a friend's house and I was playing piano because that's what I did
And she was watching me and I was like, hey, can I play you a song? She's like sure, whatever, so I played it
I played it, it's like break up song for my ex girlfriend
I love you
And I finished the last note and I was like
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
You established that early on.
Yeah, yeah, we made sure that was gonna happen.
Just show up.
I was watching some footage last night
of you guys performing live.
I think it was the American Music Awards,
September?
Yeah.
I'm curious because the producers strategically put
like the biggest stars in the first couple of rows there
for TV purposes.
I'm wondering if you guys have ever done
an award show like that and looked out
and then, oh my god, there's blank, blank, blank,
blank, give me a little bit nervous about the performance.
Yeah, there was one thing, Tony Bennett was there
and Steve Wanderer.
Steve Wanderer, all these crazy people.
Actually, the weirdest moment I had was this Yamaha gig
that I did and it was like five artists
and then the surprise artist was Steve Wanderer
and I was like, oh my god, Steve Wanderer.
And then they handed all of us mics
and then I'd go sing with him.
And I didn't know the song, so I was like,
standing over there and it was me and John Legend.
And John was like, well, then I'm doing this
with Marvin Gaye dance and I was like,
oh, I can do that.
So I started doing this like chicken dance.
Thank god, Steve couldn't see me.
But I found out later, I was like,
I asked Ben, because Ben is there.
I was like, dude, did you hear me with it?
Okay, and he's like, your mic was not even turned off.
You are so white.
I tell us about the new album.
Like I said, it comes out February 3rd.
So what do you expect from it?
Yeah, I think, I think it's, I mean,
we feel good artistically about it.
It's the next step.
There's dynamics on this record
that we didn't have on the last record.
There's like the softer songs are more delicate
and the high energy songs are more intense
and have more energy.
Yeah, and I think we're just overall just proud
of this collective and we still have that
free stamp on it.
So yeah, so February 3rd.
Is there an absolute final like,
finality to making a new album?
Like when you hit the last chord,
the last note of the last song,
do you guys realize, okay, it's done now.
Will it's party or is that really not the end?
Well, I wish, when was that last chord?
I think we all had, oh, you bought like Captain Nelson's,
what was that?
It was something, yeah, I remember,
I remember this something mildly amusing story
about that job.
Yeah, I remember playing the last note
on my piano and stuff like that.
And we was at the studio in Denver and I hit it
and like I went home and I was like breathing deep
and I thought I was going to be over.
And then there was like six months of mixing
and mastering and we wrote this other song
that everybody freaked out.
I was like, that's it.
And it didn't make the record.
So maybe we should have put it on there.
But yeah, it feels like it won't quite be done
until Tuesday when it comes out.
And it's like, well, can't change it now
because you just bought it.
So how many songs do you record
and then how many make the album?
Well, we narrowed it down.
I mean, we had, we recorded probably like 20 some,
like rough, rough demos and just kind of sketching stuff out
and then actually in the studios, like probably 14 songs, 15.
So yeah, narrowed it down to about 10 and all of those
that didn't make it were horrible.
But there was just, there was some fell apart
like in the studio and then come out the way you wanted it to.
So yeah, just you just kind of narrowed it down.
If the album comes out Tuesday morning,
do you guys sleep Monday night?
Because you're so excited.
It doesn't matter anymore.
You're very zen with it.
Or is that a date that you track?
How many sales?
Or that's just not important, you guys.
Yeah, I think we're doing a morning show at 4 a.m.
So we'll be up.
Yeah.
We need to say, my two amans are just got so tired, just then.
It's like, when will it end?
No, last record I went into Best Buy or something
and picked it up and the guy was like,
will there be anything else?
I was like, no, just this.
And I went to breakfast with my wife
and just waited for the texts to come in.
You see Sound Scan?
There's one sale and it was yours.
Yeah, I would.
What do you say?
Hey, good luck on Tuesday, guys.
I hope it goes great.
And thanks to the Frey for coming on in.
They played last night at Variety Playhouse
and woke up this morning and came in and hung out
with you guys at Q100.
So thanks a lot, guys.
Thank you.
And good luck on Tuesday.
Thank you.
The Frey, Bert Show, Q100.
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