Special Interview – Silversyde

Interview already in progress

The episode opens mid-interview: an announcer-style voice introduces an exclusive interview with the band Silversyde and points listeners to their website, then the interview is picked up already in progress with the announcement that the band's next album is called 'Hush'.

'Hush' is really the new album title

• Are you working on a new album?

The interviewer riffs on the 'whispers' / 'Hush' wordplay with the band, confirming the new album really is titled Hush, and briefly returns to his running panda joke ('I should've bought that panda').

Current album 'Circus Circus' and where to buy it

• What is the current album called and where can people get it?

The interviewer confirms the band's current album is 'Circus Circus' and gets the list of outlets where it can be bought (iTunes, their website, Amazon, CD Baby), which leads into a joke about finding one's own CD at the Goodwill and a father's betrayal.

The panda gag returns

A short callback to the running panda gag: the interviewer jokes that he no longer speaks to his father ever since 'that panda incident of a couple years ago', and commits to sticking with the joke.

Last night's show and the 'nothing exploded' standard

• What are you guys doing in town?

Asked what brought them to town, a band member says they had a show the previous night that went well, and sets the band's standard for a good show: 'Nothing exploded.' The interviewer adopts the standard, adding a bad-piece-of-toast confession of his own.

Laura's traveling tattoo shop

The band is sticking around town, and band member Laura runs a traveling tattoo shop packed into the tour van. The interviewer jokes about getting tattooed in a van, suggests a bounce castle as a venue, and barters imaginary three-star-to-five-star hotel stays for tattoos.

Staying centered on Jesus on the road

• What do you do to keep yourself centered on Jesus while traveling?

Asked how they stay centered on Jesus while traveling, the band says they bring their Bibles, pray together, attend church when they can (they went in Osceola the previous Sunday), and encourage one another. The interviewer then delivers a long heartfelt appreciation for the humility of touring Christian artists who proclaim Christ without the cushy life.

Introducing the song 'Hear Me'

The interviewer clarifies the album naming joke (new album 'Hush', nothing to do with 'whisper'), and introduces the first song: 'Hear Me' off the Circus Circus album, noting an accidental 'cochlear' hearing theme across the album titles.

Performance: 'Hear Me'

Silversyde performs 'Hear Me' from the Circus Circus album. The lyrics (as ASR-rendered, including a recurring 'May' that likely reflects sung 'me') move from voices that cut and shove toward being called out of darkness and belonging to Christ ('I'm yours').

Applause banter after the song

After the song the interviewer thanks the band, jokes about his failed attempt at a crowd-like double clap with his two hands, vows to practice at home late at night (to his wife's dismay), and tells them to 'go talk to Mike's cat'.

Van technology and embarrassing iPod songs

• Do you guys play many acoustic-type tunes?
• How are you on technology - iPod, MP3 player, eight-track?

The interviewer asks about technology in the van (the band runs MacBooks and iPhones) and then asks the most embarrassing song on their iPod. The band pleads no shame; the interviewer confesses a Miley Cyrus tune and the whole Chipmunk movie soundtrack. The band counters with Disney classics, ABBA, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Taylor Swift's 'Trouble'; the interviewer adds 'How Do You Know' from Enchanted.

Introducing 'Circus Circus' ('Circle circle')

Asked for one more tune, the band offers 'Circle circle' - their joking in-name for the song 'Circus Circus' - and the interviewer introduces it as the title track off the Circus Circus album, again plugging iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby.

Performance: 'Circus Circus'

Silversyde performs the title track 'Circus Circus'. The ASR-rendered lyrics frame life as a circus of pain and broken pieces, with refrains of giving up when there is no God versus cleansing and reaching up for life.

Sign-off and plugs

The interview closes with thanks to Laura, Allie, and Melody by name, a plug to pick up the album, watch for the new album 'Hush', visit the band's website, and follow their Facebook page and Twitter feed, followed by the show sign-off.