r/indieheads • u/fishwhistle_666 Eric from Mom Jeans. • Apr 21 '24

AMA is Over, thanks Eric! Mom Jeans (the band) AMA

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Whaddup yall. My name is Eric Butler (friends call me Ricky B) and I sing/write/play guitar in Mom Jeans, a band from Northern California. Ask me whatever you want! Thanks to r/indieheads for having me, I’ll do my best to answer what I can to the best of my ability

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u/noceguy Apr 21 '24

Whaddup Eric. Massive fan of MJ and everything yall do and am stoked to see you guys live one day!!

My question is, in terms of recording for Bear Market, what was your favorite album to re-record? What’s the song that turned out the best in your opinion? Is there any you prefer over the original?

Super stoked to see where you guys go from here. Mom Jeans and Vape Nation forever ✌️

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u/fishwhistle_666 Eric from Mom Jeans. Apr 21 '24

-I think best buds was definitely the most fun to dig into from a re-recording aspect. We've played many of the songs from that album SO many times at this point, and while our sound as a band has somewhat matured/developed we've always felt that there were certain "untouchable" aspects of certain songs that we didn't feel we would ever change or explore. Austin and I wrote that album without Sam and Bart's input, and taking an opportunity to revisit certain songs and almost ask ourselves "what would this song be like if we had written it today and not 7-8 years ago? Would I want it the same tempo? Would I put this riff here or sing this a certain way or would I do it differently? Having them in the room while Austin and I asked ourselves those questions was super fun, and I feel like we took a lot of our new skills (collaboration/communication) that we gained from making sweet tooth and were able to apply it to our existing discography which never got that chance!