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Doubt usually knocks on the door whenever the terms operatic and theatrical are used to describe a rock-based band’s sound – let’s face it, we’ve suffered at least a few times. Hellions, another Australian band (there must be something in the water over there since as of late every month we hear yet another exciting new Aussie band), are using those two terms to describe their new bold statement, Opera Oblivia, and believe it or not they’ve managed to give good name to them. We had a lengthy chat with guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Matt Gravolin about everything surrounding the band’s fantastic and third album – from a strange connection with Pokémon to the lyrical content that makes this album extremely important.The album is coming out in less than a month-time. How do you feel, man? Show I would like us to go back in time and talk a little bit about your debut album, Die Young. Back when you started working on it, did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to do with it? Was there any sort of preset musical goals? Anthony [Caruso, drummer] said about Indian Summer, “This is the first time we have ever felt truly content with where we
are at musically”. What was it that made that album so successful for you as a band? You said about this new album, “(…) we want it to commiserate with people through our common unpleasantries and overwhelming hardships, and also celebrate alongside our inevitable victory.” Would it be fair to say that there’s a hopeful tone that you want to provide with your
music? But it doesn’t seems to be naïve in its hopeful nature. By that I mean, there’s an
awareness of how bad some things are and at times it starts with a dark tone to then work a lot to be hopeful. When did you start thinking about the scope of this new album? It doesn’t seem to be the kind of album where you create one song and then another song until you just have enough songs to put everything together in the same CD or vinyl. Really happy that you mentioned
Queen before, because there’s definitely a theatrical element on this album that is impossible to overlook. Does that also comes from your love for My Chemical Romance? But it gets tricky to explain to people the relation between your music and My Chemical Romance’s music. I was trying to explain to a friend and the only way I could find
was by saying “They sound like My Chemical Romance without really sounding like My Chemical Romance. It’s more the way they do things with their music and the spirit of it all.” I mean, I know that can get a little bit confusing and sound a little bit of gibberish. [laughs] “When we went to the studio, for real, that was when we really started to feel what we were doing, how big this could get. It broaden our scope, the way we looked at it… there was no more boundaries once we got into the studio.”Not only that
element, but the way the album was structured where it seems that at each song you’re taking a left turn… It seems that there was much that went into it. How prepared were you going into the studio? Talking about the studio… how was the recording experience this
time around? Was any different from past experiences? You recorded all three albums in Thailand. What made you get out of the country and do 9-hour flight to record an album? I’m curious about the title of your new album. What does it mean and what did you want to convey with it? Did you know that Oblivia is also the name of the region in which Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs takes place? Was Rage Against the Machine that influenced you to do political and social commentaries in your lyrics? I would say that there are still strong political and social commentaries on this new album. Right on the opening track we can find, “We are born and raised as cattle to be the same”. I must confess that it feels a little bit weird to sing-along to “We are born and raised as cattle to be the same”. [laughs] Is the song “Lotus Eater” about apathy? What’s the specific cognitive dissonance that you mention in that song? Listening to “He Without Sin”… It seems that you have a bone to pick with the entity that’s Church. It’s called empathy. You don’t need to go through these things yourself to be able to suffer from them and sort of understand the pain involved in it. “I think this record has more hope within the lyrical content and within the music as well than any of its predecessors. It’s so much bigger and it feels to me more sympathetic with the listener.”Where did you find those testimonials on “Heels Of The Hands”? I
can’t imagine how hard must be to hear these testimonials for I don’t know how many hours. “Bad Way”
strikes me as the most personal track on the album. Would it be fair to say so? Talking about that personal side, there are throughout the album a considerable amount of references to drinking and addiction. Do you care to elaborate on that? I guess, like almost anything else, it’s about the limits and boundaries. Man, can you
please talk about the concept behind the video for “Quality of Life”? Who’s responsible for creating that one? It’s such a simple, but yet effective music video. Which of the following is a feature of Emotion coaching parents?Emotion-coaching parents monitor their children's emotions, view their children's negative emotions as opportunities for teaching, assist them in labeling emotions, and coach them on how to deal effectively with emotions.
Which parenting style encourages children's independence while still establishing and enforcing?Authoritative parents set developmentally-appropriate limits, enforce reasonable behavioral expectations, respect their children as independent beings, and nurture their children's emotional development.
Which of the following correctly differentiates between social cognitive theory and gender schema theory?Which of the following differentiates between the social cognitive theory and the gender schema theory? The social cognitive theory represents a biological approach to understanding gender identities, while the gender schema theory represents a social approach.
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