Monday, August 3, 2009

Saint's 7: In Pursuit of Tomorrow

In Pursuit of Tomorrow is a five piece screamo band from Hackensack, Minnesota. The band started in January 2009, with a fresh kickoff. Many fans were brought towards the band immediately after the first show. They released their first EP in March 2009, which boosted them to 63 for Unsigned bands in the United States for their genre in April 2009. In the summer, the band will be working on their second EP, which is to be expected this fall. The band claims that this EP that is coming out is to feature "heavier, and sicker breakdowns."

Who or What are your musical influences? What did you grow up listening to? Be honest!

Our music influences vary. We like a lot of heavier bands, such as The Devil Wears Prada and what not. But we also like the pop bands like All Time Low. So it's all mixed up :) A lot of us listened to classic rock, like Tesla and Cinderella. Derrik always listened to As I Lay Dying though, haha.

Tell us about the recording process of your upcoming EP?

We are going to be hitting the studio sometime in September, as it's seeming, to lay down five new songs for the EP, that is untitled as of now.

We had problems in the studio this July, and had to cancel our four day stay in Minneapolis to record our planned EP.

It'll be out sometime in October, so hopefully many fans will be ready for something new from us.

IPOT is unsigned. What label would you want to go to if you had a choice & why?

We'd go for Rise Records or Fearless Records. Mainly because it features some of the bands that got us to play the instruments that we play. Derrik has learned many vocal styles from bands such as The Devil Wears Prada, and what not, and it'd just be sweet to be on a label like Rise, knowing that one of our main influences was apart of that family as well.

What advice could you give to fellow unsigned bands?

Just to never give up. Music is fun, but at the same time it's just as stressful then fun. You lose more money than you make, but in the end it's all worth it, y'know? You can't really expect to become a millionaire off of local shows, you just need to work your hardest to get heard. If you don't put in effort in it, you'll get beat to the record label's by other competeing bands, y'know?

IPOT will be doing a fair amount of touring in the upcoming months, for those who have never seen you live, what can they expect?

Well for us, we always make sure that when we play a show the fans leave happy as ever. We want to give our fans their money worth, and make sure they aren't disappointed. We always change our setlist live, and play songs at random, just so it's not the same ol.'

What are your favorite song to play live?

Our favorite song to play live is probably "Scattered Words," just because we usually open with that song, and it just gets people pumped.

Do you have any last words? Shout-outs?

We'd like to thank all the fans for the support since we started in January. More music to come soon! :)