LIVERNOIS © Tomas Raul Livernois is the harsh electro-industrial band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their latest release is the EP :ablation:. We're very grateful for their time in doing this interview. Hello and thanks for answering the questions of the interview for our blog today. We usually like to start off by asking for a brief background for the readers that might not be familiar with a particular band. Would you kindly do so? Jaysen: We’re Livernois. An industrial band based in the ninth ward of New Orleans, birthed in Southwest Detroit.We are Jaysen Craves, Velvet Spade, and Scythe. :ablation: is the latest EP with a curious name and spelling. Could you talk a little bit about that? Jaysen: Well as it stands, the central theme of the album is closure. Essentially figuring out which emotional baggage is worth carrying with you, and which you www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 30 - should just leave at the door. The term ablation describes a surgical removal of flesh, and ironically enough a removal of ice in some instances, which as a metaphor resonated with me. You have a couple of tracks on the EP, “Tearcatcher” parts I and II. What’s the theme behind these and why is it in two different parts out of sequence? Jaysen: If you listen to the sample in the opening of Beyond The Gate, which is track one on the album, it references a flat circle of time. That things will repeat again, and again, and again, forever. So for me, that isn’t actually the “beginning” track. The listener is jumping directly into the middle of a conflict that has been in motion for a long long time. I view Tearcatcher Pt. I as the true opening track, and if a listener were ever inclined to put the album on a loop, they would get the full experience. As for the theme, both songs are about confinement.
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