- Abigail Nixon
- The Tricks
Little Rock trio The Tricks just released its debut full-length. Members Gabe Smoller, Alexander Jones and Jason Griswold recently sat down for a chat with Times intern Abigail Nixon about recording their album, their favorite venues and the logistics of long-distance collaboration.
Can you give us a brief history of the band? How did you all meet and how long has the group been together?
Gabe Smoller: Alexander lives across the street from me, we’ve been best friends since we were like 14. We started playing music together just about as soon as we met. We kept in touch [and] decided to take it seriously after we both graduated. Our first drummer left right around the beginning of the summer, actually. Jason moved in here in November and just did us a huge favor and jumped in as a drummer. Jason’s a fantastic drummer, which works out… he’s just kind of like a local legend.
So this new album is your first one. Can you tell us a little bit about the recording process? Did y’all have anyone local that came in or was it all self produced?
GS: It was all three of us. We kind of arranged everything and played all the instruments. We did it over at Jason Tedford’s studios, Wolfman Studios. It was the most fun we’ve ever had.
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