Interview with Her Space Holiday

ADAM: Hey, Marc, thanks for taking the time to do our interview. How's life?

MARC: Hi Adam. Things are going well. I am sitting at an internet café working on this interview.

ADAM: To the uninitiated, what are the themes of The Young Machines? Does the hope outweigh the melancholy in the end? Or does melancholy win this round?

MARC: The Young Machines is definitely a purging of sorts. I think the record was a way for me to confront some of the darkest sides of my personality. So in the end, I would think that the hope outweighs everything else.

ADAM: You're presently out on the road with your labelmates on Mush. There are some parallels in sound, but there certainly isn't a rigid template. What would you say, then, are the unifying aspects between the bands?

MARC: I think the unifying aspects of all the bands on this tour doesn't actually lie in the sounds but rather the intention of each project. For the most part each act on the bill more or less started their projects without having a live performance in mind, so it is interesting to see how everybody's songs have but manipulated for a show setting. Everyone is flying by the seat of their pants on this one.

ADAM: I read that you've drawn inspiration from field recordings. Which do you find more useful - the rhythm of the city or the rhythm of nature? What are you able to take away from it?

MARC: I'd say as of now sounds of the city is definitely more relevant to what I am trying to do. I didn't start experiencing the outside world and interacting with people so much until last year. Going dancing, staying up all night etc. has given me a new love for the cities around me. I am sure nature will inspire me again when I am over loaded with man made stimulus.

ADAM: You have roots in the hardcore world here in California, but Her Space Holiday betrays very little of that lineage. Most musicians and fans alike-myself included-seem to gravitate at least a little away from the heavier stuff as we get older. Is it an age thing? A philosophical thing? What changes?

MARC: I think in the start of people's love for music, they are attracted to

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