Just a few weeks after releasing their newest album, Grammy Nominated, Islander frontman Mikey Carvajal joined Loudwire Nights to rejoice the brand new music, unpack the file’s title and share some ideas on the state of music immediately.

“The album title came from my brother,” Carvajal informed host Chuck Armstrong. Carvajal’s brother, Chris, performs bass for Islander.

“He was making the joke, we should put an old lady on the cover like a grandmother of some kid and she’s giving him an award.”

The thought behind that joke was easy: Carvajal’s household is at all times essentially the most supportive of Islander’s music, even when they do not actually hearken to it.

“You don’t listen to this kind of music, Grandma,” he stated, laughing. “We looked up the definition of ‘grammy’ and in the dictionary, it’s someone’s grandmother.”

And sure, after all, there’s additionally an angle to the title that’s meant to take a shot on the Grammy Awards.

“It almost looks like this Satanic cult,” Carvajal stated as he described the album cowl.

“It’s symbolic to what we see at the Grammys. Not that it’s actually Satanic, but it isn’t fan-voted, it’s a bunch of suits that get together and they vote together and pay each other off … We’ve seen these artists accept awards for something that they didn’t do and it’s kind of heartbreaking and demeaning to the art.”

What Mikey Carvajal Thinks About the State of Rock Music

For Carvajal, there appears to be nothing extra necessary to him as an artist than the integrity between him and his music. The incontrovertible fact that he writes the phrases and collaborates together with his bandmates is one thing that he holds shut — and one thing he needs he noticed extra of within the music scene round him.

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“It used to just be like a pop music thing,” he stated, “but there are a lot of rock bands that are having their songs written for them. I’m really grateful that we don’t do that.”

Carvajal continued reflecting on this on Loudwire Nights and admitted that he laments the shortage of authenticity in rock music.

“I feel like…a lot of music is missing the genuine personality of the individual.”

What Else Did Islander’s Mikey Carvajal Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• He goes in-depth on Islander’s tune, “Ritual of Death,” and the way it shines a light-weight on the West Memphis Three in addition to why he desires to get justice for the murdered boys on the middle of that story
• What’s on the horizon for Islander and why followers ought to most likely get excited for some extra stay exhibits coming this yr
• Why they determined to make use of synthetic intelligence to assist create the paintings for Grammy Nominated

Listen to the Full Interview within the Podcast Player Below

Mikey Carvajal joined Loudwire Nights on Monday, July 15; the present replays on-line right here, and you’ll tune in stay each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you can too see if the present is on the market in your native radio station and hearken to interviews on-demand.