Seven Questions In Heaven With Flannel Mouth

This is probably the funniest Seven Questions In Heaven yet, kids! Today we're chatting with the guys from Flannel Mouth about Buckcherry, religion, nutsicles, Selena Gomez, and the Thanksgiving Super Bowl.

Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Luke: I would say it sounds like music, I guess.
Tyler: It sounds put together very much of the rock music variety, however alternative, but not like... you know what, we probably do sound a lot like Buckcherry or Five Finger Death Punch, I think.
Ryan: People are going to see this and want to hear that.
Luke: Well that's good. There's a lot of Buckcherry fans.
Tyler: That's exactly right! There are a lot of them. In fact, every girl I've ever met is a Buckcherry fan. That's just science, dude.
Ryan: Right.
Tyler: No, for starters or familiarity's sake, we did cover a Murder by Death song for 2012's Thanksgiving and that kind of leads one in the right direction, I guess. Like not avant-garde, but definitely different.
Luke: Like hippopotamus screaming ice seagulls.
Tyler: How long have you been sitting there thinking about that?
Luke: It kind of just started with "hippopotamus" and it all just slipped out.

Who are your musical influences and idols?
Luke: I like to worship Ra.
Tyler: What was it?
Luke: Ra. Like Set. Like Set and Ra.
Tyler: What?
Ryan: What are you talking about?
Luke: Set and Ra, man!
Tyler: Like Ra... men noodles?
Luke: Like Ra! Like Set! Set and Ra? Like the gods of Egypt.
Ryan: Oh!
Luke: Jesus Christ, dude. Egypt!
Ryan: I was gonna say that, but I don't know who Set is.
Luke: Set and Ra!
Ryan: I know who Ra is.
Luke: That's the bad one.
Ryan: That's why I didn't know him.
Tyler: I only know good guys.
Luke: He's like the main one, like the one you see all the time. Ra is like the eagle.
Tyler: ...and those are our musical influences and idols. Idols, at least.
Ryan: Our influences are everything.
Tyler: Yeah, we take from diesel trucks, microwave dings, that sort of thing.
Luke: And there's stuff we listen to we don't use as influences, either. I think we just like to listen to things and absorb it, and just kinda let it run.

What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Zach: Lord Of The Rings soundtrack.
Luke: I wish I could say it was Baha Men, but it's not.
Tyler: That's early 00's; that makes sense.
Luke: It was probably Millenium. Backstreet Boys.
Tyler: Nice! I think mine was something similar. Nope, it was the Kid Rock CD with "Bawitdaba," although I did steal Nelly's Country Grammar before that.
Luke: Did that have what's-his-name on it?
Tyler: You mean "Over And Over Again?" With Tim McGraw? No, that wasn't that CD. Thank goodness.

New Music Fridays: Flannel Mouth, "Oh, Bastard"

Exclusive First Listen: Flannel Mouth, "You've Convinced Me"

On Thanksgiving, Flannel Mouth is giving a gift to their fans: a free download of new single "You've Convinced Me" along with a cover of Murder By Death's "You Don't Miss Twice (When You're Shavin' With A Knife)." As a special treat for you all today, we have the first listen of "You've Convinced Me."

Here's the press release followed by the exclusive first listen of "You've Convinced Me:"

From the plains of central Illinois comes an announcement from Peoria-based American Underground band, Flannel Mouth, regarding the release of their digital 7", featuring the single "You've Convinced Me" and a cover of Murder By Death's "You Don't Miss Twice (When You're Shavin' With A Knife)." Due out November 22, 2012 via SwitchBitch Records as a free digital download, "You've Convinced Me" offers an eclectic and thematic preview of the band's still-germinating full length, and their spin on "You Don't Miss Twice" showcases the band's knack for catchy melodies and dynamism in their songwriting.

Flannel Mouth has been a staple in Central Illinois for five years now, and is now threading the Midwest with its perception of rock and theatrics, fronted by Luke Myers on vocals, guitar, and piano. Zachary Hartman provides the band's instrumental hooks on guitar, piano, trumpet, accordion, and almost any other instrument you can name, and while Ryan Batalon rounds out the wavelengths with his vocal harmonies and bass guitar, percussionist Tyler Jamsa provides the booms and bangs to punch the songs right through the listener.

These fine young gentlemen were quickly recognized by musician, studio, and label owner Michael Abiuso who signed Flannel Mouth to SwitchBitch Records in early 2012. Flannel Mouth recorded and released their debut EP Pull In Your Horns on March 8, 2012. There are many reasons and means to give thanks, and this is their way of giving back: a free download of their digital 7" on Thanksgiving 2012. These tracks were performed, produced, and recorded by Flannel Mouth at Dr. Swigburn's Palace of Debauchery in Glasford, Illinois, and mixed/mastered by Mike Abiuso at SwitchBitch Studios in Boston/Brooklyn, USA. "You Don't Miss Twice (When You're Shavin' With A Knife)" was composed by Murder By Death (Vagrant Records, 2010).

So give the song a listen below and then make sure you hit Flannel Mouth's bandcamp page on Thanksgiving to download it and the Murder By Death cover for free!