Interview With Your Favorite Color

Recently, I had the opportunity to ask the members of the Huntington Beach indie rock outfit Your Favorite Color some questions pertaining to their latest singles "Less In Love" and "Forever," the past, present, and future of the band, and everything in between.

How would you describe your music to any person who may have never heard it before?

Your Favorite Color: Our music is a blend of our love for the ’80s and the subcultures that defined that era, woven together with a modern sensibility. The goal is to create something that feels original yet familiar, nostalgic but timeless.

What are your musical influences and musical inspirations?

YFC: Each member has a wide range of musical inspirations from a number of artists, but at the core, we play off one another. There’s no better way for Matt to get inspired with a vocal melody or lyric than the band admitting their unique energy with their instruments. That being said, we naturally create music that takes from a spectrum of songs that we've grown-up listening to or currently love listening to. To name a few, we all collectively love The Cure, Depeche Mode, [and] Tears for Fears. We have highlighted their influence heavily in our upcoming music.

What's your forthcoming single, “Less In Love,” about?

YFC: "Less In Love," in a sarcastic tone, talks about resisting change into someone that another person wants you to be. The feeling for the song came from a night when the band was running around London on our first UK tour, and how freeing that feeling was. The opinions and voices of anybody in our past suddenly felt so small…like it never mattered, and we were unapologetically ourselves.

What's something you hope people take away from “Less In Love” and even the last single, “Forever”?

YFC: Ultimately, we hope that people take whatever feelings or thoughts they knowingly or subliminally want to feel or create for themselves while listening to our songs. The cool thing about music is that it can be interpreted and felt in so many different ways. People‘s imaginations are incredible. Similar to reading a book, the story is laid out for the reader, but it’s up to them as to how they paint the images in their head. There is a beauty in that.

What did you allow yourself to do creatively for “Less In Love” that you may haven’t done in the past?

YFC: On the surface level, we experimented with acoustic guitars more than we have in the past. But for the most part, we set out to do what we always do, which is attempting to bring the song to life in a way that it becomes its most pure form. Sometimes songs have a mind of their own and we view it as our job to nurture it into becoming the most of evolved and complete version of itself.

What are the best three words to describe “Forever” and “Less In Love”?

YFC: Forever: Live life now. Less In Love: Be yourself unapologetically.

Are the two latest singles from a new project, or are they just standalone pieces of music?

YFC: Our two latest single releases, "Bleach" and "Forever," are standalone singles, but "Less In Love" is looking like it’s going to be a part of a larger project.

When you find yourself in a creative rut, what do you usually turn to? 

YFC: When we are in a creative rut, we usually just try to power through and finish whatever song we are working on. Sometimes, having an "I'm not gonna stop working on this until it’s finished" mindset is what it takes. Sometimes, watching a good movie, listening to a great artist, or reading a good book can also be a great source of external inspiration.

Any habits, environments or even non-musical sources that help you reconnect with your creativity?

Matt: For me, I have found that writing music at my house with the band tends to be my most creatively free and expressive environment. We’ve just written so many songs there that it tends to be a place where we can feel alone with our thoughts and think a little bit more clearly.

Last year, you went on a monumental tour with The Driver Era, the sibling duo of Rocky and Ross Lynch, that had you perform 26 shows in 14 countries in Europe and the UK. How grateful are you that they brought you out on tour across the world to help build your audience?

YFC: We are incredibly grateful. It was such a pleasure touring with The Driver Era and Almost Monday. They both know how to light up a crowd, and we felt a need to step up to the plate to show that we can do it too, especially having it been our first tour. It’s an experience we will never forget.

What do you currently have planned for the remainder of the year?

YFC: We’ve got "Less In Love" coming out on June 13th (Listen here) and much more music to follow. Playing in the US is our next priority, so we will be looking forward to performing in the States again.

Thanks for the time today, guys! Is there anything else you may want to add that I didn't

cover before you go?

YFC: No, these were all amazing questions! Thank you so much for having us!

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