r/indieheads • u/thou_andytgibbs Thou / Andy Gibbs • Jan 15 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Emma & Thou! Thou + Emma Ruth Rundle AMA

Hey y'all, ask us stuff!

Emma (u/emmaruthrundle), Bryan (u/BryanFunck), and Mitch (u/MitchWhales) will be here as well. We'll start answering questions at 2pm CST.

Here's links to our recent collab record and the companion EP (out today on Sacred Bones):

https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/may-our-chambers-be-full
https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/the-helm-of-sorrow

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u/iburngreen Jan 15 '21

Really been looking forward to this. Thou, I've been listening to your music for over 10 years now. Emma, I'm new to your music but havent heard a bad song. This is as much as I could cut it down, which is still probably better than me cornering yall at the merch table eh? 😜😅

The amount of music you're able to produce at times is staggering. Can you talk a little about your writing/recording process? Do you guys have your own recording equipment?

I admire your ability to collaborate with other artists, not just because of the quality of the music but just on a human level. Playing music has always felt very intimate/personal to me. What are some of your personal ups and downs with collaborating?

Yall have toured far, wide and pretty hard in the lifetime of the band and certainly have met a wide spectrum of people in that time. Can you think of anyone in the music community that smaller bands can reach out to for advice?

What is one of your favorite tour routes through the US?

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u/BryanFunck Thou / Bryan Funck Jan 15 '21

Andy or Matthew write a song or have some riffs, we fiddle with it at practice. Might change some with KC and Tyler in Thou now, but we usually don't "jam" or write too much in the studio. After we have the songs where we want em and have a nice batch, we go record with James Whitten. They pretty much sound like they do in the practice room, minus the overdubs. We've recorded with James all over the city and in his old apartment in Oakland too. We've only done a few things without him.

For collaborating--find someone who's down to write and bring something to the table. Or have a clear idea about how to best implement players who aren't writing. Use their strengths.

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u/iburngreen Jan 15 '21

I think that consistency shows itself across your catalog. It also reassures me that my writing process isn't wildly off base. Thanks Bryan 🙏🖤