Originally the EP was supposed to be a Cassette Store Day 2020 release, which was canceled. Why the cassette release? With the resurgence of vinyl, what made you release it in the even rarer medium?
I was standing outside Exit/In when I heard Dick Dale died, and I had the idea.
Guitar rock has always been a favorite genre of mine, I grew up on Taratino films, so those soundtracks were also the soundtrack to my life, and a big influence on The Bad Signs. “I go so low, thought I’d been down, what did I know…”Ĭan you give us a brief history of how the idea to do the solo album came about? When Covid shut the world down that became impossible, so I worked it out on guitar. The original version had lyrics and was going to feature Jordinaires style backup singers, no musical accompaniment at all. I’ll start with the simple question – why the added “w” in solo for “Goes Solow”? Read the interview below and listen to the new album here. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.After years working with his brother on The Blacklist Royals and The Bad Signs, Nat James Rufus is branching off on his own with his debut solo album, “ Goes Solow.” We chatted with him to find the low down on the album, his love of surf rock and the uniqueness of doing an instrumental album. Die Young With Me is a raw, honest account of a brave teen’s fight with cancer and the many ways music helped him cope through his recovery. But as Rob’s life diverges from his brother’s, he learns to find strength within himself and through his music.
While Rob suffers through nightmarish treatments and debilitating surgery, Nat continues on their band’s road to success alone. Not only are his dreams of punk rock stardom completely shredded, there is a very real threat that this is one battle that can’t be won. When the brothers start their own band, their lives begin to change: they meet friends, they attract girls, and they finally get invited to join a national tour and get out of their rat box little town.īut their plans are cut short when Rob is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has already progressed to Stage Four. But what can you expect when you’re the only punks in town? To them, school (and pretty much everything else) sucks. In fact, it blares constantly from the basement of Rob and Nat Rufus-identical twin brothers with spiked hair, black leather jackets, and the most kick-ass record collection in Appalachia. In the tradition of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl comes the incredibly moving true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer and how music was the one thing that helped him get through his darkest days. Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award, given to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.
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