Josh Katz Says Badflower Have ‘At all times Been Rewarded For Honesty’

“It was tougher for me than it is ever been.”

Josh Katz joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (July 15) to dive deep into Badflower’s third studio album, No Place Like Home. Within the dialog, he held nothing again about how troublesome it has been getting excited to speak about new music.

Take heed to the total dialog within the participant close to the tip of this text.

“Usually it is simply, these songs write themselves,” Katz instructed host Chuck Armstrong.

“However this time round, I needed to actually drive — I haven’t got that blind confidence like I did. I am undecided how properly it labored, however I actually did my finest. I believe if individuals are feeling the best way that I am feeling, perhaps I nailed it, however we’ll discover out.”

When Chuck requested Katz how he focuses on pushing forward to write down and promote new music, Katz shared some brutal fact with the viewers.

“Nothing, nothing proper now,” he mentioned about what retains him motivated.

“Actually, proper now, the factor that is maintaining me going is the reminiscence of how I used to really feel about it. I’ve to drive myself into the mindset of me 10 years in the past and simply remind myself, like, you are supposed to like this. You do love this. You are simply going by means of one thing proper now.”

Katz admitted it might be inauthentic for him to feign pleasure, although he’s very happy with the work that he and his bandmates put into No Place Like Residence.

“That is new territory for me,” he shared.

“I’ve by no means felt fairly like this earlier than. However what I’ll say is my complete profession, on this band’s profession, we have at all times been rewarded for honesty. After we are being essentially the most trustworthy and writing songs that have been trustworthy and we’re speaking about them in an trustworthy method, that is when individuals linked essentially the most.”

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He acknowledged that he feels the least glamorous he is felt as a musician, particularly proper when a brand new album is launched, however he has no disgrace in being truthful with the place he is at.

“If it blows up in my face and if this factor turns into unsuccessful due to my lack of enthusiasm…if that finally ends up being the downfall of my band, I believe I am going to have the ability to sleep at evening higher than if the downfall occurred after I was pretending to really feel a sure method that I did not really feel.”

What Else Did Badflower’s Josh Katz Talk about on Loudwire Nights?

• Why the track “Paws” — about saying goodbye to his finest good friend, his canine Maggie — hasn’t been as cathartic as he anticipated: “The demise of my canine is extra necessary than anything to me in that second. This canine was my life … Music traditionally for me has at all times been very therapeutic and it isn’t working prefer it used to. Which is admittedly unlucky, nevertheless it’s simply the reality.”
• The place “Paws” started: “The primary two lyrics of the refrain — ‘You can by no means comprehend it was your time to go‘ — was the very first thing that got here out of my mouth. I used to be on this room, simply sort of strumming alongside and I did not even write it down. I went, ‘That is silly. That is so generic. I might by no means say one thing so generic.’ Like, that is beneath me. However then as I used to be doing it, I appeared down and my canine was laying down proper subsequent to me, respiratory sort of heavy, which she began doing towards the tip of her life…and it is identical to, in that second, it hit me.”
• Why he is shocked he does not have the motivation he as soon as did: “It could possibly be as a result of I am sober. It could possibly be as a result of I am somewhat bit older and somewhat extra jaded and the magic of music it does not appear to be as magical because it as soon as did for me, which is actual doom and gloom … This album, if you happen to hearken to loads of it, is about these emotions.”

Take heed to the Full Interview within the Podcast Participant Under

Josh Katz joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday, July 15; the present replays online here, and you’ll tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you too can see if the show is available on your local radio station and listen to interviews on-demand.