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Ken Mode

Words: Cheryl • October 24, 2014

Ken Mode
Ken Mode

Jesse Matthewson (Ken Mode)

SPB: You recently released a live recording done at the BBC, what was recording there like and was it something you wanted to do/thought about at all? 

Matthewson: The recording experience at BBC was on a short list of some of the coolest things we've been able to do as a band! I honestly never thought we'd be doing one, and now I hope we can do another in the future so we can release an LP combining the two sessions...I always loved the Unsane - Peel Sessions LP growing up, so if we can have our own, that'd be a pretty excellent feather in our caps. 

 

Cheryl • October 24, 2014

Ken Mode
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