Not to force you into a party trajectory or anything, but once you're done with the Bodega party, it'd behoove you to head over to Cake Shop to see Ex Humans play for free with a bunch (two) of other bands. Their frontguy Josh was/maybe still is the guitarist and we think main song- or at least riff-writer for the Carbonas and their music follows suit, neat, fast completely impeccable punk. They let us into their tree fort yesterday to ask them some questions.Vice: How'd you guys become your band?
Jesse: I met Josh on Halloween night when he was in town with Beat Beat Beat. He just decided he wasn't going back to Atlanta on a whim and quit Beat Beat Beat. I kept bugging him and bugging him and busting his chops until he finally put a project together. Then we got Todd on board and it came together.
Josh: It happened pretty quickly.You've spent a lot of time in Rochester, Todd. Is that city as awful as it seems?
Todd: It's a lot like Detroit. Everybody there is fucked up because of the pollution and there's rampant unemployment and a lot of crime and it's a secluded small city with long winters. For whatever reason it's stuck in the 60s. I like your backyard.
Jesse: Have some wild grapes.
Todd: We had a great barbecue here last night that devolved into a massive food fight around the treehouse. Capture the fort. You know what's weird? I found a power bar on my window sill the other day. Somebody must have thrown it there.Did you eat it?
Todd: No, I think it had been there for years.INTERVIEW BY NICK GAZIN
Jesse: I met Josh on Halloween night when he was in town with Beat Beat Beat. He just decided he wasn't going back to Atlanta on a whim and quit Beat Beat Beat. I kept bugging him and bugging him and busting his chops until he finally put a project together. Then we got Todd on board and it came together.
Josh: It happened pretty quickly.You've spent a lot of time in Rochester, Todd. Is that city as awful as it seems?
Todd: It's a lot like Detroit. Everybody there is fucked up because of the pollution and there's rampant unemployment and a lot of crime and it's a secluded small city with long winters. For whatever reason it's stuck in the 60s. I like your backyard.
Jesse: Have some wild grapes.
Todd: We had a great barbecue here last night that devolved into a massive food fight around the treehouse. Capture the fort. You know what's weird? I found a power bar on my window sill the other day. Somebody must have thrown it there.Did you eat it?
Todd: No, I think it had been there for years.INTERVIEW BY NICK GAZIN