How has the relocation to Los Angeles from Boston worked out for the band?
Pretty well. One of the guys lives in Queens, NY, with his wife, so he has to travel back and forth to make sure he’s there enough to write material with us and prepare for shows. He wasn’t really loving LA, so he got out, but he might actually move back because it’s obviously impacting on the wallet as well as everything else. I kind of float around whenever the band is not busy. I go back to the East Coast to hang out with friends and work on stuff out there. I was born and bred on the East Coast; I’m a little more comfortable there. But I do enjoy LA. It’s been good for the band. The weather’s very nice, of course. Do you think the environment affects the band’s sound? I feel like the sound would evolve no matter what. So, yes, I think that is true. How living in Los Angeles has affected Isis’s sound, I really could not tell you. To me, it just seems like we’re doing what we would do basically anywhere — try to challenge ourselves and come up with the best material we can. It’s dif
