How will Cyrus affect the return of American Hi-Fi?
This is actually a great time for us because she’s filming a lot in 2010, and therefore we’ll have the opportunity to do more with Hi-Fi. Where are you with the new AHF album? The album is done. We finally finished it. [Laughs.] It’s funny– I’ve tried to put a bullet in AHF a few times, but its become the band that won’t die, and I actually love that. [Performing with] Hi-Fi is something I like to do, and after a few years of not playing, it’s really nice to come back to it. We have the original guys [Jones, Arentzen, bassist Drew Parsons and drummer Brian Nolan], and it feels like it did when we released [2001’s American Hi-Fi]. When that happened, we had other bands and just did Hi-Fi in our free time. That’s kind of how this album developed as well. Also, we’re doing this record without a real label behind us, just like the first record. What made you go the DIY route with this release? It’s so nice to be able to own your material. Given our experience, we simply know more now than
