SFTS - Riverboat Gamblers

The Riverboat Gamblers are scorching, and it is not because they are from Texas. They recently completed a stint on the Vans Warped Tour, and are now in the process of recording their next release. TGB recently caught up with Gamblers' rookie sensation, Mike Wiebe, to talk about the recording sessions.

TGB: Tell me about this new album. Is there a working title? Will the sound be evolving?

MW: No working title, yet that will probably come last after we figure out some secret link to all the songs. I think the sound is de-volving.....like Devo No...ughh..Something is going on. We are going into this record with a lot more songs to choose from and trying to take some chances with sounds. We dont wanna write the same record, but we want it to be the Riverboat Gamblers. I hope to have an unexpected "good surprise" song or two on the record.

TGB: Why record in L.A.? Is there something about the studio you will be recording in that fits your sound?

MW: The main reason is time. We got hooked up with Andrew Murdock and his studio and he offered us a lot of time for our money. It will be the first record we have recorded that will allow us to really take our time and experiment a bit and make sure that things are right. We won't have to constantly be looking at our watches and feeling like we are taking too long on something little. Hanging out in a foreign location should allow us to focus with less distractions...."Should".....we may end up stalking our favorite actors from the "O.C"

TGB: When can we expect the release of this forthcoming disc?

MW: I'm hoping around March or April. but I'm not sure. There is a possibility of a split e.p. coming out out a a few months early and then the record coming out in May or June. It is very up in the air and I don't want to say who the split is with, because it might jinx it.