![]() ![]() I think that with the dancy aspect of our sound, we’ve let our live show inform our writing process, meaning we notice what audiences are responding to (up tempo dance songs) and trying to write more songs in that vein. You mention a dance flair, and I don’t disagree. Some songs have taken 30 minutes to write and some have taken a year. ![]() We often start our songs individually, meaning one person will bring in an idea that is roughly developed, and the other guys will help to complete the song. I guess our songwriting process is like anything else in that way. What’s your process for making a song? It seems like it’d be an incredibly long process. The Shadowboxers have a very intricate sound – it’s jazzy, poppy and soulful with a dance flair. We’ve also toured quite a bit and have really spent time crafting the live experience. Only the absolute best material will make it out, and sometimes it takes writing 100 songs to get that 1 that makes it all worth it…we hope. Our lack of output has been partly out of our control, but we’re also being extremely diligent and critical this time around. We’ve written over 100 songs and have about 90 of them demoed. In all seriousness, we’ve been writing pretty much nonstop for over 3 years. It’s been a couple years since you’ve released new music, what were you doing during the time in between?Īdam Hoffman: Apart from developing a shared passion for crochet, we built an app for pairing great wines with great cheeses. So here we used all these sexy ’80s sounds so it’s almost like the instrumental itself is tempting the subject to break that barrier down and ruin the mystique of this girl with all her shoe boxes and booze. That hope that the “perfect” woman could live just upstairs and that yet the subject may never actually meet or be with her is enough for him, because it means there’ll always be something to strive for. ![]() Because if that object of desire remains on its pedestal, then its power always stays in tact. Sometimes fantasy is enough, in fact, sometimes it’s preferred. “Woman” is about fantasy, but not in a sad way. Because it’s easy to fall back on what was once comfortable, it’s easy to get down on yourself about lost love, and we’ve all been there! So I think we tried to emphasize that emotional push-and-pull, the trial of moving on, by giving the song a real triumphant Jackson’s vibe. “Build” is about having defiant hopefulness for oneself when a relationship has ended, but also about how difficult that can be sometimes. They both make a point to look positively towards the future, so the aesthetic makes a nice contrast. But now in retrospect, I think that sonic nostalgia is carried through in the lyrics of both of these tunes because they’re very hopeful. Matt Lipkins: We released these songs back-to-back because we felt that sonically and rhythmically they played well off of each other they’re both groove based and certainly steeped in some dance floor nostalgia. You just released a new single “Build The Beat” and one last year “Woman Through The Wall.” What are those songs about? And secondly, we opened for them and then served as their backing band, so learning how to open a show, winning over a crowd, and being on stage for three hours a night were all necessary skills that we use to approach our own live show. First of all, they are incredible musicians who care deeply about putting on a great show for their very loyal fans, so seeing their professionalism as they executed everything that goes into playing a show and touring was an invaluable example that we studied. Scott Schwartz: Touring with the Indigo Girls was the perfect way to begin our journey. The Shadowboxers started with getting to go on tour with the Indigo Girls, that’s so rad. We caught up with the founding band members–Scott Schwartz, Matt Lipkins and Adam Hoffman– to talk about their creative process, plans for the future and more! Check out the conversation below! Their unique sound and soulful performances have garnered them a loyal and ever-growing fanbase while also transcending genres and reaching new audiences on a daily basis. They’ve toured with Indigo Girls, been taken under Justin Timberlake’s wing and released some incredibly catchy tunes. Nashville-based soul/pop band The Shawdowboxers have had quite a journey since their formation in 2008.
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