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I, Mary Smith with Music Cool had the opportunity to sit down with Doc Tricycle for an interview prior to the release of his new Single. He seemed withdrawn at first. Replying in one word responses to basic small talk. Chain smoking pipe full after pipe full of tobacco. But once I started talking about the Single, he started opening up. I asked him how he would describe the Single in one word. "Pop, it's a record. There's other ways to describe it, but really that's what I was going for from the beginning. "Love Smells Like Water" is the song where I'm trying to rip off as many people as possible just for fun. Ironically, it took the longest to make. Weeks, literally. Just waiting for that spark and coming back over and over. "Play Loud" only took three hours to make in the studio and I was happy with it. "Love Smells Like Water" is way more of the Pop song. Which just goes to show that squeaky clean, cute Pop music takes a lot more work to make than an abrasive Noise Pop song like "Play Loud". And I call it Noise Pop because there's structured vocals underneath all that noise. Oh, and I can call it whatever I want." I then asked him who were the biggest influences on these two songs. "Well, to start. The vocals and structure to "Love Smells Like Water" are heavily ripping Be My Baby by The Ronettes. I won't mention the producer/arranger's name for that song for certain reasons, but his work had a huge influence on that song. As well as Power Pop music from bands like Fountains of Wayne, Big Star, and Flamin' Groovies. The band 20/20 was also a HUGE favorite around the time before I started recording. Also, The Beach Boys are my favorite band. So I think it's cool that they named their band apparently from the same name of one of The Beach Boys best LPs. As for "Play Loud", I'd say Swans were the biggest influence. But also Lou Reed's album Metal Machine Music. As well as, just Noise Rock and Noise music artists in general." Doc refused to answer any more questions, but just wanted to say one more thing. "If anybody is wondering. Everything in the music is the way it's supposed to be. There are no mistakes. every artist makes mistakes making art during the process but that's just what gives it charm depending on the circumstances of course and it also inspires the artist."

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