{"id":66989,"date":"2018-07-19T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=66989"},"modified":"2018-07-18T22:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:23:02","slug":"interview-trash-boat-july2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-trash-boat-july2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Beyond the Canopies – Trash Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: Adam Webb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I tend to just question my responsibilities and my decisions”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Being the frontman of a band can be a difficult task. More often than not, you’re the centre of attention. The responsibility can put a weight on your shoulders. Add to that life away from your band and it can all become too much to handle. For Trash Boat<\/strong> vocalist Tobi Duncan, it is these experiences that serve as the catalyst for the band’s second album \u2013 ‘Crown Shyness.’<\/em> Although he’s achieved and experienced a lot in recent years, the album’s title reflects the realisation that there are areas of his life that don’t overlap and are disconnected from one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started thinking about the fact that you see all the edges of the canopies, they’re all there and all so broad. They’re just surrounded by all these other trees but they never touch,\u201d<\/em> Tobi explains. \u201cThat resonated with me as a metaphor in of itself because I’m surrounded by all these people, hundreds of friends, a lot of them close friends, but sometimes you feel you never really connect<\/em>, because your own life is so personal. That immediately hit me as the foundation to start writing an album. Not every song is about that necessarily, but it’s the base. It’s the jumping off point for a lot of the material.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n