The Joy of Painting did an exclusive “track by track” (what each individual song means) of Tender Age with Infectious Magazine. I thought it was cool, so here’s a quick excerpt. For the rest of the songs, visit the Infectious Magazine website! AND DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP A COPY OF TENDER AGE!

“High Definitions: This song I loved from the second I wrote it. We had a lot of trouble finishing it as a band. When Josh came into the fold, he slapped some sense into us and told us we were over thinking things. We simplified and came close to something that seemed finished. When the day came to track all the rhythm tracks (Guitar, drum and bass), we decided to record HiDef as a ‘demo’ and we just said “we’ll work on it for the next release.” We tweaked the arrangement a bit said ’1, 2, 3, GO’ and bashed it out. What we heard the next day was way more exciting and fresh than we ever anticipated. Not only did we decide to put it on the record, we felt it was an excellent mission statement and opening track.

Dontchu Wanna: What a magical moment writing this song was. Late one night we decided to try something new. 2 hours later we were doing cartwheels around the universe. This song was a pretty nice emotional release for us. We’re all stuck in this weird time period, just after college where everything is confusing. This is the anthem for those people who’re in that same place.”

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