Music Q&A with Sean Walker of Toxins
Photo courtesy of Toxins
*Updated at 12:34am on October 2nd. Wrong band member was mentioned in the introduction.
San Diego punk/hardcore band, Toxins, has released their EP, Recovery Room! Forming in 2020, the band quickly got to work and released two songs. Today, they celebrate the release of their new EP. Guitarist, Sean Walker*, took some time to answer some questions about the EP, his dream collaboration, and more! Recovery Room is out now!
Congratulations on the release of Recovery Room! What does the EP mean to you?
This EP really has so many different emotions wrapped up in it, but really it’s just a conversation we had when we moved into our practice space; that this spot was going to be a really positive space for us to always create music and energy with each other.
What’s your favorite song off Recovery Room?
Each song has their own meaning to each of us, but the song, “Dystant” probably captures the overall sound of the record and it’s a fun song to play live.
The past year and a half has been challenging for bands. With the making of the EP, how do you feel these challenges affected the process?
We all know what the last year has been like for everyone and starting a band during a pandemic doesn’t make the most sense given the industry was for the most part shut down. Because of that, the first two Toxins songs were written in quarantine fashion. But with Recovery Room, these were all written under one roof with the 5 of us together over the course of 6 months or so and we feel like it really shows in these new songs.
If you had a chance to collaborate with a musician, dead or alive, who would it be?
That is an ENDLESS list of possibilities...What about a Toxins and Tenacious D collab?!?
Who is your favorite artist/band that is outside of your genre?
Every member has a pretty diverse taste in music. Any of us are likely listening to something totally different than another member and consequently we think that it contributes to the overall sound of Toxins.
What is your favorite thing about making music?
I think writing with this group is really special in the sense that one of us can write something and hear it totally different in our heads, but then when it comes together as a whole is completely different and stronger than originally thought out, is really special and makes for a song with more depth and feeling to it.
How do you stay positive? What helps you?
The band, our Recovery Room. Not that any of us have some tragic life or anything, but it seems like no matter what we have going on in our own lives, when we come together, all that shit seems to fade away at least for a little while.
Any last words or final message for the readers?
If you want us to play your town, reach out...we are trying to book outside of our town as much as possible. Let's rip.
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