We started writing "Saloon" in the spring of 2012. We wanted to capture something that was chaotic and unique but still had integrity and replay value. We were so young then (Dawson 20, Kyle 18, Tj 18, Parker 14) that trying to find our own sound was an extremely uphill battle. We were all trying to discover our own identities at that point, let alone write something that was true to ourselves. We scrapped dozens of songs over the course of 4-6 months and locked in a date to go to Canada to record in a really nice studio. When we arrived, we only had 30-40% of the record done, and it soon became clear that this record wasn't going to be finished there. In hindsight, I don't know how anyone would allow our unprepared asses to stay there. It's pretty embarrassing how immature we all were back then.

After 3 weeks in Canada, we headed back home to Idaho and took it upon ourselves to finish the album. Dawson dove headfirst into learning everything there is to know about production, sound design, mixing, etc., and the next 6-8 months became a whirlwind of making mistakes, writer's block, scrapping songs, dealing with broken gear, and everything you could think of that muddies up the completion of an album. We still look back and have no idea how we actually made it work. In Dawson's words, he describes it as this:

"Saloon was the dumbest, most nonsensical, train wreck of an album. We literally had no idea what we were doing, the most immature young adults that you could run into at any bowling alley on a Saturday night. We all look back and cringe. The whole process of making this record is like watching your 4-year-old play soccer and seeing them score on their own team."

HOWEVER, somehow it managed to be a magical and hilarious mess of beautiful art...and I wouldn't take it back for anything."

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