caught up with the ring to discourse the line-up changes, the new album, working with producer John Naclerio (My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Just Surrender), their future plans and more.Alter The Press: Since we last spoke, the line-up of the circle has expanded. Why and how did these changes come about?Stay: I believe the main reasoning behind the line-up additions was but our hope to try something new and raise the last show. We've been rehearsing non-stop recently and I remember the last demo is leaving to be on a different level because of the line-up additions. Also, we brought in Alex Gaynor on lead guitar and he is a great vocalist. Having a few strong singers in the circle can actually help to maximise the shock we have on fans from a last show perspective. We're somewhat excited.ATP: How have these changes affected the bands music style?Stay: I think so, here and there. Andrew Elliott (Guitar/Keys/Vocals) and my singer Anthony Rainville (Vocals) are the principal writers for the band. They collaborated on a few of the songs for the new album and I remember the results are great. There are songs that sound like to our past material from the Games With Girls EP and the Summer Sampler, but their collaborations also resulted in something new from Stay, especially within songs such as "Arson In The Suburbs" and "Machine Gun Summer".ATP: PureVolume and AbsolutePunk.net named you one of the best unsigned bands of 2009. You're still unsigned. Are you look for a label?Stay: We're definitely motivated and mad to go with a record label. We're taking things one step at a clock to be certain to find the right fit for us. Regardless of a label, we've got some great things happening behind the scenes and we're really surefooted in the future.ATP: Your upcoming record, 'American Cherry Bomb' was produced by John Neclerio who has worked with My Chemical Romance and Make New. What was the working relationship like with John in the studio?Stay: John's an awesome engineer and a dear friend of everyone in the band. We really like running with him and I mean he really killed it on these new songs. He's ever been super supportive of our band; it's too keen to be running with somebody who sees eye to eye with what you're trying to do and is positive in what the circle can get to the table.ATPL With 'American Cherry Bomb' how has the bands sound changed and developed?Stay: I think we took more chances with this album. It's not as cautious as our last releases. There are songs that are more out of the box and ones that push boundaries, especially our own "Stay" boundaries. The lyrics are likely going to be the biggest surprise for many people; they're often more substantial and are based upon many of the obstacles we've faced over the preceding year or so as a band.ATP: Are there any particular bands or albums that have influenced 'American Cherry Bomb'?Stay: I think Third Eye Blind and Come Out Boy influenced us the most. However, I don't suppose our influences necessarily changed that much throughout the composition process for this album. We simply took more chances with the composition and grew that often more positive in what we could do. I guess it's a transitional phase that most bands go through. For us, it happened with this new album. For other bands, it might not happen two or three albums down the road. ATP: Were there any particularly memorable moments on your recent tours with The Me and You, Me & Everyone We Know that you could share?Stay: The point with The Maine was a cool experience. We've ever been big fans of their music so it was keen to see them do a special acoustic set. I don't remember any of us had always seen them perform acoustically. The turn with You, Me & Everyone We Know was awesome, they are big mass and very deserving of their success. It's hard to narrow down the circuit to specific moments but there were rather a few drunk nights. All of the shows in Florida were amazing too.ATPL You're hitting the route with Romance on a Rocketship in the Spring. What are you look onwards to most about this tour?Stay: We're very mad about the turn with Romance On A Rocketship. For The Foxes will likewise be on this tour. It's always keen to get out on the route with label bands and I mean both of these bands will turn just friends throughout the tour. We're just pumped to be hitting the road again, especially during the spring time. We'll be announcing all of the tour dates on Tuesday, March 1st!ATP: Will 'American Cherry Bomb' be available on this tour?Stay: Yes! We'll be selling advance copies of the album, which leave just be available on this tour so be trusted to get on out to a picture and picking up the new CD.ATP: Are you mad to play the Never Say Never festival? Are there any bands you're hoping to catch perform?Stay: Very excited! Thanks again to everyone involved with Never Say Never Festival for giving us the amazing opportunity. I believe my lot is most pumped to see Neon Trees perform live, there are rather a few Neon Trees fans in Stay. Other than that, it will be cool to see Breathe Electric, Down With Webster, You, Me & Everyone We Know, We Are The In Crowd, and Phone Calls From Home at the festival.ATP: What are Stay's plans for the summer?Stay: Tour! We'll be on the route for the majority of the summer, I'm sure. Our plans are even being sorted but we're hoping for a full US go for this summer. We actually need to get back out to the west coast and execute in those markets. We're going to continue working hard.ATP: Anything else you'd like fans to know?We'll be announcing our spring tour dates on Tuesday, March 1st! Keep checking back to our websites for other updates as well. Huge thank you to everyone at Alter The Pressure for this interview. Thanks to everyone for their continued support, 2011 is leaving to be a big year.Stay on MySpace, Facebook, Purevolume, Tumblr and Twitter.Words by Sean Reid. Assisted by Janay Kinney.
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