caught up with the call to discuss 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 band has expanded. Why and how did these changes come about?Stay: I think the main reasoning behind the line-up additions was but our hope to try something new and promote the final show. We've been rehearsing non-stop recently and I think the final demo is going 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 band can really serve to maximize the floor we hold on fans from a last show perspective. We're somewhat excited.ATP: How have these changes affected the bands music style?Stay: I mean so, here and there. Andrew Elliott (Guitar/Keys/Vocals) and my singer Anthony Rainville (Vocals) are the main writers for the band. They collaborated on a few of the songs for the new album and I think the results are great. There are songs that sound similar 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 feel for a label?Stay: We're definitely motivated and mad to go with a record label. We're taking things one measure at a time to be sure to obtain the proper fit for us. Regardless of a label, we've got some great things happening behind the scenes and we're really confident 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 good friend of everyone in the band. We really like working with him and I think he really killed it on these new songs. He's always been super supportive of our band; it's too great to be working with someone who sees eye to eye with what you're trying to do and is prescribed in what the circle can get to the table.ATPL With 'American Cherry Bomb' how has the bands sound changed and developed?Stay: I believe we took more chances with this album. It's not as timid 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 probably going to be the biggest surprise for many people; they're often more material and are based upon many of the obstacles we've faced over the past 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 Fall Out Boy influenced us the most. However, I don't think our influences necessarily changed that much throughout the writing process for this album. We only took more chances with the piece and grew that much more confident in what we could do. I think 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 head with The Maine was a cool experience. We've always been big fans of their music so it was great to see them do a special acoustic set. I don't think any of us had ever seen them perform acoustically. The act with You, Me & Everyone We Know was awesome, they are big pile and very deserving of their success. It's difficult to narrow down the circumference to specific moments but there were quite 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 forward to most about this tour?Stay: We're really mad about the work with Romance On A Rocketship. For The Foxes will also be on this tour. It's always great to get out on the road with label bands and I think both of these bands will work 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 will just be available on this tour so be sure to get on out to a photo and pick up the new CD.ATP: Are you mad to meet 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 awesome opportunity. I think my lot is most pumped to see Neon Trees perform live, there are quite 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 road for the bulk of the summer, I'm sure. Our plans are still being sorted but we're hoping for a full US go for this summer. We really want to get back out to the west coast and accomplish in those markets. We're passing 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 going 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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