The Entire Earth – Thanks for Asking!

RRX: Music genres are difficult for some artists. Some strictly adhere; others not so
much. What is your perspective on the genre you play, or the genres you hover around?

TEE: We like to think of ourselves at the intersection of punk, emo and post-hardcore…kind of tiptoeing our way in and out of all of those subgenres of heavy, fast and emotional rock.

RRX: Cover art is cool. It shows listeners what the artist thinks the album is all
about. Because music can be felt visually. If you had to give the public a visual image
that you think they would see and just “get” your groove right away, what would it be?

TEE: The album art for our debut EP “I’m not Scared” by Zachary Hobbs really encapsulates what we’re going for really well. It’s DIY, gritty and layered, literally. The artwork shows your classic Frankenstein, the tough guy, being hidden away. His face is covered by another man’s face, this guy wearing business attire and giving a half-smile. And his eyes are covered, too. It’s like we’re always masking ourselves, putting layer upon layer on top of the freaks we really because we’re afraid to let our freak flags fly.

RRX: We have to play somewhere, and sometimes those places have more going for
them than a stage and a power outlet. What is a memorable place you played, and bonus
points if it’s not a well-known place.

TEE: Shoutout to the East Williamsburg Econo Lodge in Brooklyn — we played there back in May with Sharkswimmer and Awful Din. It was just a killer lineup and a simple DIY underground space where everyone packed into the room, sipped on some beers and got into the music together. The wobbly waterlogged plywood floors added to the whole “whatever works” effect.

RRX: Tell me about your most recent song, album, or video (you pick.) Tell me a
story about what went into making it. Not a process, but a cool story that took place
within the process.

TEE: Our debut EP “I’m not Scared” came out in early 2025, and came together quickly. We tracked it live to tape at our friend Alex’s studio — shoutout to Basement Floods in upstate New York. It was cool to just make sure we got the takes we needed without getting too precious about it, so the sound we ended up capturing was more or less the raw sound we bring live. Doing the vocals was especially interesting. I didn’t have the time to flip out over getting every single note, or being too particularly about my takes. I was like, “Oh…so that’s it huh? We’re gonna run with that…warts and all. Cool cool.”

RRX: Let’s talk about your next project, your next few. Just not the ones you’re
working on now. The ones you have your eyes on for the future. What’s coming to us?

TEE: We’re writing a full-length now — about halfway there, with the intention of having enough songs to nix a few in the studio to keep our options open. We probably won’t go the straight-to-tape route this time, either. The idea is to make this one our best – showcase who we are and what we’ve built so far together in our nearly two years playing together. I’ve been super stoked on how all the new songs still sound like us and could easily slip into our debut EP without skipping a beat. It tells me we know who we are and what we sound like. I think this next LP will be a banger. (I’m aware of how much this answer oozes with “big things coming soon” vibes.)

RRX: How does practice go? Is the road practice enough, or do you have a practice
shack? If so, how does it look? What’s on the walls? What cool sh*t is in there?

TEE: We are lucky enough to be able to practice these days at a local venue near where we live up in the Hudson Valley. We used to rent a space nearby, but the owner sold the spot, and we’ve been kind of orphans ever since, over a year now. And yet…we have had a home at this venue, practicing on their off day when the doors are normally closed. One of our members works there sometimes running sound, too, so it feels very in-the-family. We practice right on the stage, the house lights on us, which makes gigging feel a lot more comfortable, too. I still love the way it smells when you walk in — that old bar/venue smell. The lights are dim. There are band stickers all over the walls. You can feel the ghosts of all the events that have occurred within the walls.

– Phil, drummer/vocalist for the entire earth

picture attached from left to right: mike (bass), sean (guitar), phil (drums/vox)