Mike Hranica's Christmas Traditions

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    Mike Hranica from The Devil Wears Prada had a chat with Loudwire about how 8:18 is impacting their fans and what his Christmas traditions are.

    Mike, have you been able to gauge the fans reaction to the new album, 8:18? Are they appreciating what you were trying to achieve musically and lyrically?

    I think so. Being so close to the music and being so subjective makes it kind of hard to tell whats happening. I really wanted to create a raw, transparent, and emotional album and I think lots of people are picking up on those characteristics. Now I have to ask myself, are they picking up on it because its real, or because Ive been out talking about it? You know, we put out some video updates while we were doing it and maybe that started to sort of affect how people heard the music.

    8:18 definitely is raw and has a heaviness to it. Is it reflecting many real things in life these days?

    I think every time we do a new record it reflects where we are at that point in our lives to a certain point. I mean, we are growing up. Chris and Jeremy are both married and Chris even has a child now. If youre going to make real music then it has to reflect at least a little part of what youre going through in life. I think it all comes down to whether or not you want to make a product or piece of art. If you dont let your life in, youre just making a product, so be it and thats fine. But thats not us. We have things to say and so to not let our music reflect our life is just not within our process. Also, lyrically this time out I wanted to do what I always do which is to push into new directions. The last record was all about love lost and idolatry. This time I got into deeper core parts of my personality and just let it all seep in. You have to grow.

    The band gets a break from the road right before Christmas. Can you give us a sense of what your holiday will be like back home in Chicago?

    Well, I have a newfound tradition of being by myself for Christmas, which should not be too big a surprise for the people that know me (laughs). What I will do first on Christmas Eve is go out and get groceries. Im a big fan of cooking these days. Then Ill come home and make a huge vegetarian feast for myself. Then, I will go out to the bar and drink. And then Ill go home. I have this thing with the holidays in that I dont like them. I think what weve done here in this country is to just stretch them so far that we forget what theyre about in the first place. So Im going to keep it simple. Hopefully it will be snowing and if there are some friends that havent left Chicago, that they can join me at the bar.

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Mike Hranica from The Devil Wears Prada had a chat with Loudwire about how 8:18 is impacting their fans and what his Christmas traditions are.

Mike, have you been able to gauge the fans reaction to the new album, 8:18? Are they appreciating what you were trying to achieve musically and lyrically?

I think so. Being so close to the music and being so subjective makes it kind of hard to tell whats happening. I really wanted to create a raw, transparent, and emotional album and I think lots of people are picking up on those characteristics. Now I have to ask myself, are they picking up on it because its real, or because Ive been out talking about it? You know, we put out some video updates while we were doing it and maybe that started to sort of affect how people heard the music.

8:18 definitely is raw and has a heaviness to it. Is it reflecting many real things in life these days?

I think every time we do a new record it reflects where we are at that point in our lives to a certain point. I mean, we are growing up. Chris and Jeremy are both married and Chris even has a child now. If youre going to make real music then it has to reflect at least a little part of what youre going through in life. I think it all comes down to whether or not you want to make a product or piece of art. If you dont let your life in, youre just making a product, so be it and thats fine. But thats not us. We have things to say and so to not let our music reflect our life is just not within our process. Also, lyrically this time out I wanted to do what I always do which is to push into new directions. The last record was all about love lost and idolatry. This time I got into deeper core parts of my personality and just let it all seep in. You have to grow.

The band gets a break from the road right before Christmas. Can you give us a sense of what your holiday will be like back home in Chicago?

Well, I have a newfound tradition of being by myself for Christmas, which should not be too big a surprise for the people that know me (laughs). What I will do first on Christmas Eve is go out and get groceries. Im a big fan of cooking these days. Then Ill come home and make a huge vegetarian feast for myself. Then, I will go out to the bar and drink. And then Ill go home. I have this thing with the holidays in that I dont like them. I think what weve done here in this country is to just stretch them so far that we forget what theyre about in the first place. So Im going to keep it simple. Hopefully it will be snowing and if there are some friends that havent left Chicago, that they can join me at the bar.

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