L.A.-based Trapdoor Social recently stopped by the All Access Music Group office on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 for a special acoustic performance.
Trapdoor Social: No Regrets
Trapdoor Social consists of friends, Merritt Graves and Skylar Funk and they’re here to save the world. Merritt and Skylar met at the Environmental Analysis program at Pomona College in Southern California. By day they studied the challenges for planet Earth, and by night they found refuge in their music. “Unfortunately, Climate Change has become a large source to draw from musically,” says Merritt. “We try to take our anxiety over it and transfer it into a sonic medium.”
“But we do it in different ways,” adds Skylar. “Merritt channels his frustration when he writes, while I draw a lot more from empathy. I think it would be pretty boring if we weren’t so different of people.” What results is a driving, emotive alt-pop experience.
While hustling and promoting their work in the busy Los Angeles music scene, Trapdoor Social walks its talk, with continued involvement with green companies Farmscape and Agrisaurus, which Merritt helped create, and the development of an awareness campaign around solar and other renewable energy. “No issue is too big to try to grapple,” says Skylar. “We should all do what we can.”
The duo made its official debut with the six song “Death Of A Friend” EP, released in December 2012. It was produced by Curt Schneider, and features Death Cab For Cutie’s Jason McGerr on drums.
Trapdoor Social’s AADL Email Notification for their first single “Like You Never” was sent to Alternative Radio on Monday morning, February 25th.
You can check out the band’s EP (featuring Jason McGerr from Death Cab For Cutie on drums) on their SoundCloud link: https://soundcloud.com/trapdoorsocial/sets/death-of-a-friend/s-7EqGO
Trapdoor Social will be playing multiple showcases at this year's SXSW, including The Tiniest Bar In Texas on Thursday, March 14th and Burnside’s Tavern on Friday, March 15th in Austin, TX.
Trapdoor Social: Like You Never, Away
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