Video Interview: We Are Augustines Direct From Brooklyn

 

We Are Augustines is the Brooklyn, New York-based band that rose from the ashes of Pela and features BillyMcCarthy and Eric Sanderson from that band. The duo recorded their debut album, Rise Ye Sunken Ships, and then recruited drummer Rob Allen to round out the group. The 13th Floor traveled to exotic Brooklyn to talk to the three bandmembers in the cosy confines of their rehearsal space. After a brief tour of the studio, we sat down for an interview. Many of the songs on the new album were inspired by the very real events going on in Billy McCarthy’s life. His family has been the victim of schizophrenia, homelessness and suicide and Billy was quite candid. The result is a sometimes startling, often moving account of how music helped Billy deal with the devastating events that struck his family. You can watch the entire interview, uncut, here: [wpvideo ireJ6XDw]

Click here to listen to Book Of James from Rise Ye Sunken Ships: