With two singles now out ahead of an album to follow, it was the perfect time to sit down with Matt King, Andy Mitchell and Shawn Helton of The Real Anthem to find out how the band came about, what the new album will be all about and where things go next.

Chad Jewett talks about hearing The Who’s “Out in the Street” for the first time and the role it played in Perennial’s music. “That was a big moment,” he says. “That was when Perennial sort of pivoted and figured out some cool stuff we could be trying.”