“This song is about how fun it is to just want. To want love, to want your people, to want your dreams. Being in that state of yearning and creating is a beautiful place to be.” -BETS
“This song is about how fun it is to just want. To want love, to want your people, to want your dreams. Being in that state of yearning and creating is a beautiful place to be.” -BETS
Mark Scott grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and that small-town patience runs through every Villagerrr song; lowercase “c” country, unhurried and laidback, but with the undercurrent of a band that cut its teeth in Columbus dive bars. With Carousel out now on Winspear Records, we talked about local band bias, life on the road, and why a basement recording can sound like it had a real budget behind it.
Mark Scott grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and that small-town patience runs through every Villagerrr song; lowercase “c” country, unhurried and laidback, but with the undercurrent of a band that cut its teeth in Columbus dive bars. With Carousel out now on Winspear Records, we talked about local band bias, life on the road, and why a basement recording can sound like it had a real budget behind it.
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
“At that time, I was living in Pico-Union, which is home to the notorious MS13 gang. I would hear gunshots, but luckily, no violence was directed at me. I eventually befriended some neighbors, and it turned out ok. I used the experience to write and had some characters as reformed criminals working to make amends,” shared Maurer. “The debut single and those writings feature tough protagonists, but they eventually find their way,” he said.
