Among Giants’ Greg Hughes on their upcoming tour and release

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Greg Hughes of Florida band Among Giants reached out to us about their upcoming tour with fellow Orlando band Zap Dragon & the Attack, as well as their forthcoming split 7-inch on Say-10 Records with New Jersey’s Aspiga. We took a listen to the split and were more than impressed. When we took a look into the band — especially when it became apparent that this was the first recording as a band, rather than just Hughes all by his lonesome — we asked Hughes a few questions via e-mail about the band and their upcoming plans.

say028How long has Among Giants been together?

I’ve (Greg) been playing under Among Giants for almost two years acoustically, and now for the last year this has been a full band project. So 3 years I guess, but maybe 4 months with the current line up.

What’s in the water down there in Florida? The bands all seem to be morose as hell (see also: Hot Water Music, Against Me!, et al).
There is some real good music down here in Florida. A lot of the bands have gotten some bigger attention, but there are also an insane number of local bands that are just as amazing.

According to Say-10, Among Giants was an acoustic band before this. Is that completely true, and what prompted the change, if so?

Yep. It started off as an acoustic project for me and now its full band. I started to feel limited with my song writing just sticking to the whole ‘one guy acoustic guitar’ thing. With a full band, it allows it so my song writing can take any direction and as a band we can work it out and make the song overall better.

Did the songs on your new 7-inch start out as acoustic numbers? They sort of have that jangly feel, even with the electric rock chords.

Yeah, I still write all of my songs on my acoustic so most songs start out acoustically even if I know they’ll eventually be a full band song.

Where’d you meet up with Aspiga, with whom you’re splitting your upcoming 7-inch?

I reached out to them last fall about the idea of doing this split 7-inch. They liked the idea, and we played together at a show in Philadelphia this past winter and it kinda settled the whole deal.

poster - among giantsYour upcoming tour with Zap Dragon & the Attack is Florida-only. What’s it like for an underground band to tour Florida in July?

First off Zap Dragon rules, way stoked to be hanging with them this summer. It’s pretty awesome actually. You can hit up a whole bunch of big cities without spending crazy amount of money or gas or anything. We’re really excited for it.

What should people know about Among Giants, if this is their first introduction to the band?

That we love what we do. We love playing and writing music and we don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Hope to see you all soon!

To pre-order the Among Giants / Aspiga split 7-inch, go to Say-10 webstore. It’s available on Coke bottle clear (limited to 100) or white (limited to 200), and comes out on July 19. You can stream a cut, “I Care About Everyone I Meet,” on their Punknews profile. For more information about Among Giants, check out their Facebook page.