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Flyleaf chat to I Like Music

Texas-bred quintet Flyleaf - vocalist/lyricist Lacey Mosley, guitarists Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartmann, bassist Pat Seals and drummer James Culpepper - have been winning over crowds with their brooding beats, atmospheric textures and lunging riffs, complemented by Mosley's emotionally-charged vocals, which range from breathy and beautiful to scathing and aggressive.

Their debut album is a roller coaster of emotions filled with songs about abuse, neglect, addiction, dysfunction, and overcoming adversity. I Like Music caught up with Lacey from FLYLEAF to talk about touring with Korn, the new single, I'm So Sick and why their music is filled with hope.

"I Like Music because… life is beautiful not just functional and music represents something beautiful, all the different colours of life. You can understand an emotion without having to have words, just through the music. We want our music to be a like backdrop to the message." LACEY, FLYLEAF

ILM: The new single I'm So Sick is out now. Please describe the track and its whole vibe?

LACEY: It's a heavy rock song. The idea of it is like an urgent confession in a way. How this world can be a sick and messed up place and then the only way that changes is if we recognize what's sick and messed up about ourselves and try to make things better for the people around us, otherwise it's just going to keep going.

ILM: Your Flyleaf album is out now, which track did you have the most fun laying down in the studio?

LACEY: That's a hard one because the recording was so sporadic and separated. That's just the way that the producer chose to do it. But, as the singer, I got a booth up the top and you had to go up these stairs in this small dark room and I felt I was by myself and could really mean it without anyone looking at you or feeling any pressure, which was kinda cool.

The best one I heard, the recording I liked the most when I heard it was probably Sorrow. It's funny to think that the record is what represents us to anyone who hasn't heard of us before, because it doesn't feel as much like who we are as our live show.

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Related links:

1. Flyleaf - I'm So Sick