KINCAID: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Q. Who are Kincaid?
A. Kincaid are Greg Harmelink, Dan Geller, Patrick Valentine, Sean Rawls and Ryan Lewis.

Q. Where are Kincaid from?
A. Originally Athens, Georgia. Now residing in Brooklyn.

Q. Don't Ryan Lewis and Dan Geller own Kindercore Records?
A. They sure do.

Q. Doesn't that seem a little suspicious to you?
A. Uh, no. Why should it?

Q. Nevermind. What kind of music does Kincaid play?
A. College music with heavy 60's pop influences. Their latest album is like combining the Byrds, the Monkees and the Lovin' Spoonful with more contemporary sounds. Much like the Apples in Stereo, for example.

Q. Except less interesting, right?
A. Well, yes.

Q. Wouldn't you say that Super Hawaii suffers from a sort of inconsistency? That the newer-sounding songs make the older-sounding songs seem like novelties, and the older-sounding songs make the newer-sounding songs sound disingenuous?
A. Yes, we have to admit that this is a weakness of the album.

Q. Why does it seem that so many kids these days are finding themselves in soulless nostalgia?
A. Because the music was better back then.

Q. No it wasn't. There's got to be another reason, hasn't there?
A. If pressed, we might admit to some other reasons.

Q. I'm pressing.
A. Well, it could be that recycling of past musical styles is an effective way to dodge the pressure bands feel to stand out in the crowded playing field of modern music. Some might say that pre- and post-millennial worry, and the fears endemic to living in a world of constant and ever-accelerating change, have led some bands to espouse a musical equivalent of the Amish lifestyle. Still another theory holds that the (nominal) progress of equal rights in the last two decades has left some younger males yearning to return to the world of their grandfathers, where smoking was good for you and all that cocktail shit was still threatening enough to be cool. You didn't hear any of that from this FAQ, though, if you see what I mean...

Q. Gotcha. Can I ask one more question?
A. Sure, as long as you don't ask whether or not punk is dead.

Q. Well, is it?
A. Man, as far as we're concerned it never happened.

-Zach Hooker