By Kate Maldjian, Contributor

Meet Lovechild

Just when I was feeling the world (and this blog) would love a little more Lovechild, they've delivered yet again. They've just released their latest single "Costume Boxes" off their upcoming album and this slower, emotion-heavy new track is really sending me ALL the feels of wanting to see live music again. At this point, I'd pay for the whole venue's overpriced beers while we sang "no i won't cry anymore" in unison. For now, its release and another interview with Leo, Wyatt, and Aaron will do. Have a read as we discuss the single, profoundly bad live shows, and of course...ninja turtles.

Two truths and a lie

Answers at bottom of the article.

We are all hard vegans

We’ve had more drummers than songs released on Spotify

Leo first met Aaron and Wyatt in a pizza shop

Would you rater

every dog in the world be replaced by giant crabs or giant bats? Please explain your answer.

Leo: Crabs, because you can eat them and bats are fucking disgusting.

Wyatt: Dogs are probably my favorite thing in the whole world and I’d never replace them, so I can’t answer this question.

Some questions with Lovechild

Alright so --- straight to it: "Costume Boxes". How did it come to be? How long has this song been in the works with Lovechild?

Leo: I wrote “Costume Boxes” over a few weeks at an old apartment in Harlem. Chord by chord, line by line, little by little. It was actually written after most of the stuff on our upcoming album, though still a few years back at this point. It just kind of became a song that has always managed to simultaneously be about everything in my life and nothing at all besides the moment I’m in. At first, I didn’t want to bring to Aaron and Wyatt because I was afraid to record it, but in the end it only took one or two nights to get the tracks down once we’d all settled on the drum machine, piano basis for the the song, and actually ended up being one of the easier ones to record.

How does "Costume Boxes" fit into the composition of the upcoming album? How does it differ from the two previous releases, "Hats Off" and "Sunshine".

Aaron: It strays the farthest out of anything on the album from that traditional rock and roll band sound.

Wyatt: And it touches on the less obvious influences that we all share that may not fit into most people’s conception of a rock and roll band.

Leo: For me it’s just the song that is the most “songwriter” of all the songs on the album, whatever that means, and you can hear it in the music. Which makes sense because it’s kind of a song that’s about writing, performing, and living with all those other songs.

What is your favorite board game? Do you cheat?

Leo: I was a competitive chess player for a long time, so I have to say chess. And I would never cheat. Though I watched the number 1 player in the country cheat against my best friend when I was in first grade at the board next to me.

Wyatt: Aaron has traumatized me from playing scrabble cuz he’s too competitive.

Aaron: Scrabble.

Leo: You would hate playing with me, Wyatt.

It looks like this single is getting released with some bonuses! We're told to be on the lookout for a live performance video of the song. Can you tell us a little bit about filming this song live? 

Leo: Our friend James aka “Jimmy Lit” lent us his midtown loft for a night, and we got to set up and film and record ourselves playing the track. Our friend and photographer/videographer extraordinaire Jack Tumen (who is also on-half of the team behind the upcoming music video for the single) did the filming and editing of the live video and Wyatt dealt with recording and mixing the live sound.

Aaron: As quietly and quickly as possible at the risk of the neighbors complaining.

Speaking of live shows, we know they've truly been few and far between this year. What has it been like working on this upcoming album without as many opportunities to play the songs live as there once was? What has the creation process been like while in quarantine?

Leo: At first it was hard to write because life was so stagnant, but you find your ways. Mostly I’ve been driving around to kill the boredom and inevitably writing a lot about cars.

Aaron: We’ve found a lot of excuses to record with all the extra time on our hands.

Leo: We’re actually going to the studio the first week of March to work on a second project! Got to get the first one out there, I suppose.

Which live performance that you've attended has left the most profound impact on you, and why?

Wyatt: I’ve been working live sound on the Lower East Side for the past two years, so I can say there’s been a lot of profoundly bad shows that I’ve had to witness.

Leo: No good ones?

Wyatt: I did work Jack White’s show and he was better than I thought. Sometimes the bad shows have a profound impact more than the good ones.

Leo: That’s a good point. Kind of like when I last saw Bob Dylan.

Aaron: I can barely even think of a live show I’ve seen right now.

Wyatt: I think I read about them in books…

Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle do you resonate with most? 

Leo: Obviously the one named Leo.

Wyatt: Megan Fox.

Leo: Was she a ninja turtle?

Wyatt: No she was in the movie…

Aaron: The one with the sai.

Leo: What the hell is that? 

Aaron: It’s a weapon.

Wyatt: We bought them in Chinatown one time.”

What can we expect to see from Lovechild in the coming months? Are there more releases on the horizon? Anything random brewing?

Leo: Yes! More songs coming very soon. Full album on the way!

Wyatt: The album release has been delayed a bit because of Covid, so we have some new stuff that we’ve recorded that might make it onto the album.

Leo: We’ll see...lots of new songs on the horizon.

Aaron: A pedal steel Christmas album.

Wyatt: But no Mariah Carey.

Leo: I won’t be listening to that one, sorry Aaron.

Aaron: Better than the pedal steel Hanukkah album.

Any final words?

Wyatt: Wait, Donatello.

Two truths and a lie answer key:

Lie: We are all hard vegans

Truth: We’ve had more drummers than songs released on Spotify

Truth: Leo first met Aaron and Wyatt in a pizza shop