Psychedelic Baby Magazine Interviews Zander Schloss About Debut Album
Read Zander Schloss’s interview with Psychedelic Baby Magazine, talking all about his storied experiences as a musician, actor, and living legend.
“It’s really nice to have you. Tell us, what’s the story behind making ‘Song About Songs’? How did you transcend your past in punk with the music you’re creating today?
Zander Schloss: Hey Klemen! Nice to meet you too. I would love to share my story with you. Obviously, it’s been a longtime coming. I don’t think I did transcend my past in punk in the making of my first solo album ‘Song About Songs’. Instead, I tried to transmute all the anger and intensity of punk rock into the deeper, more core feelings I had underneath, utilizing everything I’ve felt and experienced as a resource to get to the heart of more complex emotions. That being said, I think taking this approach was actually sort of punk because the rebellious part of me did the polar opposite of what I’m known for by playing and singing as softly and slowly as I could. I wanted to make something beautiful and emotional. There are so many parts to who I am, punk being only one of them. My long, diverse and sometimes difficult life, including the strife and trials that I experienced as someone who’s played music professionally my whole career, informed everything on this album. It all adds up to it being therapeutic for me and hopefully believable and relatable to the listener.”