Love Me Destroyer

This quartet is blazing its own trail apart from its iconic frontman.

Comments (0) By Dave Herrera Thursday, Feb 15 2007

He brought a lot, man, actually. I really don't think the record would have turned out a fraction as good as it did if it wasn't for him. Taylor's really good friends with all the Fear Before guys. I guess he noticed that Brandon kind of had that kind of role with Fear Before, with molding things, and he had a really good knowledge of aesthetics, as far as being in the studio, equipment, sounds and that kind of stuff. So Taylor talked to him about working with us, and he was already working with Suburban Home, doing graphic design.

On top of that, it was really good to have an outside opinion. Like if there's a part that's not working, there's always someone in the band who's going to try to push it. So it's always nice to have someone else take the edge off of things. And he's the kind of guy who's going to be straight with you. If something's not working, he'll tell you it's not working. If something sounds like shit, he's gonna say it sounds like shit. And then, when he was still living with a couple of the dudes from Fear Before -- while they were taking a break or whatever -- they let him use all their gear for the sessions. They really helped us out a lot.

Taylor Harris (from left), Ryan Welter, Scooter James and Cody Hull are Love Me Destroyer.

Details

CD-release party, with Fear Before the March of Flames, Signal to Noise and Kemper, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 17, Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer Street, $8-$10, 1-866-468-7621.