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Unfortunately only in German. But maybe someone can translate? I'm only at my mobile and would probably break my fingers typing all of that ;-)

http://m.noisey.vice.com/de/blog/dave-hause-wartet-auf-die-typisch-deutschen-fragen

Dave Hause aus Philadelphia startet gerade in Europa so richtig durch. Sein neues Album Devour erzählt uns seine persönlichen Querelen mit dem American Way of Life und dem Tod des American Dream. Der Arbeitersohn hat uns auf der Brick Lane in London erzählt, wieso er Tony Soprano eher für ein beschissenes männliches Vorbild hält, warum die deutsche Musikpresse immer mindestens eine seltsame typisch deutsche Frage bereithält und wie es ist, in Oklahoma beinahe zu verrecken.

Noisey: Dein neues Album Devour handelt davon, wie die amerikanische Art zu leben das Privatleben beeinflussen kann. Was genau meinst du damit?
Dave Hause: Amerika war zu Beginn eine wirklich großartige, fortschrittliche Idee, doch die Situation kannst du als recht bankrott bezeichnen. Nicht nur wirtschaftlich, sondern auch moralisch und ethisch. Das ist eine Schande. Mit dem Album wollte ich herausfinden, wie ich da reinpasse. Der erste Teil der Platte handelt deshalb davon, wo ich herkomme. Der Mittelteil erzählt, wie sich die amerikanische Lebensweise auf mein Leben als Erwachsener auswirkt und wirklich große Scheiße anrichten kann. Im letzten Part des Albums versuche ich dann, einen Mittelweg und Lichtblicke zu finden. Damit soll eine neue Art des American Dreams ausgedrückt werden, der auf Hoffnung und Kreativität aufbaut und es erlaubt, Mitmenschen würdevoll zu behandeln. Das Album ist insgesamt aber eher persönlich als eine große soziale Kritik.

Devour heißt auf deutsch verschlingen, fressen. Dein Album handelt davon, wie der endlose Hunger der Amerikaner das Privatleben beeinflusst.
Historisch betrachtet macht das Sinn. Amerikaner sind die Nachfahren von Europäern und Menschen aus anderen Nationen, die mutig genug waren, tausende von Kilometer zu reisen und wirklich ganz von Neuem anzufangen. Amerikaner haben diese Wanderlust und große Träume genetisch einfach in sich. Ich finde das toll, ich bin ja auch so. Wenn du kreativ bist, brauchst du genau diese Art von Ehrgeiz. Aber wenn du diesen Ehrgeiz nicht in privaten Situationen drosseln kannst, dann wirst du eine Menge zerstören. Mir ist das so ergangen. Klar sind mit diesem riesigen Appetit auch wirklich viele gute Sachen passiert. Wir sollten jedoch bemerken, dass es auch eine dunkle Seite gibt. In Amerika kann es dir leicht passieren, dass du an einem wirklich beschissenen Ort stirbst, wenn du alt bist und wenig Geld hast. Wir brauchen mehr soziale Absicherung. Die Ressourcen dafür hätten wir ja.

Was ist denn trotz aller Kritik immer noch großartig an den Staaten?
Amerika ist ein Land, das große technologische Fortschritte hervorbringt. Und denk alleine mal an Rock'n'Roll, Jazz und Blues. Diese Musik gäbe es ohne Amerika nicht. Leider ist die amerikanische Mainstream-Kultur gerade stark auf Celebrities fokussiert, das ist eine Wegwerf-Kultur. Wir brauchen mehr Balance. Amerika kann teilweise schon sehr beängstigend sein.

Du nennst Tony Soprano eine neue amerikanische Ikone. Allerdings im negativen Sinne.
Die Tatsache, dass dieser Typ wie ein Held betrachtet wird, sagt viel über unsere Gesellschaft aus. Tony Soprano hat nämlich genau jenen unstillbaren Appetit, von dem wir gesprochen haben. Er ist immer hungrig nach mehr, mehr, mehr. Mehr Frauen, mehr Essen, mehr Macht, mehr Drogen. Aber er ist dennoch ein neues männliches Vorbild. Er behandelt seine Familie schlecht, seine Kinder sind komplett abgefuckt. Er symbolisiert die dunkle Seite des Amerikanischen Traumes.

Der erste Song auf deinem Album heißt „Damascus“. Ist das politisch konnotiert?
Nein. Das ist eine Referenz zur Bibel. Apostel Paulus fielen auf seiner Reise nach Damaskus die Schuppen von den Augen und er hatte eine spirituelle Erfahrung und sah die Wahrheit. Ich wollte diese Metapher nehmen, um zu beschreiben, wie es ist, wenn du lange durch die Dunkelheit wanderst und irgendwann das Licht siehst. Er ist der Eröffnungssong, der dich zum Thema des Albums einlädt. Er führt dich auf den Weg.

Bist du religiös?
Ich bin so aufgewachsen, aber ich bin zum Teufel nicht religiös. Haha. Devour handelt auch von dieser Reise. Ein Song auf Devour heißt „Becoming Secular“, der beschreibt, wie es ist, wenn du rausfindest, dass vieles von dem, was sie mir erzählt und versprochen haben, als ich ein Kind war, nicht wahr ist.

Zum Beispiel?
Zum Beispiel, dass du in die Hölle kommst, wenn du stirbst und kein guter Christ warst. Das ist doch verrückt, sowas einem Kind zu erzählen. Es ist eine gute Art jemanden zu kontrollieren.

Wie war dein Elternhaus?
Arbeiterklasse. Mein Vater arbeitet seit 40 Jahren für ein Steinbruchunternehmen. Sie waren eine Zeit lang sehr religiös und haben meine Geschwister und mich auf eine protestantische Privatschule gesteckt. Das war zwar einerseits beschissen wegen der ganzen christlichen Schuld, die da auf dich geladen wird, andererseits aber war das sicherlich eine bessere Schule als die öffentliche in unserem Schulbezirk in Philadelphia. Die war richtig schlecht.

Wie wichtig war Musik in deinem Elternhaus?
Sehr wichtig. Alle wichtigen Songwriter wie Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen und die Rolling Stones haben sie sehr geschätzt. Meine Eltern haben mich eigentlich in all meinen musikalischen Bestrebungen unterstützt. Als ich älter wurde, wurden meine Eltern aber immer religiöser und haben sich davon abgewandt. Irgendwann hab ich zu meinem Vater gesagt, „Hey Dad, früher hast du The Who gehört und jetzt hörst du ernsthaft Amy Grant?!“ Damit hat er zum Glück wieder aufgehört. Meine Iron Maiden- Phase fanden sie allerdings eher weniger gut. Aerosmith fanden sie auch irgendwie creepy. Aber als ich anfing Nine Inch Nails zu hören, war der Spaß vorbei. Haha.

Ich schätze mal, dass du irgendwann recht viel Punk und Hardcore gehört hast.
Ja. Das war Ende der 90er. Bands wie Sick of it all, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits waren meine Favoriten. Das war aber irgendwie auch eine sehr seltsame Phase in meinem Leben. Du fängst an, Punk zu hören und angeblich bist du dann ja total vorurteilsfrei. Aber in Wahrheit habe ich alle meine anderen nicht-Punk und nicht-Hardcore-Platten weggeworfen und habe über drei Jahre nur noch Hardcore gehört. Den meisten meiner Freunden ging’s genauso. Ich habe nach dieser Zeit so viele Platten wieder neu kaufen müssen.

Wirst du dieses Jahr auf Tour gehen?
Im November bin ich ungefähr einen Monat lang in Europa unterwegs. Ich werde Shows in Deutschland, England, Belgien, Italien, Österreich und Holland spielen.

Die Deutschen lieben dich wahrscheinlich.
Ja, den Leuten gefällt wirklich, was ich mache. Aber die deutsche Presse ist total seltsam.

Wirklich? Wieso?
Du bekommst immer diese seltsamen deutschen Fragen gestellt. Gestern zum Beispiel hat mich ein deutscher Journalist gefragt: „Also wenn jetzt jemand sagen würde, dass du in deiner Musik nicht genügend Risiko eingehst, was würdest du dann antworten?“ Ich dachte mir „What the fuck?!“ und habe geantwortet: „Willst du damit sagen, dass das deine Meinung ist?“

Hahaha. Ich weiß nicht mal, was diese Frage bedeuten soll.
Ich auch nicht. Ich habe einfach gesagt, „dann hör halt was anderes.“ So eine seltsame typisch deutsche Frage.

Hab ich schon eine deutsche Frage gestellt?
Noch nicht! Ich warte auf eine.

Vielleicht ist das eine: Was würdest du sagen, wenn irgendjemand behaupten würde, du seist der nächste Bruce Springsteen?
Das ist keine deutsche Frage ... Ich glaube, der Titel ist aber schon vergeben. Ich bin ein großer Fan von Bruce Springsteen. Er ist wirklich ein gutes Beispiel dafür, wie du mit Würde in diesem Business altern kannst. Klar ich will mein eigenes Ding durchziehen, aber wenn jemand Ähnlichkeiten zwischen Bruce und mir sieht, würde ich mich sehr geehrt fühlen.

Wie sind denn deutsche Fans drauf?
Insgesamt sind sie super und sehr treu. Aber es gibt immer den einen deutschen Fan. The German Fan, der Zeug raushaut wie „Yes, Sir, I quite liked your show, but it was shit compared to last time. It was a Scheiß.“ Oder „ You know, this new record, it was OK, but the last one was better.“ Und ich denke mir einfach nur „What the Fuck?! Habe ich dich gefragt?“ Es gibt immer diesen einen weirden deutschen Fan. Ihr Deutschen seid einfach brutal ehrlich. Du kannst jeden im Musikbusiness fragen. Alle reden über den German Fan.

Hahaha. Gut zu wissen. Was ist dir denn sonst noch so Kaputtes auf Tour passiert?
Ein paar Mal bin ich fast gestorben. Zum Beispiel, als ich mit meiner alten Band The Loved Ones zusammen mit Against Me! auf Tour war. Wir haben eine Show in Oklahoma gespielt, was definitiv ein Ort ist, an den du nie gehen solltest, wenn du es vermeiden kannst. In der Nähe des Clubs, in dem wir spielten, gab es nichts zu essen. Also machten wir uns auf Skateboards und Fahrrad auf den Weg, um im nächsten Kaff etwas zu essen zu finden. Wir skateten den Highway entlang. Aus purem Zufall drehe ich mich um und bemerke wie ein Auto auf uns zurast. Ich brülle „Watch out!“ und alle springen von ihren Skateboards. Das Auto ist einfach über das Skateboard unseres Bassisten gefahren. Er wäre gestorben, wenn er nicht gesprungen wäre. Das Auto ist aber einfach weitergefahren. Das war so irre. Der Fahrer war wahrscheinlich komplett dicht. Tourneen sind generell ein perfekter Magnet für krasse Geschichten. Ich habe Glück, dass mir noch nichts passiert ist. Vor allem, wenn du das Staubecken an Schnaps bedenkst, das wir in uns reingekippt haben über die Jahre.

Perfektes Ende für ein Interview.
Und keine German questions.

I love that interview!!
Great questions, and even better answers
If no one will be able / have the time, I can start next week...I won't have the time this week...

But it's definitely worth the translation "work"

I would love to read the original interview. Not the German translation and a translation back to English...

These Melodies wrote:

I love that interview!!
Great questions, and even better answers
If no one will be able / have the time, I can start next week...I won't have the time this week...

But it's definitely worth the translation "work"

I'm working  on a translation right now...but I'm not sure if it'll be finished today.

alwaysbeblue wrote:

These Melodies wrote:

I love that interview!!
Great questions, and even better answers
If no one will be able / have the time, I can start next week...I won't have the time this week...

But it's definitely worth the translation "work"

I'm working  on a translation right now...but I'm not sure if it'll be finished today.

ok just let me know if you need any further help...during the next week that is

and @ Susan I would too love to read the "original" interview!

Ok, everybody. I tried to translate the whole interview. It was incredibly difficult though, because the interview tends to take place on a very philosophical level sometimes. I couldn't translate the entire interview word by word. But I tried to stick to the content as far as possible . I'm not sure whether everything makes sense. Just ask me, if there's anything you don't get.

Dave Hause - Waiting for the German questions.

Dave Hause from Philadelphia rapidly succeeds in Europe right now. His new album Devour tells us about his personal disputes concerning the American Way of Life and the death of the American Dream.On the Brick Lane in London Dave Hause, son of a working class family, told us why he considers Tony Soprano as a creepy ideal and why the German musicpress always holds weird typical German questions in readiness. Furthermore he explains the way it feels to be almost dying in Oklahoma.

Noisey: Your new album Devour deals with the matter in how far the American Way of Life can even influence your personal life.? To be precise: How exactly do you mean that?
Dave Hause: In the beginning America felt like a great progressive idea, but nowadays you can regard the situation as some kind of smashup. Not just economically, but also morally.That's a shame. In Devour I tried to figure out how I fit in this entire construct. Therefore the first part of the album deals with the question where I really come from. In the middle I tell you how the American Way of Life impacts on my private life, and can consequently cause real big damages.Finally, in the last part I try to find a middle course and some bright spots. By means of that I'm trying to express some new kind of American Dream, which is based on hope, creativity and dignified contact. If you regard the entire album it's rather something personal than social critics.

Noisey: According to the album title the new album is about the endless avarice in American's private lifes too?
Dave Hause:Regarding the historical background that makes sense. Americans are the descendants of Europeans and other people, who were brave enough to travel thousands of kilometers to restart completely. Americans have this kind of wanderlust and these dreams in their genes. I think that's amazing,  I'm like that too. When you are creative, you really need this ambition. But if you can't stop the ambition in private situations, you'll destroy a lot. That's what happened to me. Sure, there have been many good things that caused by that (appetite) too. ..We should mention that there's a dark side as well. In America it can easily happen that you die at a really shitty place, when you are old and have less money. We need more covering, we'd even have the ressources for that.

Noisey: Besides all the critics, what's great about America?
Dave Hause: America is a country, which publishes many technical advancements...And if you think about RockNRoll, Jazz and Blues. These kinds of music wouldn't exist without America. Unfornately the American mainstream-culture is extremely focused on celebrities these days, that's a disposable culture. We need more balance, America can be frightening sometimes.

Noisey: You call Tony Soprano a new American icon..but in a negative way.
Dave Hause: The fact that this guy is seen as a hero, tells you a lot about our society. Tony Soprano has this insatiable appetite, which we talked about. He's always trying to get more. More women, more food, more power, more drugs. But still, he is a new male ideal. He's treating his family in a bad way, his kids are completely fucked up. He symbolizes the dark side of the American Dream.

Noisey: The first song on your album is called Damascus. Is that connoted politically?
Dave Hause: No. That's a reference to the bible. On his journey Paul the apostle discovered a spiritual experience – scales fell from his eyes and he recognized the truth. I wanted to use this metaphor to describe how it is when you're wandering through the darkness for a longer time, and you suddenly see a light. It is the opener of the album, which invites you to its topic. It leads you to the way.

Noisey: Are you religious?
Dave Hause: I grew up with it, but dash it...I'm not religious. Haha. Devour deals with this journey too. One song of the album is called Becoming Secular and it describes the way it feels to find out that most of what they told (and promised) you is untrue.
Noisey: For example?
Dave Hause: For example that you'll end in hell when you die, and you have not been a pious christ. That's really weird to tell a kid something like that. It's a good way to control somebody though..

Noisey: What was your parental house like?
Dave Hause: Working class. My dad works in for a stone pit-company since 40 years. My parents were very religious for some time. That's why they let my sister and me go to a protestantic private school. On the one side that was creepy because of all the Christian guilt you have to carry, but on the other side it was way better than going the public school in Philadelphia, which is really bad.

Noisey: Which role did music play in your parental house?
Dave Hause: It was very important. All the important songwrites, such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones were prized highly. My parents supported me concerning all my musical attempts. When I got older they got more and more religious and abandoned these musicians. At some point I told my father: "Hey Dad, in earlier times you listened to The Who and now you prefer Amy Grant...seriously?" Luckily he stopped doing that. They did not appreciate my Iron Maiden-phase though. They thought Aerosmith was rather creepy too. But when I started listening Nine Inch Nails it was not that funny anymore. Haha.

Noisey: I guess you listened to much Punk and Hardcore music at some point?
Dave Hause: Yes, that was in the end of the 90s. Bands like Sick of it all, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits were my favorite ones. Somehow that was a strange part in my life. You start listening to Punk, and supposedly you're a completely unbiased person. But in reality I threw all my other Non-Punk/Hardcore records away, and only listened to Hardcore for three years. Most of my friends did the same thing. After that phase had to buy a lot of records once again.

Noisey: Will you go on tour this year?
Dave Hause: In November I'm on tour in Europe for about a month. I'll play shows in Germany, England, Belgium, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands.

Noisey: Probably the Germans love you.
Dave Hause: Yeah, the people adore what I do. But the German press is completely weird.

Noisey: Seriously, why?
Dave Hause: They always ask you these weird German questions. Yesterday some German journalist asked me: "If somebody would say, you're not running enough risk in your music, what would you answer?" All I thought was: "What the fuck?, and just said: Do you want to tell me that this is your opinion?"

Noisey: Haha. I don't even know what is meant with that question.
Dave Hause: Me too. I just said:" Listen to sth. different then." Such a weird typical German question.

Noisey: Did I already ask you some German question?
Dave Hause: No, I'm waiting on one.

Noisey: Possibly that's one.What would you say if somebody would claim that you're the next Bruce Springsteen?
Dave Hause: That's not a German question. But I think this title is already taken. I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen. He is a good example how you can grow old in this usiness business with dignity. Of course I'm trying to do my own thing, but when somebody recognizes similarities between Bruce and me, I'd feel honoured.

Noisey: But how are German fans then?
Dave Hause: Overall they are super and loyally. But there's always one German fan, who tells you stuff like: „Yes, Sir, I quite liked your show, but it was shit compared to last time. It was a Scheiß.“  or „ You know, this new record, it was OK, but the last one was better.“ And I just think: „What the Fuck?! Did I ask you?“ There's always this one weird German fan. You Germans are just brutally honest. You could ask everyone in the music business. Everyone's talking about the German fan.

Noisey: Haha, good to know. What else, which is carzy, happened on tour?
Dave Hause: I almost died a few times. For example, when I toured with my old band The Loved Ones and Against Me!..We played a show in Oklahoma, which is definitely some place, where you shouldn't go, if you can avoid it. Next to the club we played there was nothing to eat. That's why we went along with skateboards and bikes, to eat something in the next village. We were skating along the highway when I incidentially tourned around. I just noticed that there was a car dashing in our direction. I screamed: „Watch out!“ and everyone was jumping from their skateboards. The car just drove across our bassist's skateboard. He'd have died, if he didn't jump aside. But the car just drove on. Probbably the driver was completely drunk. Touring is generally something for crazy stories. Luckily nothing really bad happened to me. Especially if you consider the amount of booze, that we drank in all the years.

Noisey: Perfect ending for an interview.
Dave Hause: And no German questions.

Thank you so much for the translation! That seems like a really good interview. I'm even more excited about Devour now. I love what he said about Tony Soprano being an American icon. It's so true and it's a big problem.

"Unfornately the American mainstream-culture is extremely focused on celebrities these days, that's a disposable culture. We need more balance, America can be frightening sometimes."

This is also very true. That's one of the reasons artists like Dave or Gaslight or Frank Turner have a lot more trouble gaining a large following in the US compared to Europe. We don't pay much attention to anyone not "famous". It doesn't matter if you're famous FOR anything though.

Thank you so much for taking the time to translate this very long interview! Good job!  

Thanks for the translation!

Let me apologize for all the grammatical mistakes that I put in the translation because of the pressure of time I actually have.  I corrected what I found, hope you still understood everything though...

alwaysbeblue wrote:

Let me apologize for all the grammatical mistakes that I put in the translation because of the pressure of time I actually have.  I corrected what I found, hope you still understood everything though...

Don't worry, nothing was too difficult to figure out you did an excellent job!

It's too bad an English translation isn't provided with these interviews. I say that, not because I think English speaking people are more entitled than others, but just because, unless Dave is fluent in German, he must've answered all those questions in English, so his answers would have already had to have been translated from English to German. So why not provide both versions? I'd say the same if he were a Spanish artist in France or whatever, it just makes sense to provide the original answers in the original language as well.

We already have some topics for a few press reports here. I thought it makes sense and would be more clearly arranged to run just one topic for all the small stories, interviews or whatever you find in all kinds of media. You can share the scan or the link here.

I was in Hannover yesterday for a Frank Turner show and took the opportunity to catch a copy of the Hannover city magazin "Schädelspalter". There´s a nice interview with Dave in it for all the german speaking users here:

thx

Danke

Interesting read.

PS Still hoping for someone to scan the Kerrang article ...

Found the Kerrang article on tumblr, thanks to heckyeahxtramile! http://heckyeahxtramile.tumblr.com/page/5

Thank you for those links!!

I wish I could remember more of my high school german! Thanks for the articles

Interview with the Aquarian weekly, where Dave was on the cover as well!



http://www.theaquarian.com/2013/10/02/interview-with-dave-hause-a-chance-to-be-king/

Interview with Dave Hause: A Chance To Be King
—by Maria Mar, October 2, 2013


Back in July, I made the trip to NYC to see a favorite group of mine, The Gaslight Anthem, for a showcase sponsored by Red Bull Sound Select at Irving Plaza. There are specific times in life where I’m glad I’m an early bird, and this show was one of them. An artist from Philadelphia by the name of Dave Hause was an opener, and I immediately made myself familiar with him. Upon given the opportunity to interview Hause, I jumped all over the opportunity. We recently took the time to chat about his blossoming solo career, touring with national acts, a new record, and so much more. Check it out below:

Thanks for taking the time to chat with me, Dave. I first saw you back in July at Irving Plaza with The Gaslight Anthem, and the show was killer!

Oh, awesome! Glad to hear you caught that show. It was fun, and thanks for having me.

You have found your own as a solo artist, and I couldn’t be happier to see all of the success you’re having. Have you experienced that moment yet where you are like, “Wow, this is actually really working out really well for me?”

(Laughs) Well, yes and no. I believe that whenever you set a goal and somewhat reach it, you really have to take note of it, because you want to exceed it. After doing something you love for a long time, you can tend to get too comfortable if you don’t continually set goals—goals that are more ambitious. Honestly, you have to be humble and appreciate what you get and what you get. But, yes, this is such an exciting time for me. However, I still have many things to achieve.

I saw you just shot a video for “We Could Be Kings” at Asbury Lanes, which is awesome! What’s the concept of the video? Can you tell us or do we have to wait?

Well, I can tell you a little bit! It’s essentially a performance-based video. The director and I wanted a vibe that the performance would be intertwined with the story line, for we wanted to address what the song is really about.

Basically, I meet up with a friend who is going through a tough time, and I guess we can all assume that this is whom the song is about, the song we connect over. There were a lot of personal friends and family at the shoot; it was really cool.

You made a shout-out for some people to come down to be extras! I missed the boat by about five minutes!

Ha, it’s all good! We didn’t want too many people there, for it wasn’t a show, you know? But it turned out fantastic; cannot wait for everyone to see it.

So I guess it’s safe to say that your song “Meet Me At The Lanes” is, in fact, about the Asbury Lanes?

Absolutely! That’s totally the reference point. You know, people from all over can meet up there, an ode to home.

You recently announced a headlining tour with some U.S. dates, and then you will be going to Europe for a while. It seems to me like you are always touring, which is great for the fans. Do you have any rituals that you do to maintain some sort of normalcy on the road?

You know, really, normalcy has become touring for me. It’s almost becoming increasingly strange to be in one place for me. Since basically 2000, I have been on tour. Not every minute, but on and off. I’ve learned you cannot party too much, or too little. You have to exercise and keep in touch with people that ground you. You have to go see things and do things in the cities you are in. My friend always says, “Always do the thing.” Basically, that means when you’re in a town that is known for something—a specific place, or food, or drinking—do that thing. Those are many of the perks of a traveling musician; just don’t trap yourself in the bubble of the tour.

I’ve actually heard Brian Fallon say that before as well, which is too funny. You guys are definitely friends! Now, you’ve toured with so many talented acts, including Social Distortion, Gaslight, The Bouncing Souls and more. Are there any groups or artists in particular that you would love to hit the road with?

Oh yeah, of course—there are tons. However, now it’s starting to be a scenario where now I am starting to bring people out and thinking about which I want to bring on the road. Right now I am more focused on my solo tour and making it the best that it can be for the fans. But of course, there are always bands like Pearl Jam, The National and Frightened Rabbit.

Speaking of Frightened Rabbit, I heard Scott Hutchison, the group’s singer/guitarist, made an appearance on your new record.

Yes, he did! Very excited about it! Scott was playing down the street from me at the time. He came in and sang; it was done in like a half hour. He is awesome and so is that band.

Your new record, Devour, will be out Oct. 8. Doing anything special for the release?

Yes, absolutely. We sold out two Philly shows, day of release, and I am going to be hitting some record stores, meeting some fans, doing a lot of press. Then I’ll do some stuff on the West Coast, then head on out to Europe. It’s all so exciting for me.

Well, now maybe you can say, “This is my moment where I found out this is really working out well for me.”

Ha-ha, yes, touché, you’re right.

Is it harder writing solo since you don’t have as many people to bounce ideas off of, or do you prefer it?

That’s a good question. I think both. It’s easier to put forth the musical idea. I mean, I basically say these are my ideas, and people are a little less likely to put you in a box. I mean, both recordings are done with full bands; it’s just more specific the way I would like it to sound. I enjoy both. I can just really focus in on perfecting my sound now.

When I left Irving Plaza, I left with the feeling of needing more, wanting to learn about you and your craft. What sort of feeling do you hope your fans feel upon leaving your performances?

I think that feeling that you just said. If you get an opportunity to play to an audience where you want to make an impression, you don’t want to make it just about you; you want to almost put your buddies in the hot seat. My friends have been so supportive taking me on tour. They see something there and have been nice enough to let me showcase what I have to say. I mean, they know I’m committed. I am a fan of music, it’s important of me to try to make an impact. I have 45 to 50 minutes to do that. My feeling is, don’t waste it.

Now you seem very active on social media and whatnot. What is the best outlet for your fans to stay in contact with you?

Davehause.com. You can get to any of the other specifics from there. All of the releases are there, the lyrics are there, and the links to all of the socials.

Thank you so much for your time, Dave. I cannot wait to hear the new album and see you on the road again soon.

Thanks, Maria! Looking forward to hearing what you think of it!

Dave Hause will be performing at Philly’s First Unitarian Side Chapel on Oct. 8, Vintage Vinyl Oct. 9, and Main Street Music Oct. 12. His new album, Devour, is available Oct. 8 on iTunes. For more information, visit davehause.com.

A Brief History of Dave Hause (On Record):

http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/10/04/cmon-kid-a-brief-history-of-dave-hause-on-record/

Here´s an interview in german AND english:

http://www.stageload.org/interviews/interview-mit-dave-hause#

a short interview (in german) at gaesteliste.de

http://www.gaesteliste.de/zehnpluszehn/show.html?id=99006298&_nr=177

Interview with Dave at RAWK.ch (in german)

http://www.rawk.ch/index.php?section=news&cmd=details&newsid=609

He said that this upcoming tour will be solo, but he hopes to come back with a band in the festival season.

Interview at Lieblingstape.de (english): http://lieblingstape.de/2013/12/09/dave-hause-interview/

Thanks Arabell!

How on earth, do you stage dive on a bus? I assume they just hit the floor. That would explain the feeling like you've been hit by a truck.