On this episode of Mind Massage, A R I Z O N A, takes us on a sound journey using some of their favorite items such as, Beer, Crisp Bread, Swedish Cheese and more!
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00:00 Hey guys, I'm David.
00:02 I'm Nate.
00:04 I'm Zach.
00:05 And we are in Arizona.
00:12 Welcome to our mind massage.
00:17 And now we are taking you through a sound journey
00:25 through some of our favorite things.
00:28 Yeah.
00:29 [Sounds of liquid pouring]
00:34 [Sound of water pouring]
00:41 [Sound of tapping on glass]
00:44 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
00:55 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
00:59 Whoa. That's awesome.
01:02 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
01:06 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
01:13 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
01:16 [Sound of plastic bag crinkling]
01:21 Mmm.
01:23 I chose tacos because they make me happy.
01:27 It's my favorite thing.
01:29 The band wasn't even a thing yet.
01:31 And they were in LA and I was in Boston.
01:34 And we were on a FaceTime.
01:36 And they sent me our first song, "Let Me Touch Your Fire."
01:40 And I was like, "Who'd you guys write this for?"
01:42 And they were like, "I don't know. Us. It's just us."
01:46 And I was like, "That's sick."
01:48 And they were like, "What do we call it?"
01:50 And Nate was wearing a hat that said "Arizona."
01:54 And I was like, "Whatever. Let's just call it anything. Arizona."
01:59 And I typed it out in caps and put the spaces.
02:04 And just put it in the chat.
02:07 And we all kind of stared at it for a while.
02:09 And we were like, "That might be a thing."
02:12 And it's the best worst decision I've ever made.
02:15 Because our SEO is horrible.
02:18 But it never really mattered to begin with.
02:22 I kind of wish I was wearing a hat that said "Tacos."
02:25 Because then our band name would be "Tacos."
02:27 Yeah. It could have been anything.
02:29 It could have been as good as these tacos.
02:32 I think we have a lot of influences.
02:34 A diversity of influences in our music.
02:37 I mean, historically, you know, Beethoven and Bach were really important people.
02:42 For me, I think it's Chicago Nine Inch Nails.
02:49 For me, it was a lot of metal bands like Seho.
02:56 I grew up in a strict household.
02:58 So, like, my childhood influences are really cheesy, like CCM music.
03:05 But I think you can actually hear that in the production.
03:09 If I could only eat one food, it would probably be these tacos.
03:13 Or a burrito.
03:15 But they're kind of the same thing.
03:17 I love food.
03:19 How are you going to do me like that?
03:22 With the food?
03:24 Maybe something that I was severely allergic to.
03:28 Oh, yeah.
03:29 But if you're allergic to it, how are you going to eat it?
03:32 Like, if you could. It's a hypothetical.
03:34 Oh, I got one for you.
03:36 So the calories don't count?
03:38 Definitely tacos.
03:39 I think fried chicken is so universal.
03:43 Like, I don't trust anyone that doesn't like fried chicken.
03:46 You know what I mean?
03:47 That's how much that means to me.
03:49 If you don't [bleep] with fried chicken, I don't [bleep] you.
04:06 Guys, this is one of my favorite beverages.
04:09 It's like a non-alcoholic cocktail for when you want to get the vibes,
04:13 but you don't want to get the vibes.
04:15 You know what I mean?
04:16 Very much refreshing.
04:19 [liquid pouring]
04:21 That sounded weird just in real life.
04:39 It's in here.
04:41 [liquid pouring]
04:43 [slurping]
04:48 This tastes like something you would like.
04:51 [slurping]
04:54 Disclaimer, this particular variant I haven't had yet.
04:59 This was actually my first time trying this exact ginger one.
05:04 First sip.
05:06 So refreshing.
05:11 [slurping]
05:14 Ah!
05:17 My favorite song of this album that we just put out,
05:24 which is also called "Arizona," is "Pray to God,"
05:30 because it seems to be the most controversial line of the whole album,
05:35 which is, "I killed a man there, and I prayed to God to cleanse me of my sins."
05:41 And a lot of people have been like, "Yo, you killed somebody."
05:45 And I was kind of like, "Maybe."
05:50 But I didn't.
05:52 For me, the song is about killing an old version of you,
05:57 growing and shedding all of the things that you didn't like about yourself
06:04 or learning new things and just changing the way you operate in the world.
06:09 And that's why it's my favorite song,
06:11 because I think for all of us collectively,
06:15 we're in a big growth season of our lives.
06:20 It's called the "30s."
06:22 Damn.
06:24 Cheers.
06:25 Wait, I gotta make myself a drink to cheers.
06:28 [ice clinking]
06:34 [slurping]
06:38 [slurping]
06:40 Ah.
06:42 My favorite song off the new album is "Out of My Hand,"
06:45 because it's really catchy and it gets stuck in my head.
06:50 I think my favorite song would have to be a song called "Black Boots,"
06:57 because it's--I don't know why.
07:00 It just feels good.
07:02 It feels like a good--
07:05 It's my favorite song off the new album.
07:08 The experience that we want for our fans
07:12 can feel a similar catharsis and connection
07:17 and just, like, can be themselves with the music.
07:21 We hope it has, like, a reflexive sort of thing with our fans
07:25 where they can kind of feel, like, the joy and the peace
07:29 and the heartache that, you know,
07:32 all the vast range of emotions that we feel.
07:35 We just hope it allows them to do that.
07:38 [plastic crinkling]
07:41 [plastic crinkling]
07:45 [plastic crinkling]
07:56 This is the Command Strip version, right?
08:00 It's for your aunt that wants to hang her Long Beach Island
08:05 keychain strip up on the wall, right?
08:08 But they make this shit for fucking everything.
08:12 They have, like, 35-pound fucking-rated tool lock,
08:18 and it is so, so strong.
08:20 It is some of the-- some of the strongest--
08:24 I mean, anything short of a lag bolt,
08:27 this is probably the strongest you're gonna get.
08:30 This stuff is so important on tour, you know,
08:33 for the bunker, for the bus,
08:35 so things don't fall all over the place.
08:38 Much appreciated, by the way. It's so good.
08:41 And karaoke. Yeah, karaoke songs.
08:43 Right now, if it's your duet, I'm going "Endless Love."
08:47 I'm Diana Ross.
08:50 I'm absolutely terrified of karaoke, so I'm out.
08:55 I mean, you gotta do karaoke every night
08:58 if you think about it.
09:00 [laughter]
09:01 Here's the thing.
09:02 As a Filipino, we have this thing called Magic Mike,
09:06 and it literally will score you.
09:09 It's a good movie.
09:11 It's a good movie.
09:13 But it'll score you,
09:14 and then, like, in my family, there's money on the line.
09:17 So, like, I just go for songs that I know I can really nail
09:22 so that I can make that bread off my Ditos and Titas.
09:27 My go-to is "Believe" by Cher.
09:29 Oh, fantastic. Yeah, thanks.
09:31 Something that may surprise our fans about us as individuals.
09:36 Listen, let me tell you about the dual lock.
09:39 [laughter]
09:42 I don't know.
09:43 I think what would be surprising is the amount of money
09:46 that Zach spends on actual dual lock.
09:49 And just in general...
09:52 [laughs]
09:53 ...waves of power tools.
09:58 I mean, I--
09:59 If it's got a battery and a motor, Zach wants it.
10:03 Yeah.
10:04 [laughs]
10:06 So I have a huge wood shop.
10:09 I don't know that that's surprising necessarily.
10:11 I feel like the mustache makes that not surprising,
10:14 but it's true.
10:15 Zach literally made the desk that he works at.
10:19 That's true.
10:20 I was homeschooled.
10:25 I don't really know what to say.
10:28 Dave's not really Asian.
10:30 [laughter]
10:33 But I am.
10:35 I have an extremely rigid face-moisturizing
10:40 and cleansing regimen.
10:44 And I'm not sure that people would assume that
10:46 by looking at me or by knowing me from the band.
10:52 I just learned that today.
10:54 And I don't use deodorant.
10:56 Controversial.
11:01 He doesn't smell bad.
11:02 Don't worry.
11:03 In the future...
11:05 How far in the future are we right now?
11:07 You said in the future.
11:09 I'll definitely get wrinkles.
11:14 Well, I feel--okay.
11:16 But okay, in all seriousness, more touring.
11:19 Yeah, yeah.
11:20 More music.
11:22 Yes.
11:23 You can have more of everything in life, too,
11:25 if you just join us.
11:26 Do you want your life--
11:28 To be better.
11:29 To be better.
11:30 Worse.
11:31 Stay the same.
11:32 Say yes.
11:33 Five, four, three, two, one.
11:35 Yes.
11:36 What's good self-love advice?
11:39 Earspots been working for me.
11:42 What?
11:43 Ask yourself for self-love.
11:46 I think love comes from peace.
11:51 Do you have self-peace?
11:53 And can you find self-peace?
11:56 I used to set the bar so high for us as a group,
12:00 and it came out of such insecurity,
12:03 and it's just like, "We're us."
12:05 So, like, why am I worried?
12:07 Like, the job is literally to be us
12:10 and make dope shit.
12:13 And if that doesn't do the job,
12:15 let me tell you about a 35-pound-rated dool lock.
12:21 Where you fail, inevitably,
12:24 the dool lock will succeed.
12:26 It will hold.
12:27 It'll hold.
12:28 Thank you so much.
12:30 For joining us here.
12:32 On our mind massage.
12:34 Go ahead and check out our...
12:37 Our self-titled album.
12:38 It's a new album.
12:39 It's called "Arizona."
12:40 Yeah.
12:41 'Cause our name is Arizona.
12:42 It's a self-titled album.
12:43 It's available now on every platform
12:45 in which you consume music.
12:48 That is true.
12:49 Yeah.
12:50 You can search "Arizona"
12:52 with spaces between the letters,
12:54 and not only will you get the name of our band,
12:58 but also the name of the album.
13:00 Because it's self-titled.
13:01 Yeah.
13:02 It's the same, same, but different.
13:03 Yeah.
13:04 Thank you.
13:05 Thank you so much.
13:06 I hope you like your space bar.
13:07 Thanks.
13:10 And if you break it, there's always...
13:12 Doolock.
13:14 Thanks, guys.
13:15 I had fun today.
13:16 Thank you.
13:17 Thank you.
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