{"id":1254533,"date":"2025-03-28T20:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/?p=1254533"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:56:57","slug":"interview-beach-weathers-sean-silverman-talks-sound-band-identity-their-latest-album-melt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/interview-beach-weathers-sean-silverman-talks-sound-band-identity-their-latest-album-melt\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Beach Weather\u2019s Sean Silverman Talks Sound, Band Identity, & Their Latest Album, \u2018Melt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following the release of Beach Weather\u2019s sophomore album \u2018Melt,\u2019 lead guitarist Sean Silverman explores Arizona, his band\u2019s newfound sound, and the dynamics of post-pandemic creation.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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I<\/span>t\u2019s been an unexpected couple of years for pop rock band Beach Weather.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

From taking a short-lived hiatus in 2017 to returning with a new band dynamic in a post-Covid world in 2022, time has delved them with a reignited musical spark that has pushed their need to create through a pandemic and an exploration of their separate and interconnected identities. Whether individually or as a collective, Beach Weather has found themselves savoring presence as their utmost approach to musical creation. It\u2019s this desire to be present that has led to their latest piece of work and upcoming deluxe, Melt <\/em>\u2013 a sophomore album searing with a rehabilitated identity rooted in one band\u2019s desert beginnings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we expected to have an album out so soon after the little one previous to it,\u201d band guitarist Sean Silverman shared. We were discussing the band\u2019s latest work and their decision to release a new album immediately following their EP, Pineapple Sunrise<\/em>. \u201cIt was just, \u2018When can we all be in a space together?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Silverman\u2019s mantle has grown since the conception of Beach Weather, serving as the lead guitarist, writer, and producer for the musical trio. We phoned into a Zoom call \u2013 the two of us in Los Angeles, myself at home, and him preparing for an upcoming festival performance at M3F Fest in Arizona. This follows a small show run the band had at the end of 2024 following the release of Melt<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something melancholic about Beach Weather starting the new year with a show in Arizona \u2013 a place that bore their beginnings, and now their present-day; Melt<\/em> itself was imagined, crafted, and delivered in the heart of the Arizona desert. One can even call it full circle; a rounded, emotional journey that lends a hand to the very stories Melt<\/em> tells.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe always meet in Phoenix. We were 17, 18, 19 meeting each other for the first time and now 10 years later we\u2019ve evolved into this band,\u201d Silverman explains with a chuckle.<\/p>\n

However, he notes that even going back to what\u2019s known can present problems. \u201cThere are challenging aspects to recording in a city that isn\u2019t known for recorded music, but it\u2019s like the perfect recipe to create conflict in a healthy way. It\u2019s almost like when you have too many resources, it creates too many possibilities. Something about the restriction creates this interesting tension in us that propels things to be finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recently, Beach Weather\u2019s song \u201cSex, Drugs, Etc.\u201d became a member of Spotify\u2019s Billions Club \u2013 a feat honoring songs that have surpassed a billion streams on the platform and one the band doesn\u2019t hold lightly. The song\u2019s heavy bass line and the echoing voice of lead singer Nick Santino, layered with intoxicating low-tempo drums became the perfect earworm for anyone listening to music in 2023, whether through TikTok or not.<\/p>\n

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Beach Weather\u2019s latest album takes a new approach to sound, coveting a more rock-centric tone \u2013 musically psychedelic and lyrically reflective.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Take \u201cHardcore Romance\u201d for example, a recent release from their deluxe album featuring alternative-indie artist Ari Abdul. The song is electrically hypnotizing with its bouncing drum beat and Ari\u2019s lustfully whispered notes, so much so it goes beyond sounds they\u2019ve been known to create. There\u2019s a built-up energy in the featured single that grows like power surging through a current until it explodes by the final chorus end \u2013 a testament to them coming to terms with their sound. Now, as they prepare for an upcoming tour circuit with Pierce The Veil and a deluxe coming May 30th, Melt <\/em>feels more authentic to who the band is: Dreamers with a keenness to understanding the human condition.<\/p>\n

From discussing the complexities of relationships and personal growth to TikTok\u2019s impact on artists, identity and sound are no longer a question for Beach Weather. Rather, they\u2019ve concluded the two are entirely dependent on each other. There\u2019s a quote by Dolly Parton that reads, \u201cFind out who you are and do it on purpose.\u201d That is exactly what Beach Weather set out to discover in the years since their hiatus. Music was their purpose, a surging light within them that shows itself in the studio or on stage \u2013 and that flicker of finding their voice has grown into a flame.<\/p>\n

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Stream: \u2018Melt\u2019 \u2013 Beach Weather<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/p>\n

A CONVERSATION WITH BEACH WEATHER<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Atwood Magazine: You recently released your sophomore album, <\/strong>Melt<\/em><\/strong>, in October of last year. How has that rollout been for you guys? What have been some of the highs and lows of this new musical era?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: It\u2019s been interesting because I don\u2019t think we expected to have an album out so soon after the little one previous to it. We also did not expect to tour as much as we did the year prior. It was all about when we could be in a space together. I hated creating through FaceTime quarantine but we just had this unique pocket where we could actually make the record.Then that excitement bled into trying to fast forward on things a bit more than I think we would have done normally. So I think that was like a learning curve in itself. The nice part is that it felt exciting for our fans who have really grabbed onto it because I think a lot of fans found us in the last two or so years; and so it felt immediate to them, whereas, some of our fans that maybe had never gotten a chance to see us were wanting us to play a lot of the older songs. It\u2019s kind of like a new challenge, satisfying all these wonderful people we\u2019ve met along the way but then shifting gears into this new era which is a bit darker and a little less sunny than it\u2019s been in the past.<\/p>\n

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The band created the last album over Zoom. How has that process differed from the process for your latest album, <\/strong>Melt<\/em><\/strong>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: It wasn\u2019t awful. It was just, especially like for Nick and I, so much of it is body language and so much of it is context and intention. I think nuance, intention, and subtlety is very hard to convey over this medium, or at least for now until we have chips in our brains and then we just blink. [laughs<\/em>]\n<\/p>\n

It just felt a little impersonal. We just wanted a connection. But this new record has some deeper themes that we couldn\u2019t explore last time and that\u2019s what I think felt compelling about working on it and getting it out so quickly.<\/p>\n

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You brought up that this album goes down a new route for the band. It\u2019s a bit darker than what you have previously done. How would you describe this next era for the band? Were there any inspirations going into this album?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For starters, we wanted it to feel guitar driven because I think we are a band that is<\/em> guitar driven at heart. We haven\u2019t had the opportunity to kind of express that completely and so that was a big goal. We wanted to be intentional with the sonics of the record; to be a bit different than what we\u2019ve done in the past and with heavier influences. I also feel like the groupthink of our influences has always kind of lived in the same world. The thing we were leaning closer towards was a lot of older records.<\/p>\n

But we\u2019re also all different. Nick leans more into Tom Petty, The Beatles, Rolling Stones \u2013 a timeless classic song in structure. I kind of like some progressive, heavier stuff, and so there\u2019s some influence there. But I also find that when you listen to too much when you\u2019re going into making a record it\u2019s easy for it to bleed into too much of what you\u2019re creating. So it\u2019s good to live in the bubble of the concept of the record rather than, \u201cOh, we\u2019re listening to this record or that record.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Have there been any moments as a collective that you think have defined this journey into music \u2013 creating records or just being on stage? Have there been any moments where you guys have collectively felt like \u201cThis is one of those moments that’s going to change our perception of the band.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: There\u2019s like two moments in particular that solidify it for me personally. My perspective is a little different because the band as it exists in its current form has really been around for the last two to three years, and then there\u2019s different iterations of the band. So at least in my direct band experience, the moment was when we played this festival in San Francisco called BottleRock. It was early on in our festival career and that show just felt like magic. The thing about touring and playing festivals is like 80% of them feel a little whatever and then those 20% are what you live off of. That show felt like that 20% zone. We all looked at each other and we were like, \u201cThis feels surreal; out of body.\u201d<\/p>\n

When you have that collective out of body experience, it really sticks. I can close my eyes and picture that show. I can picture how nervous we were. That\u2019s the thing, we as a group still get very nervous about playing a lot of these shows and opportunities. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to say that we don\u2019t feel deserving of it, but I do think we always feel like we\u2019re on borrowed time. Every time we get on stage, I can\u2019t believe that people are giving a shit. I just can\u2019t believe it because you spend so much of your time ignoring that component and hoping that happens, but then seeing it, it feels fake, even though it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

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As I\u2019ve mentioned, this album is very different from your previous album <\/strong>Pineapple Sunrise<\/em><\/strong>, and what I want to zone in on are the opening tracks. In the track \u201cPineapple Sunrise,\u201d it\u2019s beachy, it’s euphoric, there’s this focus on a kind of laid-back melancholy. Differs drastically with <\/strong>Melt<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s opening track. What made you choose \u201cDesert Disco\u201d as the opening track?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: \u201cDesert Disco\u201d was a voice note that we made. Halfway through the record, we went to Boston together and we were working on what\u2019s now some new music that\u2019s going to come out soon. We kept struggling with this idea. We had Melt<\/em> very early as the concept, but we were like, \u201cWell, where does this world begin and end?\u201d We made the record in the desert in Arizona. Arizona\u2019s got this weird hold on us, for a lot of reasons, both good and bad. I think that the difference is that [Pineapple Sunrise<\/em>] was melancholic and bright but this needed to feel ominous.<\/p>\n

So that concept of \u201cDesert Disco\u201d was recorded and we stuck it on cassette. It lived on Nick\u2019s cassette player for six months. Then we went to film the music video for \u201cHigh and Low Places,\u201d and while we were there, these insane coyotes were howling while we were working on the music video. We were instantly like, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be cool if the record starts with a bunch of coyotes howling at the moon?\u201d So we recorded them and shot the music video, and then that\u2019s when [the album] mushed all together. There\u2019s a story here. There\u2019s a through line here. It keeps pulling on us. We just needed it to tether to an actual thought and \u201cDesert Disco\u201d was that.<\/p>\n

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The band went on a brief hiatus in 2019 before making a comeback in 2022. A part of these small breaks bears rediscovery \u2013 rediscovering yourself and your sound. How has that break impacted your approach to music and understanding yourself, and do you find yourselves striving for new challenges?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: A big part of it was there was some major growth that needed to happen. It just became a burden to make the art the way we wanted to do it how we had always done it. It became too commerce driven, and the lack of personality created this sense of, \u201cHow do we keep sustaining and making the art the way we want to do it without rules?\u201d The minute it felt like there were rules involved, we didn\u2019t feel inspired to create in the way that we wanted to. We were really conscious of that. Once everyone was able to reflect and live their lives for a little bit, there was more to say. I feel like when bands tour a lot, they come back and they\u2019re like, I don\u2019t even know what I want to write about. I truly believe bands are some of the last real dreamers, so I don\u2019t ever want to lose that quality about what we do.<\/p>\n

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Your song \u201cSex, Drugs, Etc.\u201d just made it into Spotify\u2019s Billions Club. How did that feel? Surreal? Exciting?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Weather<\/strong>: Quantifiable music is a really weird thing for me because all it does is say that there are people that connect with the music on a level that I didn\u2019t even understand. That\u2019s where it feels really special. The accomplishment is what feels redeeming because it doesn\u2019t feel like validation but that we were getting to a truth within us that connected with people. That is what is so rare and that is what felt really meaningful when [\u201cSex, Drugs, Etc.\u201d] made it into the club.<\/p>\n

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TikTok had a lot to do with the band\u2019s introduction to newer audiences. How would you say TikTok has reshaped your approach to music and the music industry in its entirety?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Beach Weather<\/strong>: It\u2019s such an interesting question in the sense that there\u2019s a misconception about where the appeal comes from on TikTok. There\u2019s a counterculture to the idea of why people gravitate towards music on the platform, but what I think is great about TikTok is that it\u2019s highlighting things for new audiences. People who go, \u201cI\u2019m going to throw a sound into my video\u201d and then choose a specific song \u2013 that\u2019s the magic. Songs have to strike a chord with people. It\u2019s getting people to remember that it\u2019s not just about a sound, but about picking a good song.<\/p>\n

I think if we had made the song we made and then had no other music to back it up, we would have fallen off. But we\u2019ve sustained because we just kept making music that we were going to make regardless if TikTok existed, and that song was made regardless if TikTok existed. We haven\u2019t changed our approach. So that discovery is what\u2019s exciting to me because records don\u2019t have to sound perfect, they just have to sound compelling.<\/p>\n

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