Daily Reggae Artist Profile: TreeHouse! is pushing ‘the envelope of reggae fusion’
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Daily Reggae interviewed TreeHouse! frontman Jeremy Anderson (aka Positive J) to hear about the band’s new singles, collaborations and live shows. The Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-based band is releasing some amazing reggae rock with new tunes on the way!
Tell us about the new music you're creating! We love TreeHouse!'s sound! What is currently influencing your music?
Thank you so much! The new music is an expression of the expanded range we’re endeavoring to approach in our production. I’ve always wanted to push the envelope of reggae fusion, and the whole next batch of music we’re working on is a great example of this attempt, as the world shall see in the coming months. My ultimate concept, with the blessing of time, is to create 3 distinct products: a modern radio-banger EP; a progressive roots album; and a mixtape of beats, riffs, and lyrical ideas with features and collabs across the board, like a musical collage.
We released our latest album “Full Immersion” in 2020, and I hadn’t seen the inside of a studio in years by then (tracking, mixing, mastering, and marketing from start to finish can be an extended process, especially on an independent DIY kind of budget). In 2021, our new bassist, Shane Violette joined the team as he moved from Boston down to Myrtle Beach and relocated his recording studio, Loud House Audio, down to my neck of the woods. So here I’ve been the past several months back in the studio with hundreds of song ideas from over the years. So I’ve got plenty of inspiration to draw from my own back pocket. Our next single, “Preach” dropped August 28th and it’s leaning much more on the rock side than the reggae side this time around.
The groups that are currently lighting a fire of musical inspiration for me with their own productions are Wookiefoot, Indubious, The Elovaters, and Dirty Heads. Many many more in the scene deserve shout outs, this is a holistic community.
As a band, how do you split up your time playing live shows and creating new music?
TreeHouse! spent the first many years playing shows much more than recording. Starting as a 3-piece from Myrtle Beach, land of the 4 hour cover band gigs. We were playing shows for years before the studio, and many of our original songs were formed organically by jamming them live on stage into a life of their own. Now, I have intentionally endeavored to flip the ratio and focus more on developing a full new catalog of music to tour with. So now, I draw from my own notes and start a scratch track in the studio, then the band touches on it more and more in rehearsals until the next show range, when we slowly trickle in the new song and potentially cut an older song. Remember, the “best” groups don’t arise only from having the best songs, but from being the most prolific, i.e. writing the most songs.
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“Preach” by TreeHouse! is the Daily Reggae Song of the Day.
