That probably wouldnt have happened, at least at this level, otherwise.
I was like, Hum the first melody that comes to your mind when I play this.
I fought and fought and fought [for that] and I ultimately won.
Credit: Michael Muller
And it turned out alright for us.
And I got in that mindset of what this is going to be like.
Im going to be away from my family for the first time and Im not working a job anymore.
I played it in front of him with my guitar and he pretty much signed me on the spot.
I didnt work with those guys.
Its so not with the rest of the record.
I was really being a bull about it.
I remember being told, This was the song that they wrote for you had you won the show.
And I was like, Well now I definitely dont want to do it!
And it became one of our bigger songs.
I still dont know what it means.
Not a lot of work for me.
There was pressure becauseDaughtrysold 5 million.
I flew to Vancouver and worked with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
We had toured together at that point, so we were already close.
He had had this song started that he was working on in the past for another artist.
We jammed out for a while and wrote and finished that song and went and tracked it.
Then the label pretty much greenlit the record.
And Im like, Ah, thats cheesy.
I had just gotten back from seeingMan of Steelat the premiere and I was all jacked up on that.
It was cool because it got to show a little humor in a pretty serious tune.
Torches was an instant favorite at the label.
You look off his balcony and you see the ocean and the mountains and its gorgeous.
It got me thinking about how fire spreads.
We were talking about all the bulls on the Internet and how people just hate on stuff.
We were saying, What if we used that energy to spread positivity?
Would it spread as fast as the hate does?
I think its a message that we all need to hear.
None of us are impervious to being negative.
Its easier to complain about whats wrong than it is to talk about whats going right.
Who cares if it goes to radio, this is for the fans.
Its about letting loose and not really giving a crap.
Just… get your freak on.
Its got kind of an indie, heavy alternative vibe.
Its definitely heavy, but its got this danceability to it.
Almost a little bit of Garbage in there the band, not the trash.
