For the band’s new full-length Good Views, Bad News, the band entered the famed studio
Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, to record with Descendents drummer and production
guru Bill Stevenson, an experience that had a strong result on the end product.
“Recording there was the perfect match for us, not only musically but because personality wise
everyone there was really honest and had so much positive input that helped make
these songs better,” Vaughn explains. "Bill is seriously like no one we've ever worked with,”
he continues. “He gets way into the songs. Every detail is accounted for and we're a better
band having worked with him."
That positive energy is evident in the end result of Good Views, Bad News, an album that
transcends punk’s regimented subgenres in an effortlessly organic way. From upbeat pop punk
anthems like “Midnight Hour” to melodic masterpieces like “The Sundowners” and
remarkably mature-sounding ballads such as “At The End,” Good Views, Bad News showcases
many musical sides of this immensely collaborative trio. “The first couple of tours we
did were with hardcore bands, but we’ve also toured with pop acts,” Vaughn explains,
adding that the band share a musical affinity with Chicago punk acts like the Lawrence
Arms and Smoking Popes. “I think Broadway Calls definitely straddle a lot of lines and
that’s something that’s really important to us.”
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