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FILTER<\/h1>\nFILTER<\/h1>\nOn their latest, the unorthodox rockers welcome back the drum machines\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Throughout the last 20 years, Filter has covered a broad spectrum, from intense industrial rock to shiny pop. On their sixth full-length album, The Sun Comes Out Tonight<\/i>, they strike a balance between electronic and acoustic. Their loud\/quiet contrast, exemplified by 2002\u2019s hit single, \u201cTake a Picture,\u201d led a Warner Bros. exec to refer to the band as \u201cmusical schizophrenia.\u201d But frontman Richard Patrick considers this duality an important dynamic of\u00a0his musical expression.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know some really scummy people,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019ve taken advantage of me. They\u2019ve done some bad things to me. I\u2019ve got to write about that,\u201d he says of aggressive songs like lead single \u201cWhat Do You Say?\u201d \u201cAt the same time, when my 3-year-old attacks me with a lightsaber, I\u2019m going to play and have a good time,\u201d he continues. \u201cThat\u2019s what I wrote \u2018Surprise\u2019 about. I\u2019m certain even the most aggressive, mean heavy-metal guys on the planet are surprised by something joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Filter used a drum machine on their debut, Short Bus<\/i>, but has employed live drums on subsequent albums and on tour. \u201cIt was complete necessity in the beginning: \u2018Do you know any drummers?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018How do you record drums?\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t know,\u2019\u201d recalls Patrick. \u201cWe had this computer, and we were like, \u2018I think a drummer would do something like this here.\u2019 Complete Neanderthals hitting the keyboards and just trying to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
After watching Foo Fighter Dave Grohl\u2019s documentary Sound City<\/i>, Patrick decided to bring back the drum machine for The Sun Comes Out Tonight<\/i>. \u201cIt was a little off-putting, some of the things they were saying,\u201d he says of the film. \u201c\u2018It starts with the drums. It has to be miked, go through a Neve. And it\u2019s got to be this room.\u2019 Dude, you\u2019re just saying your way is the only<\/i> way it could be done. So right at the end of the recording of it, we were like, \u2018Let\u2019s leave the drum machine and not have drums, not have a drummer period\u2014just go ahead and have the computer in the middle of this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The album was also impacted by recent lineup changes. Filter has featured a rotating backing band since the departure of founding member Brian Liesegang, but Patrick found a songwriting partner in replacement touring guitarist Jonny Radtke. \u201cHe\u2019s the guitar player I\u2019ve been looking for my whole life,\u201d says Patrick. \u201cBecause he listened to Filter when he was growing up, he understood that there has to be some guitar riffs. He\u2019s a huge addition to this whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Amanda Farah<\/p>\n
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