In a brand new interview with the BREWtally Talking podcast, ATREYU vocalist Brandon Saller mentioned his resolution to maneuver to Tennessee in 2023 along with his spouse and two daughters after dwelling in California his complete life. Requested the way it has been for him and his household “to get acclimated to a totally completely different surroundings and climate and all the pieces”, Brandon mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It has been fucking superior. Though I have been right here 1,000,000 occasions all through my life, it is nonetheless completely different dwelling right here. However for almost all of my expertise, I might say the overwhelming majority, individuals listed here are so good. Individuals are cool as fuck. You might have all the pieces that you really want. The one factor that Tennessee doesn’t have, which I’ve not discovered but, which is a bit disheartening, however I am going to reside, is sweet Mexican meals and good sushi, However I additionally journey sufficient the place I can get my repair, so it is gonna be okay. It is in all probability higher off that there is not good Mexican meals, ‘trigger then I simply do not eat it. However apart from that, it has been superior. There’s so many mates right here that we already knew that lived right here after which we have made so many good mates already that it is like a loopy good clique. The tradition right here is just a bit bit extra — individuals simply appear to journey or die for you.”
He continued: “I feel rising up you undergo a variety of phases of various buddy teams, and you’ve got some buddy teams which can be simply form of fleeting and, like, ‘Yeah, we dangle and it is cool, no matter,’ however then you have got some which can be, like, ‘Oh, these individuals would take a knife for you.’ And we’re fortunate sufficient to have a few these buddy teams in our life, however I really feel like that is what we have come into since shifting right here. So it feels good, man. It has been superior. And the climate is nice. I like seasons. California is gorgeous and I am going to find it irresistible eternally, however you have got spring after which it rains generally, which is dope. However right here, you have got fucking seasons, and there is fall and there is winter and it is scorching as fuck in the summertime, however you form of like study to like ’em all.”
Addressing the challenges of shifting to a unique a part of the nation in his early 40s, Saller mentioned: “I feel that is what retains life fucking thrilling, man. To not say that I’ve performed {that a} bunch, however I feel the scary shit is all the time what seems to be probably the most cool shit. Something in my life that I’ve ever been fairly nervous to do or fairly scared to do and I simply soar off the rattling cliff often finally ends up being the most effective issues that I’ve ever performed. Whether or not it is career-wise or musically or no matter, these form of dangers put you in a little bit of an thrilling headspace the place I feel at the least I often find yourself thriving. However I really like that shit.
“I lived in the identical home in Huntington Seashore for 17 years, and I lived in California my complete life,” he defined. “And I used to be simply, like, ‘Ought to we transfer to Nashville? Fuck it.’ My youngsters had been younger sufficient to the place they’d solely been in class for a yr — my oldest had solely been in class for a yr; my youngest hadn’t even began faculty but. So, so far as mates, they did not have tons of mates. However now, we transfer and there is seven ladies on my avenue which can be simply at my door desirous to celebration on a regular basis. So, it is a type of issues the place now they’re making mates or doing it in a extra essential section now — for them, at the least.
“I feel if individuals get an itch and other people have some type of inkling of a necessity for change, that is the universe telling you one thing that you simply in all probability ought to hearken to,” Brandon added.
A state with near 40 million individuals, California stays by far probably the most populous state. One in eight People lives in California, which is the fifth-largest financial system on earth, behind solely 4 nationwide economies: United States, China, Germany and Japan.
Though California has misplaced some residents, others have stepped in to take their place.
An estimate launched in December 2023 by the U.S. Census Bureau mentioned California’s inhabitants fell by 75,000 residents in 2023 to about 38,965,000 individuals.
In April 2024, the state Division Of Finance estimated that California gained simply over 67,000 individuals final yr, the primary enhance since 2019.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s estimate was for July 1, 2023, whereas the California Division Of Finance’s estimate was for January 1, 2024.
Final December, ATREYU bassist Marc “Porter” McKnight spoke to the “BREWtally Talking” podcast about his resolution to maneuver from Alabama, the place he was born and raised, to a small city in Germany, the place his spouse’s household resides.
ATREYU not too long ago launched “The Pronoia Periods”, a set of eight reimagined biggest hits and two nostalgic tribute covers. The digital launch was made out there on October 25 whereas vinyl and CDs hit streets on November 8.
On October 18, ATREYU celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its sophomore album, “The Curse”, by performing the gold-certified LP in its entirety on the Home Of Blues in Anaheim, California.
