We saw hopesfall play as a local band and came home and wrote the riff of “Walls” that night. A direct influence. Not from a certain riff or the record but from what they were making happen on the stage as a local band — that feeling, chasing that feeling, was the riff of “Walls.”
Matt Carter
Emery Guitarist from The BlackSheep Podcast
Emery’s “Walls” is an all-timer. It would make perfect sense that the band behind that band is another all-timer.
The quote comes at the 1:10:20 mark.
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