[Janessa] So, what's so fun?
[Janessa] My name is Janessa Slater and I'm a media coach
[Janessa] who's helped hundreds of bands. This is Sound Advice.
[Janessa] So, you guys have kind of a hipster vibe.
[Janessa] If I was walking down the street.
[Janessa] Let's say in Williamsburg.
How would I be able to
[Janessa] distinguish you from every other hobo?
[Andrew] You know us. Like we're having this conversation
[Andrew] right now. [Janessa] Conversation?
[Janessa] More like intervention.
I do jokes sometimes.
[Jack] That's funny. [laughs] I do jokes.
[Jack] Want to hear a joke?
[Janessa] I don't want to hear your joke. Thank you.
[Janessa] Ok, so you guys have a hit song.
[Janessa] And it's called "We are Young"
[Janessa] Young compared to who? Mini Driver?
[Nate] I actually don't think Mini Driver is that old.
[Janessa] Can we get an age check on Mini Driver?
[Janessa] Ok so, Jack I read somewhere that you're
[Janessa] dating a girl. [Jack] Um hmm
[Janessa] Does that mean you're not gay?
[Jack] I date Lena Who makes the show girls.
[Janessa] You didn't write the line about the guy
[Janessa] carrying you home?
[Jack] No one did. There's no line
[Jack] about carrying anybody home. The line is I'll
[Jack] carry you home. [Janessa] What if they don't
[Janessa] want to be carried home?
[Nate] Nobody's threatening to carry anyone home.
[Nate] It's a gender-less offer. A gender-less gesture.
[Janessa] I'll carry you home if that seems like it's
[Janessa] something you'd be comfortable with tonight.
[Nate] We'll just give the Grammy
back, while we're at it, OK?
[Jack] Can you fit that it? [Andrew]
That's not a bad idea. Yeah.
[Janessa] You guys were all in other bands before...
[Janessa] making FUN. Can you tell me the names of
[Janessa] some of those bands? [Nate] I was in a band called
[Nate] the format. [Jack] Mine was Steel Train.
[Andrew] Mine was Anathallo.
[Nate] What's she doing? [Jack] A bit she pretends sleep.
[Janessa] I'm sorry. I was just so bored.
[Nate] Were you pretending to sleep?
[Nate] You asked us the question, by the way.
[Janessa] Sometimes I fall asleep to prove a point.
[Jack] What's the point? [Janessa] Let's talk about
[Janessa] your names for a second.
[Janessa] Andrew, Nate, and Jack.
[Jack] Um hmm. [Janessa] My preschool called
[Janessa] and they want all their kid's names back.
[Janessa] You know what I mean?
[Nate] No. [Jack] I mean like yes but no.
[Janessa] I guess I'm wondering and this is my job.
[Janessa] If you guys had ever thought about, maybe
[Janessa] changing your individual names so they're
[Janessa] a little bit more I don't know, mature?
[Janessa] Hey Jack? [Jack] Yeah.
[Jack] Sorry. [Janessa] My name, for example
[Janessa] is Janessa. [Jack] And that's
[Jack] like in your opinion [Janessa] Sophisticated.
[Jack says sarcastically] Sophisticated, huh?
[Janessa] Uh huh. [Andrew] Seems like you just
[Andrew] changed 1 letter of a real name.
[Janessa] I don't know why you would think that.
[Janessa] I'm gonna read the lyrics to one of your songs.
[Janessa] "Some Nights" and then I'm gonna give some feedback.
[Janessa] Ok? "So this is it. I sold my soul for this"
[Janessa] "Washed my hands of that for this"
[Janessa] "I miss my mom and dad for this"
[Janessa] Guys... That's way too many pronouns.
[Janessa] Ok? I listened to that and I have
[Janessa] no idea what the [beep] you're talking about.
[Janessa] All right? Also...
[Janessa] Dr. Seuss called and he
wants him most boring book back.
[Jack] It's like your 3rd so and so called joke.
[Janessa] What were you saying Andrew?
[Andrew] I'm wishing that we used some pronouns to connect
[Andrew] with people, it's like a little more universal
[Andrew] to use some ambiguous pronouns sometimes.
[Janessa] Maybe I'll try that on my distant father.
[Janessa] Hey dad. Us. Them. It. There. We.
[Jack] That would be the opposite You're talking to
[Jack] one person so you would want to connect directly.
[Jack] Andrew was saying when you talk to a lot of people
[Jack] like an audience. It's good to be broad.
[Jack] So you might be missing [Janessa] Guys, all I want to do
[Janessa] is help you, OK? But if you don't listen to me
[Janessa] instead of being FUN period I worry that you might be
[Janessa] done period.
[Janessa] Done period. [Janessa laughs]
[Janessa] You guys, that's... Andrew?
[Jack] It's your best [Andrew] Oh yeah, a little bit.
[Janessa] Andrew? He's my guy.
[Janessa] So, your new album is called "Word of Mouth"
[Janessa] which is very funny because I can't understand a
[Janessa] word out of any of your mouths.
[band member] Girls kind of dig our accents 'cause
[band member] we're from Britain.
[Janessa does a bad and unintelligible English accent]