MIKE CHERRY:
HER SOUND HAS
DRAWN
COMPARISONS
TO ADELE, BUT
NOW SHE CALLS
HAWAII HER
HOME. LET'S
BRING IN ERIN
SMITH WHOSE
DEBUT ALBUM
"AMERICAN BOY"
JUST DROPPED.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS
MORNING. ERIN
SMITH: THANK
YOU FOR HAVING
US, MIKE. MIKE:
WHY DON'T YOU
TELL US -- FIRST
OF ALL,
INTRODUCE US
TO YOUR BAND
MATES. ERIN:YES,
PLEASE. WE'VE
GOT ON GUITAR,
ON KEYS AND
BACKING
VOCALS, BACK
THERE ON THE
DRUMS, ON
BASS. MIKE:
VERY COOL.
ERIN: THEY'RE
FANTASTIC, I'M
LUCKY TO HAVE
THEM. MIKE: AND
HOW DID ALL OF
YOU GUYS GET
TOGETHER. ERIN:
THAT'S A LONG
STORY. WE KIND
OF MET
THROUGH
MUTUAL FRIENDS
AND WE FORMED
A BAND AND
CHANGED SOME
MMEBERS
AROUND AND WE
FOUND A UNIT
THAT REALLY
GELLED WELL
AND THAT'S HOW
WE GOT HERE.
MIKE: AND OF
COURSE THAT'S
VERY
IMPORTANT. AND
FOR YOURSELF,
YOU'RE
ORIGINALLY
FROM CANADA,
HOW DID YOU
END UP ALL THE
WAY OUT HERE
IN HAWAII. ERIN:
WELL, IT'S COOL
UP THERE. I
MOVED TO MAUI,
MY SISTER WAS
LIVING ON MAUI,
AND I WAS ON
MAUI FOR ABOUT
8 YEARS IN A
BAND CALLED
THE
THROWDOWNS,
THEN I MOVED
TO OAHU AND
STARTED
WRITING FOR
PULSE AND
FORMED THIS
BAND AND NOW
WE'RE JUST
ABOUT TO
LAUNCH THE
PROJECT. MIKE: I
WAS GOING TO
SAY IT'S ALWAYS
EXCITING WHEN
A NEW ALBUM
DROPS I IMAGINE
THAT THIS IS A
LOT IN THE
MAKING. WHERE
DID THE
INSPIRATIONS
COME FROM?
WHAT
COMPELLED YOU
TO PUT THIS
TOGETHER?
ERIN: OH, WELL,
INSPIRATION
COMES FROM ALL
OVER THE
PLACE, BUT YOU
KNOW, I WRITE A
LOT OF INDIE
ROCK, KIND OF
DARKER TUNES
WITH SOME FUN
BOUNCE TO
THEM, IT'S NOT
EXACTLY
TYPICAL HAWAII
STUFF, BUT IT'S
HAWAII-INFUSED
INDIE ROCK, AND
THAT'S KIND OF
WHERE WE FIND
OURSELVES.
MIKE: NOW YOU
HAVE A BIG
LAUNCH PARTY
COMING UP. GIVE
ME THE DETAILS
ABOUT THAT.
ERIN: IT IS ON
JUNE 11 AT THE
REPUBLIK AND
IT'S ALL AGES
AND IT'S EARLY,
IT'S 6 TO 9:30. SO
THE KIDS CAN
COME, KEIKI CAN
COME. WE'VE
GOT A FEW
BANDS OPENING
FOR US THAT
ARE FRIENDS,
WE'VE GOT
RANDOM
WEIRDOS,
CRIMSON APPLE,
HUMAN LION,
AND THEN OUR
BAND. LOTS OF
REALLY GOOD
ROCK, INDIE
ROCK FROM
HAWAII, AND IT'S
GOING TO BE
GREAT, SO
HOPEFULLY
EVERYBODY
COMES AND
SEES US MIKE:
ERIN, WHY DON'T
YOU INTRODUCE
US TO WHAT
SONG YOU'RE
GOING TO PLAY
AND THEN GO
AHEAD AND TAKE
IT AWAY. ERIN:
THANKS SO
MUCH, MIKE,
WE'RE GOING TO
PLAY A SONG
CALLED "LOVE
LONG DISTANCE."
IT'S THE FIRST
SINGLE FROM
AMERICAN BOY.
AT MY HOUSE,
YOU'RE COMING
'ROUND THE
BACK DOOR AT
YOUR HOTEL,
WE'RE HANGING
IN MY CAR OH
WHY DO WE DO
IT THIS WAY?
GOT CAUGHT UP
IN ALL THIS
COMPLICATION
NO TIME FOR
THIS SITUATION
SO WHY DO WE
DO IT THIS WAY?
LOOK ME IN THE
EYE AND TELL ME
THAT YOU'RE
NOT FALLING
WHEN YOU CALL
MY NAME YOU
KNOW THAT I AM
ALL IN ALL THIS
DISTANCE ALL
THIS TIME AWAY
LA LA LA LA LOVE
FAR AWAY I
KNOW WE'LL BE
BACK TOGETHER
ONE DAY I CAN
FEEL YOUR HEAT
ACROSS THE
NATION BABY
THIS IS NOT JUST
INFATUATION LA
LA LA LA LOVE
FAR AWAY I
KNOW WE'LL BE
BACK TOGETHER
ONE DAY BABY
WE CAN'T TRY TO
RESIST THIS
BABY BOY I'M
INVOLVED WITH A
LOVE LONG
DISTANCE
WHOA-EE-OH-
EE-OH-EE-OH SO
PICK ME UP, AND
PUT ME ON THE
TABLE I AM
YOURS, I'M
WILLING AND I'M
ABLE WHY DO
WE DO IT THIS
WAY? NOT
EXACTLY YOUR
GIRL NOT
EXACTLY NOT SO
I GUESS WE'D
BETTER STRIKE
WHILE THE IRON
IS HOT WHY DO
WE DO IT THIS
WAY? LOOK ME IN