>> James: OUR NEXT GUESTS ARE A MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING INDIE POP
TRIO HAILING FROM NEW YORK CITY.
THEIR NEW ALBUM, "OK ORCHESTRA," IS OUT MARCH 26.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM WITH US.
PLEASE WELCOME ADAM, JACK, AND RYAN OF AJR!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FELLAS.
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.
NOW TODAY IS INAUGURATION DAY.
AND YOU PERFORMED AT THE THE WE THE PEOPLE PREINAUGURATION
CONCERT ON SUNDAY.
ADAM, WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTING A CALL THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD
LIKE YOU TO PERFORM?
IT.
>> IT WAS INSANE, TO EVEN PLAY A TINY PART OF THIS HISTORIC
MOMENT, BIDEN INVITED US FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS VICE
PRESIDENT TO PLAY, AND MUSIC PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ST GREAT TO SEE IT WILL BE SO
PORNTD TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS.
>> James: I KNOW YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON TOUR BUT
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC EVERYTHING CHANGED AND YOU
PIVOTED TO, I THINK YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST, THE SORT OF
DRIVE-IN STYLE CONCERTS.
DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT THIS YEAR?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AREA WE WERE SCRAMBLING.
WHAT IS THE BEST WE CAN DO TO SORT OF MAKE UP FOR LIVE SHOWS.
WE DID THE DRIVEIN SHOW, AND VIRTUAL SHOWS TOO.
I THINK WE REALIZED SOMETHING, WHICH IS IT GIVES FANS THAT
WOULDN'T EVER GET TO GO TO A REGULAR SHOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LIVE CLOSE TO THE BIG VENUE OR BIG CITY A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY BE
THERE WITH OTHER FANS WATCHING THE SHOW.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF BEFORE THIS YEAR
STARTED SO I THINK WE WILL TAKE THAT AND DEFINITELY TRN AND GIVE
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE A SHOW AND EXPERIENCE A
SHOW, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
>> THAT'S GREAT AND CONGRATS ON SORT OF BEING SO AHEAD OF THE
CURVE ON THAT SORT OF THING.
NOW YOUR NEW ALBUM IS OUT IN MARCH.
IT'S CALLED OKAY ORCHESTRA WHICH I LOVE AS A.
>> I GOT TO BREAK IT TO YOU, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, ST NOT
A VINYL.
IT IS JUST A PIECE OF CARDBOARD.
>> I WISH I HAD THE FIRST VINYL, I REALLY DO.
BUT I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHY WE DO THIS, ROB.
WHY DO WE, WHY DO WE DO THIS?
EVERY SHOW, I THINK WHAT WHY AM I STANDING HERE WITH A PIECE OF
CARDBOARD OF AN ALBUM COVER.
>> WE JUST MAKE IT BETTER.
IT'S GOOD, THIS' WHY WE ARE HERE, WE ARE FIXING THINGS.
>> James: EXPLAIN IT TO ME, ROB.
>> IT LOOKS GREAT ON AIR, BECAUSE ALBUMS ARE TOO SHINNEE,
USUALLY.
>> WHAT IS HE GOING TO HOLD, A CD.
>> James: I SAID TO ROB THAT WE SHOULD HOLD THIS BUT IT
SHOULD BE LIKE A STAMP WHICH IS BASICALLY HOW MOST PEOPLE WILL
SEE IT ON THEIR PHONES OR SPOTIFY.
AND I SHOULD HOLD IT LIKE THAT, NOW HERE IS YOUR ALBUM.
>> PLEASE LET'S DO THAT.
>> James: I HAVE BEEN PITCHING THIS FOR TWO YEARS, REG, ALL FOR
NOTHING.
>> BECAUSE THIS LOOKS GREAT.
YOU ARE DOING GREAT.
>> James: IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT.
>> GRAB A BREW.
>> James: IT LOOKS REALLY GREAD, ADAM IS LIKE OH MY GOD,
YOU HAVE THE VINYL AND HAVE I TO BREAK IT, NO, IT EVEN HAS AN
ARROW SO I HOLD IT THE RIGHT WAY UP LIKE I SHOW NOT REALIZE THAT
OKAY ORCHESTRA SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY.
>> YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE-- TEN TIMES.
>> James: NOT WHEN I HAS GOT WORDS ON IT, ROB.
NOT WHEN IT'S GOT WORDS ON IT, I HAVEN'T.
>> FAIR.
>> James: I LOVE IT, AND I WILL SAY IT IS A BRILLIANT ALBUM
COVER.
AND I LOVE-- LISTEN, I LOVE OKAY COMPUTER, I THINK I WILL LOVE
OKAY ORCHESTRA, I REALLY DO.
RYAN, TELL US ALL ABOUT IT, TELL US ABOUT THIS RECORD.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
>> YEAH SHALL WELL, SO AT THE TOP OF LAST YEAR WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE YEAR TOURING AND THAT GOT THROWN OUT
THE WINDOW.
WE ARE NOT THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SIT AROUND FEELING
SORRY FOR OURSELVES, SO I THINK WE FELT SORRY FOR ABOUT A DAY
AND THEN WERE LIKE OKAY, HOW WILL WE USE THIS YEAR
PRODUCTIVELY AND SAYING WE HAVE SOMETHING WE ARE PROUD OF.
SO WE GOT TO WORK ON THIS ALBUM.
AND I THINK IT IS SOME OF THE MOST-- WE HAVE EVER BEEN IN
MUSIC T IS PRETTY EXTREME.
IT IS EXTREMELY HAPPY, EXTREMELY DE PRESSING, SAD AND ANGRY.
A WIDE BREATHED OF EMOTIONS FOR US.
>> James: THAT IS GREAT.
I CAN IN THE WAIT TO LISTEN TO IT I REALLY, REALLY CAN'T.
I'M SO THRILLED THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING, CAN I NOT
WAIT TO INVITE YOU HERE TO THE STUDIO IN PERSON TOO.