UN: I was curious to start with how the band came together. From what I read it sounds like no one in the band knew each other prior to starting the band. Did the chemistry between all of the members just happen? The music is far too creative for their not to be a spark that happens when all of you play together.

John:It was kind of weird how everything came together so easy. We meet the first day and just hung out for a bit and then a week later we got together and wrote a song. We were a lot more metal back in the day and there was no singing or keyboards. Even our first demo doesn't have keys on it.

UN: I have to say that the Nevea Tears sound definitely does fit into the current musical climate, but at the same time you have so many original aspects that helps to make the band stand out. Is it important for you to not rehash what has already been done?

John:We just like hearing new things from bands, and we just want to make the most of nevea and try as much of a variety in music as we can. Maybe one day we will write a salsa song or something. haha, a joke.

UN: The electronic elements are one of the main aspects of the band that make you stand out. How did the influence come into play for the band? Also, how does it work out in the live setting? Do some of the sounds get left out, or do you guys have triggers or machines to play anything that might be hard to duplicate live?

John:Well Jeff joined the band about a year after we had already been established. We wanted to add a different approach to nevea and he was the man to do it. He first started off with just keys and after we all wanted to go further and try beats. But everything we do we can do live, if we cant do it live, we won’t write it. We try to make the live show to sound as close to the album as we can.

UN: How did Eulogy come into the picture? It would seem to me that a huge amount of labels would be after the band if they saw the potential you have. Was Eulogy supportive right from the start? Obviously their first impressions must have been good.

John:We just kept sending demos and press packets to everyone. Eulogy has always been one of our top labels and when we heard they liked what we were doing, there was no second thoughts about it. There were other labels involved, but we will keep that out. Eulogy is an awesome label to be with, good people and awesome bands.

UN: I was wondering if you could expand a bit on the album title. I read somewhere that the name resulted from a fight within the band. But the name makes me think of how hard it is to put into words how you feel about someone or something possibly.

John:Exactly, the argument was about a special someone that felt that we didn't care about them. We wanted to show them but we didn't know how to go about doing it. We actually told the person, "do I have to tell you why I love you."

UN: The bands lyrical approach, simply put, is amazing. You manage to be personal, but as the same time don’t over simplify anything. It’s artistic, yet at the same time relatable. How do the ideas for lyrics come about?

John:Thank you so much, a lot of people don't understand most of them. But we try to paint pictures and not write books. We want you to read them and to sit and think about what we are really trying to say. Usually me and Greg will sit in the practice studio and talk about what points we want to get across or exactly what we want to talk about. He writes his and I write mine.

UN: Would you consider the lyrics to be just as important as the music? There aren’t many bands these days that actually have lyrics worth reading, but I couldn’t help but me sucked in by the lyrics on the album.

John:We have so much emotion behind every aspect of our music, lyrics included. We write everything from the heart and mean every inch and measure of our sound.

UN: Just out of pure curiosity, what exactly is the song Johnny Cash Vs. The Space Coyote about? Is it safe to assume that sometimes the song titles don’t really tie in with the actual lyrical content?

John:Some of our song titles, we took as a joke. That doesn't mean that the song is a joke though. That song basically describes the relationship between two people that hate and love everything about that person. so much hate that they would want to almost kill the person, and so much love that you would die for that person. It shows that not everyone can be perfect in a relationship, and you go through ups and downs all the time. But if you want something really bad, you have to work for it. It just shows that no ones perfect.

UN: I find that the layout of the album stands out just as much as the music. I think more bands need to realize how effective white can be. Was it a conscious decision on the bands behalf to try and design a layout that wouldn’t misrepresent what the band has to offer? If there had of been a lot of black, skulls, or blood it wouldn’t have fit at all.

John:We wanted nothing to describe us on the cover as a normal hardcore, melodic, screamo band. We feel our music is different, as we wanted our cover to do the same. We wanted the cover to be bright and colorful. I think we accomplished what we set out for.

UN: Nevea Tears is an extremely creative band. Are you mainly playing music to please yourselves and if people catch on then good? You don’t seem like a band that is success oriented. I’m sure that you guys want to take the band as far as possibly, but success isn’t measured in album sales I’m sure.

John:We do play music for ourselves, it’s nice to see that kids actually like what we are doing. We do not set out to write a specific song because we think it will make us more popular or played on MTV or something. If we cant feel it in our hearts, then we don't play it.