Branches is a group of friends from LA who decided to combine their musical talents and form a band. We’re lucky they did. Recently, Branches vocalist/guitarist Tyler Madsen was kind enough to answer not 10, but 13 questions for MFH. Check out the interview below!
Also, be sure to visit the band’s website, Facebook, and follow them on Twitter!
My Folking Heart: How did Branches come to be?
Tyler: We all met a few years back while attending Azusa Pacific University, a small private school in the suburbs of L.A. Our first two years were marked by late night sing-alongs and bonfires…after a few years of singing other people’s songs in our living rooms and around campfires, we realized that we really enjoyed making music together and so, with a handful of songs we’d each written under our own names, we got together and played a house-show of sorts at a friends’ apartment. After that, we were hooked on playing with each other. Continue reading
The 2012 
Great Lake Swimmers has always been a band that I kept in the back of my library, but rarely ever returned to. I’ve always thought that they produced decent albums with nice songs that had an overall pleasing sound, but nothing ever really caught me. Save for a few exceptions, like “Your Rocky Spine” and “Imaginary Bars,” the albums, and the songs they consisted of, were always a single listen and put on the shelf type of experience. This feeling changed when the band released its first single for New Wild Everywhere, “Easy Come Easy Go.” There was a different energy to the song that I hadn’t heard from Tony Dekker & Co. before. It caught my attention in a way unlike ever before, and I hoped the album would follow suit. 
