Ep. 120: Travis Shettel discusses Piebald's "American Hearts"

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Chris DeMakes

Music History, Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

4.9 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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At every Piebald show, you're sure to see the crowd light up and raise their fists in the air to sing "HEY! You're part of it!", the anthemic chorus of the band's 2002 single "American Hearts". In this episode, vocalist and guitarist Travis Shettel opens up about the creation of this unique and memorable song. To support Chris DeMakes A Podcast and get weekly bonus episodes, sign up for the Supporting Cast over at http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Hey!
0:35.0	You're part of it!
0:37.0	Yeah!
0:40.0	You're part of it! Hey everyone. Today's guest is Travis Shuttle. Lead vocalist and
0:48.1	guitarist for the Andover Massachusetts rock band, Puyballed. Together we take a deep dive into their fan favorite single, American Hearts.
0:56.4	Taken from their 2002 album, we are the only friends we have.
1:00.7	Talk about throwing in the kitchen sink. This song has it all.
1:04.0	A hit you over the head anthemic chorus, a great lyrical storyline with amazing imagery
1:09.0	and more musical twists and turns than I can count.
1:12.0	I mentioned to Travis that this song
1:14.0	took me longer to dissect than any other song I've broken down here on Krista
1:17.8	makes a podcast. It's literally one hook after another. Travis mentioned that this was the band's second attempt at recording the track.
1:25.7	Any credits producer Paul Coldery with finding the right tempo that makes this song
1:29.9	swing and groove the way that it does.
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