With a runtime south of 35 minutes and little use for “effects and extended guitar breakdowns”, the band has taken lessons learned from previous experiments and put them into practice throughout Interrupt. “The whole process [for Yeah Right] was so long and intense that we just wanted to make the follow-up as simple and to-the-point as it could be.”
Interrupt is more than just a clever name. The driving melodies and sweet refrain of lead single “So You Know” speaks to isolation and a lack of control. The guttural vocals of Rob pairs with the blistering verses of “Images,” creating mental pictures of Bleeding Rainbow pouring out heart and soul in the whirlwind recording sessions that define the band’s “music-as-therapy” approach.
Notable throughout Interrupt is the pounding drums of Robi Gonzalez (A Place to Bury Strangers). “Every take of every song I would watch both Al and Rob staring at Robi in complete awe. We owe Robi a lot.” The bombastic backbone of Interrupt won’t be left at the doorstep of the album: “We had to get a drummer who could recreate the beats and hit as hard as he can live – so thank god Ashley stepped in because she is incredible. Everywhere we go on tour people are blown away by her.”