On this episode of the podcast Cody sits down with front man Rich and guitar player Alex who make up one half of the indie rock group Free the Cynics. The band is set to release their first full length album Diogenes on November 13th. The three of them talk all about that and cover a wide variety of other subject matter including: how the current line-up of the band came together, finding band mates that allow you to have fun on stage, the importance of live music venues, funding the arts, the effect that art has on your mental health, the interconnected nature of the arts communities, the resurgence of the music video as an art form, the “new normal” of the music scene, building each other up instead of tearing each other down, the benefits of having a recording engineer in the band, playing shows in a pandemic world, the advantages of having a dedicated front person, the evolution of the bands writing process, not being attached to the parts you write, the reasons why the album is called Diogenes, the advantages of having hard deadlines, conveying emotion through your art, and much more. You can listen to the song The Off Chance, the single off the bands upcoming album Diogenes at the end of the episode. The full album will be released on November 13th and can be purchased HERE