Hello friends! Eric Braden and Alan Lauer from Austin art-rock band Big Bill are my guests for episode 1395! Their third full-length album, Strawberry Seed drops this Friday, 6/14 on all streaming services, vinyl and CD on Spaceflight Records. They're celebrating the release with a weekend full of Big Bill events including two nights of release shows Friday, 6/14 & Saturday 6/15 at Chess Club, a Waterloo Records instore on Friday 6/14 at 5 pm, and much more. Go to bigbillband.com for release weekend activities, music, videos and more. We have a great conversation about making Strawberry Seed, writing as a band, is art-rock punk rock, all of the activities for their release weekend, the power of demos, their journey as a band, and much more. I had a great time catching up with Alan and Eric. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!