Songwriter John Boegehold keeps churning out the music with Pattern-Seeking Animals. Their third album “Only Passing Through” is out since April 1st, so we called him up in his home studio in L.A. to talk about his influences, the perfect album length, a bit of prog history and why he’s not part of the P-SA live line-up.

Chapters:

00:58 Welcome (back) John Boegehold

02:30 ‘accidentally’ forming a band

04:00 logistical challenges recording the new album Only Passing Through

06:00 initial reception for Only Passing Through

07:00 songwriting inspiration, incorporating new sounds

09:30 guest musicians

12:15 choosing keyboard sounds

14:35 inviting Ted Leonard to contribute to songwriting

16:25 the bonus tracks on Only Passing Through, album length

21:25 playing live, the P-SA live line-up and ROSFest/Cruise to the Edge

25:00 bringing back ‘What’s In Your Walkman?’ for this episode

33:22 talking a little Prog history

36:45 Dream Theater winning a grammy: John voted for them!

🎵 Pattern-Seeking Animals is:

Ted Leonard - lead vocals & guitars

John Boegehold - synths, programming, mandolin, guitar

Jimmy Keegan - drums & vocals

Dave Meros - bass

💿 Discography:

Pattern-Seeking Animals (2019)

Prehensile Tales (2020)

Only Passing Through (2022)

✔️ Follow Pattern-Seeking Animals:

Website: https://www.psanimals1.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/psanimals1

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ukyd2T

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