December 01, 2021

The Fire Itself: Sean of Phinehas & the Gamer Generation

1 hour 20 minutes

It used to be that you could tell the reaction to an album by things like first week sales or reviews in major publications, but in 2021 it's a lot different. You can still feel the energy around an important release like this one, but the buzz comes from places like “reaction videos” from prominent YouTubers and other new media. It's a little bit of a different landscape, but there is still just an air about some records that indicates something special, some type of credibility, and The Fire Itself definitely seems to be one of those records.

Sean from Phinehas has a sharp and unique mind that comes from what could be called the gamer generation or a millennial, but he shares qualities with emerging and younger generations in a way that is relevant to his approach to art, creativity, and engineering. Sean & I talk about his background and how he was and still is a gamer and how that has helped him with networking & forming relationships. We also talk about how music has evolved and how people consume it evolved, especially around the time of MySpace and digital music. Of course, we extensively discuss The Fire Itself album that is getting a tremendous amount of attention, the song-writing process and how Sean’s list-writing becomes songs.

Listen to Phinehas' latest album The Fire Itself: https://spoti.fi/3G8swb1

Follow Phinehas on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3IbHNKc

Buy Phinhas merch and The Fire Itself on Vinyl: https://solidstate.merchnow.com/collections/phinehas-1

Visit our podcast webpage: https://labeledpodcast.com/