The Fire Itself: Sean of Phinehas & the Gamer Generation

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December 1, 2021

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/ MORE FROM TOOTH & NAIL: Labeled: Music From The Podcast: smarturl.it/labeledplaylist DISCOVER IT: New Tracks from T&N Records: smarturl.it/TNNDiscover This Is Solid State: New Tracks from Solid State Records https://spoti.fi/2CUCsaH Phinehas - The Fire Itself Phinehas - Eternally Apart Phinehas - In The Night Phinehas - Hell Below Haste The Day - Autumn As Cities Burn - Clouds As Cities Burn - Thus From My Lips, By Yours, My Sin Is Purged After The Burial - Pi (The Mercury God Of Infinity)