Lucas Sams-Guitar
Drew Justice-Vocals
David Fear-Bass
How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it?
Lucas: It depends on the person we're talking with. We consider ourselves to be a really melodic pop-punk band that focuses on musicianship a little more than most but not everyone knows what that means. If we're talking someone who we can tell has no background in what we do we're pretty broad with how we describe ourselves. If we're talking with someone that we can tell has a solid understanding of what we're doing we get a little more specific. Mostly, we give them a set of headphones hooked up to an I-pod and let them listen, to us, that's that best way.
What bands have influenced you the most?
Lucas: We all share a lot of common influences (except our drummer Trey who has a little different taste) but we all love The Starting Line, Jimmy Eat World, The Movielife, Relient K, Anberlin, Rufio etc. Trey is a big fan of bands like Glassjaw and Everytime I die.
How's the Pop Punk scene in Tennesse? Are there any bands that you'd recomend?
Lucas: Its been growing for a lot of years now but its doing well know. Our hometown friends in Your Favorite Hero have been around a long time and are one of the most underrated bands we know. There's a younger band from Memphis called The Summers that have a lot of potential. We have some other hometown staples that we've been friends with for years like Furthest From Fame and Chokeslam.
In September you released your EP entitled "Nature and Nurture". How did that come together?
Drew: Our last release was in 2009, so we were definitely ready to release something new. After a couple of line-up changes, we were finally ready to put together songs we were really proud of. It was a lot of writing, and re-writing, but that's pretty much the gist.
Lucas: We worked on some of the songs on this record for a year. We really just wanted to make a record that had zero filler. We spent a lot of time making each section of each song exactly what we wanted it to be.
How did you get involved with Little Heart Records?
Drew: Our friends in Caleb Lionheart had told us about the label's involvement with California (a band also from Albany). We approached Little Heart and ended up having a lot of mutual friends--Louisville has become one of those "second home" cities for us. We reached out, and Little Heart seemed to be a group of like-minded and genuine people, so it ended up being a fairly easy decision.
You are currently on an East Coast tour, how has it been so far?
Drew: Great. Some of the best shows we've gotten to play all year.
What has been the best show so far?
Drew: I'd say Myrlte Beach or Raleigh.
What's the wierdest/craziest thing that has happened on this tour?
Drew: Trey ran two miles barefoot through Orlando, wile being chased by two bigger dudes. Senior year.
What does On My Honor have planned in the future?
Lucas: We're doing a music video later in the year for one of the songs off "Nature & Nurture." We're also putting out the record on Vinyl that will be out around Christmas. We're hoping to go overseas at some point next year and I'm sure we'll do a lot more U.S. touring. We're always doing something.
Thanks for your time, any final comments for your fans?
Lucas: We love you Christine. Also, thanks to you guys at Pop-Punk's Not Dead for talking with us.
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