Music In Bloom With P-NUT From 311

As if this year wasn't already exciting enough for Nebraska rock
outfit 311 with their upcoming appearance at Good Things Festival
2024 alongside Sum 41, Korn, Mastodon, Kerry King and more, but the
band have added a touch more spice to proceedings with the release
of their 14th studio album Full Bloom late last week.
Full Bloom is the group's first full-length project in 5 years,
following their album Voyager in 2019. Their first single off the
album, You’re Gonna Get It is the band’s highest charting song in
13 years, breaking into the top 15 at Alternative Radio. It is
proof alone that despite the apparent need for regular releases in
the modern musical climate, good music will always be good music
and fans will (almost) always stay loyal to good music.
Thirty-three years into a stellar career, 311 continues to produce
compelling, unifying music, with a unique, hybrid sound that
encapsulates rock, rap, reggae and funk still turning heads with
regularity.
Bass player P-Nut joined HEAVY to talk about the album, Good Things
and whatever else popped up.
"I don't get nervous about much," he replied when we asked if the
excitement of a new album was still the same 14 albums in. "The
fear's been scared out of me, I guess (laughs). But releasing an
album is a tenuous, nerve wracking, kind of anxious emotion. It's
kind of a scary thing to release an album, even if we've done it
fourteen times now."
We ask if the band has a set creative process measured over time or
if each album presents new challenges.
"I think everyone's got their own method," P - Nut measured. "We
come together when those reach whatever peak. Nick calls me in for
lyrics frequently, which is really fun, and it's been something
that I've really enjoyed in the band over the last fifteen years or
so. We're pretty fixed. We've all got home studios, and we work
relatively well on our own. We have demo-itis sometimes where the
demos can be better than the finished result (laughs), but I think
that's just my ears sometimes. It's really fun recording still.
It's only easier, of course now, but now I think everyone's fixed
in their way and we get together when the time is right."
In the full interview P - Nut talks more about Full Bloom, what to
expect musically, how it differs to 2019's Voyager, keeping a
steady fan base, their appearance at Good Things Festival, which
bands on the line-up 311 hasn't played with before, what we can
expect from them live, their just announced sideshows, three songs
to get to know the band better plus more.


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