| The Mint is pure magic. One of our favorite moments | | | | audience who isn't familiar with us or our music. The |
| of last year was the Verus Music Festival at the | | | | main difference between a festival and a regular |
| Chameleon Club in Lancaster. Just a few short | | | | show is that there's more than 200-300 people |
| seconds into their song, "1000 Ships," all eyes (and | | | | listening. |
| ears) were directed to the stage while The Mint | | | | Describe one of your best/favorite live experiences. |
| worked its spell over every single person in the club. | | | | I would say either one of our Creation Fest shows, or |
| This four-piece indie rock band hailing from Lancaster | | | | our most recent CD release. Creation was great |
| plays music everyone can (and does) love, beautiful | | | | because there was thousands of people, and they all |
| songs that speak to the heart. | | | | seemed to be really receptive. The "Love is Vapor" |
| I read that The Mint is being featured on a compilation | | | | CD release was probably the most personal, because |
| CD. Can you tell us about it? | | | | it felt like a whole year of hard work, false starts, and |
| Sure, it's the WXPN "philly local" compilation album. | | | | distractions was finally complete, and we had |
| WXPN is on the nation's largest and most respected | | | | something we could be proud of. |
| independent music stations, and to be featured on a | | | | Are you planning on releasing another album or new |
| compilation of theirs is a huge honor for us. | | | | material soon? |
| Is there a story behind the band's name? | | | | We would love to, but probably not soon. We have a |
| Nothing too exciting, it was just the name that stuck | | | | lot of promoting to do for "Love is Vapor". |
| after a long conversation about potential band names! | | | | Any other exciting news or upcoming shows you'd like |
| I noticed a few festivals on your tour schedule. What | | | | our readers to know about? |
| are your experiences with playing festivals? Do you | | | | We signed some licensing deals with MTV and the |
| find them to be much different than other shows? | | | | Oxygen network for "Love is Vapor", so in the next |
| Over the past 5-6 years we've played a number of | | | | year you might here our songs on some of your |
| summer festivals, from Creation Festival, Purple Door, | | | | favorite shows. If you check our schedule we have |
| Cornerstone (Illinois), Soulfest (New Hampshire), etc. | | | | some upcoming shows that we're pretty excited |
| Our experiences have been mostly positive, and it's a | | | | about as well, looks to be a great summer with the |
| great opportunity to be opened up to a brand new | | | | Xpontial Music Fest and Purple Door festival. |