The Mint Band Interview

The Mint is pure magic. One of our favorite momentsaudience who isn't familiar with us or our music. The
of last year was the Verus Music Festival at themain difference between a festival and a regular
Chameleon Club in Lancaster. Just a few shortshow is that there's more than 200-300 people
seconds into their song, "1000 Ships," all eyes (andlistening.
ears) were directed to the stage while The MintDescribe 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 Lancasterour most recent CD release. Creation was great
plays music everyone can (and does) love, beautifulbecause 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 compilationCD 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 respectedsomething we could be proud of.
independent music stations, and to be featured on aAre 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 stucklot 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. Whatour readers to know about?
are your experiences with playing festivals? Do youWe 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 ofyear 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 aabout as well, looks to be a great summer with the
great opportunity to be opened up to a brand newXpontial Music Fest and Purple Door festival.