Interview with glaive, aldn and midwxst

a WKDU interview by Ryce Salazar and Max Mega

photos by: Hasan Taleb @_hasantaleb_ on Instagram

This is WKDU interviewing glaive, aldn, and midwxst at The Foundry. Thank you for having us.

Max: How are you guys today?

glaive (Ash): Cold.

aldn (Alden): Good.

midwxst (Edgar): Cold as f*ck.

Max: Have you guys eaten today?

Ash: I ate a little bit but not much. 

Alden: I drank coffee. 

Edgar: I ate a slice of pizza. 

Ryce: So is this your first time in Philly?

Alden: Second time.

Ash: First time.

Edgar: Second time. 

Ryce: Did you guys do any sightseeing?

Alden: No, sadly. 

Ash: No. 

Edgar: None, at all.

Alden, Ash, Edgar: *laughs*

Ryce: Have you guys tried any authentic Philly cheesesteaks while you were here?

Alden: I wish.

Ash: We had Starbucks.

Edgar: I had a burger. 

Ryce: Well if you guys do, my personal favorite is Steve’s. It’s in Center City.

Ash: Oh, we’re here tomorrow! 

Alden: Yeah, we are. 

Ryce: Oh! Okay, so there’s two locations. There’s one in Center City but there’s also one in Northeast Philly. If you guys are willing to drive that far, you should check it out.

Ash: We’ll just get an Uber regardless. 

Max: D’Alessandro’s is also fire. 

Ryce [to Max]: But I’m from Philly, you’re not. (I’m sorry Max *crying emoji*) 

Max: Do you guys have any pre-show rituals?

Alden: Um, we hum. 

Ash: I get so nervous I almost throw up every time.

Alden: We fight each other.

Edgar: We fight each other to the death.

Ash: We fight each other and then sometimes on rare occasions, we kiss. 

*Laughter* 

Alden: Butt-naked.

Edgar: And we cuddle.

Ash: Yup!

Edgar: A lot. 

Max: So how has the tour been so far?

Edgar: It’s been good.

Ash: Dope!

Alden: So fun.

Edgar: Very fun.

Alden: I don’t wanna go home. 

Ash: Yeah, I have to go home after this. It’s gonna be very depressing. 

Ryce: What has been your favorite city? Are there any cities you guys are looking forward to playing? 

Alden: Boston, because I know people there. 

Ash: I’m really excited to go back to Chicago. I think it’s, like, a good city. It’s gonna be fun. 

Alden: I’ve never been there. 

Edgar: I’m excited for Detroit and Chicago. Both because I’m from the midwest so those are both states that I have like- my sister goes to school in Michigan so it’s gonna be fun. 

Max: You guys have been together for the past month or so. How has working with each other and essentially living with each other been? 

Edgar: Chaos.

Ash: Fun. It’s been really fun. *laughs*

Alden: Fun. Really fun, yeah.

Ash: We’ve had some good times. 

Edgar: I’ve had some very good times. 

Alden: I feel like most of the time it’s Ash and I because Edgar has a different bus-

Edgar: Yeah, I have my own travel-

Alden:  -But we are together most of the time

Edgar: But we are together a lot. 

Alden: Yeah, and we have a lot of fun.

Ash: *laughs*

Ryce: I know you guys are really young, so in high school, during Covid times, did you feel outcasted? Like did you feel like you missed out on being a normal teenager? Not just with Covid getting in the way of making those social connections but also blowing up at such a young age and going on tour?

Alden: I feel like that’s more for Ash. 

Edgar: Ash, and me.

Ash: I haven’t been to in-person school since freshman year so I don’t really know. I went for a few months and it was really weird but right now I just do online school. So I can’t really say tbh.

Edgar: I was in physical school and then it went online like junior year and it was kinda like a rough patch for me because junior and senior year were both supposed to be like “the best years of high school” for me and I didn’t get to experience them fully and I had to wear masks inside. It kinda sucked but it was decent because I was able to pass my classes.

Alden: Yeah, I mean, I feel like when school went online I just cheated so I kinda liked it. 

*Laughter* 

Ryce: *Laughs* I think we all did. 

Edgar: Real as f*ck. I think we all did. 

Alden and Ryce: Yeah. 

Alden: And then I dropped out. 

Max: It’s hard not to. 

Ash: Amazing! 

Max: I know you guys have done some work with Overcast. I work with Tom The Mailman (@tomthemailman), if you know him. 

Ash: Yeah, I f*ck with him

Edgar: Shout out Tom.

Do you guys have any strong connections over there at Overcast?

Edgar: Tommy (@fixedfortommy) is on my team for my label. And also this man right here, Hasan, he’s been filming everything on tour. 

Alden: Tommy is also on my team. 

Ash: Yeah, we all love Tommy.

Edgar: Yeah, we all love Tommy. We all love them.

Alden: And we f*ck with Hasan.

Ash: We f*ck with Hasan more than life itself.

Edgar: We f*ck with Hasan more than life.

(Editorial Note: Tom the Mail Man is an artist affiliated with Overcast, and @fixedfortommy or Tommy Bauer is with Overcast Arizona)

Max: Why should people pay attention to you?

Edgar: Because we’re ourselves. Like we know who we are, we have an identity, and we make good music at the end of the day. 

Ash: There’s literally no reason. It literally doesn’t matter. If you like my music, listen to it but if you don’t I literally don’t care. 

Alden: Yeah, I don’t care but I produce all my own stuff so I work a lot on my sh*t. So thank you. 

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