PUSH UPS | Grey Li & Harry Teardrop for Versed Magazine

1. What excites you guys most about finally touching down in LA as Push Ups?

     Grey I’ve heard on a podcast that Harry thinks your guitar riffs are insane....
2. What’s does your ideal phsyical  set up before jamming together look like?

3. What factors do you think contribute to bringing your musical process together?

4. Angst, navigating relationships, and, as i’ve found in a previous interview with grey, “the rougher things life has to offer” are huge themes in your songs as we know them. how has being brooklyn-based contributed to these conversations in song?

5.  Your collaboration has been insane... many adore your duo projects.
how has brotherhood been a tool for you both? - In the best and worst of cases?

6. What would you characterize as your top 3 pillar bands? name some you’ve pulled some inspiration from or simply just enjoy!

7. How has the pipeline from DLCL to push pps made navigating the band’s identity a smoother process? what has changed since the DLCL days?

8. I’ve heard as a band you normally dabble in a spliff before going on. Do you prefer a certain strand? (Indica / Sativa / others?)

9. Do you have a show story where you remember feeling tremendously up (or at a high) and maybe even that you made your territory in the scene? when did your roles as grey & harry in push up’s feel most prominent?  

10. What is something not even the biggest fan would know about Push Ups?

11. You’ve got some solid and diverse creative backgrounds—how do these different forms of expression (music, photography, film) influence your approach to making music together?

12. Do you have a dream shoe gaze blunt rotation? What does that look like?

13.  I was stoked to hear that you guys are leaving for Tokyo tomorrow.
   Is this your first time playing out of the country ?
   How are you feeling and what are your final words for the states?