CB: Me and Shannon also come from Mormon heritage. That’s cult-lite.
THC: Should I take this out of the interview? Do you guys play Salt Lake City often?
SS: They love it; they always beg us to play “The Cult Song.” A lot of our fans are varying degrees of Mormon—ex Mormons, current Mormons, in between. I love it, I was raised Mormon. But Nate’s great-grandpa had like 10000 wives.
NM: He had five wives and 56 children, off in the south west of Utah. He was a pioneer Mormon.
THC: Wow, so there’s a lot of Mormon roots in the group. Do you think that influences or informs the music?
NM: I just think it’s like a strange thing.
SS: You know what though, I wonder if that’s why I love harmonies and stuff so much.
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