Saosin: In Search of Solid Ground.

They've been headlining the PacSun tour all fall and are hopefully having a well deserved break as these boys have been very busy! Saosin, who originally formed in 2003 in California, are a standard name in rock music today, and just put more fire behind that statement with their release of the second full length album 'In Search of Solid Ground'.

The band also played Warped tour main stage for their fourth summer on the tour and have switched to a new record label, Virgin. They have toured all over the world to exotic places like Bali and Indonesia and have played with such greats as My Chemical Romance, Alexisonfire, Linkin Park and Senses Fail just to mention a few.
They started in 2003 with Anthony Green as the lead singer, but after that short time, brought on the current front man Cove Reber and have found many levels of success since then! At their stop in Boston at the House of Blues on Decemeber 2nd, I got the chance to interview Chris Sorenson, who plays bass and keyboards and for the band along with providing the screaming in their tracks. Beau also joined in at parts, especially regarding albums he's been listening too lately. We covered everything from Chris's first show which was definitely a big one to how Warped ended up going for them.


What's your favorite part of touring?
Chris: I like seeing new places every time. When you play a show, it's nice to know your way around other cities too. So yeah, the traveling part.

How did Warped Tour end up going for you guys?
Chris: Warped was awesome. We've done that tour quite a few times so it's kind of pretty routine, you know but it's good.

If you could choose any three bands to go on tour with, who would they be?
Chris: I'd say Jimmy Eat World, I really like Jimmy Eat World, Oasis and Gwar. Maybe Rancid.

What's the craziest thing a fan has ever given you?
Chris: I don't know about a fan but another band gave us chia pets one time at the end of the tour.
Your newest album, 'In Search of Solid Ground' just came out a few months ago. How has that been doing so far?
Chris: It's been great. We just kind of started touring in promotion so we've been playing a lot of new stuff and kids have seemed to like it.

How do you go about the songwriting process for these albums?
Chris: Every song is totally different. We all come up with part of it.

If you were to collaborate with any other band on this tour who would it be and what would the song be about?
Chris: We were trying to actually do a full collab during the show, like on our last song but it didn't really work out. We weren't really able to meet up pre- tour. Um, I don't know. They're all awesome bands, just totally different.

What was the first show you went to as a kid?
Chris: Michael Jackson on the Bad tour.

Who are some of your bigger influences, maybe personally or for Saosin as a whole?
Chris: If you asked us all, you'd get like a 100% different answers. Um, I like heavy guitar playing. Most of us came from hardcore backgrounds.

What are you personally listening to? Any new stuff?
Chris: Not personally. Any new records you like, Beau?
Beau: The new John Mayer Record.Yeah, Love battle or whatever (Battle Studies). That one's really good, like that one a lot. Uh, I listen to a whole bunch of stuff. The new Saosin is pretty good!

If you were asked to, what would you cover for the new Punk Goes? It's Classic Rock.
Chris: That's a tough one. Maybe a Led Zeppelin song. Covers are a hard thing because any song that you would want to cover is already done so well.

Are there any more music plans we can look forward to?
Chris: Touring.

Check out the boys on myspace and watch for them on tour to some pretty international places for now like Bali, Indonesia and Japan in the new year. Hopefully they come back to our side of the world soon enough and pick up the new album..it's worth it! It was featured as one of the most anticipated albums of 2009 by Alternative Press!