Interviewed by Sara Rademacher
Date: June 2008
Harrison Wargo : Hello Sara this is Harrison from THE MORNING LIGHT nice to meet you.
Sara Rademacher: How ya doing today?
Harrison Wargo :
Good on our way to our next show, doing alright.
Sara Rademacher: I realize you aren’t much older than I am, but how were you growing up?
Harrison Wargo : I was a good kid, really liked music and happy. I did alright in elementary school, when I hit middle school I started caring more about music.
Sara Rademacher:
Who or what covered your walls as you grew up?
Harrison Wargo : Wall paper and space things.
Sara Rademacher:
So you were into space?
Harrison Wargo :
Yeah when I was younger I was into it, I had like posters of planets and stars and things like that.
Sara Rademacher:
Did your parents always encourage you to pursue music?
Harrison Wargo : They have always been very supportive, when I was younger and talking about not going to college and pursuing music, they were a little hesitant about me not getting a college education. After awhile of touring and pursuing music seriously when I started to tour at the end of ninth grade they’ve been complete supportive. They always gave me great advice and have always been helpful and there for me.
Sara Rademacher: “The Sound of Love” is an amazing album. What inspired the title?
Harrison Wargo :
Thank you, because one of the titles has the word Sound and another has the title Love and it just came to me. It sounded right. It’s what the whole EP is about.
Sara Rademacher:
You’ve done over 150 gigs. How does it feel to be so far away from your family for so long?
Harrison Wargo :
It’s terrible, I hate it. I really enjoy be around my family and being home. It’s hard not having the security and comfort of home. At times it’s extremely fun to go on tour. We get to meet some cool people. But I hate being away from home and my family and that’s important to me.
Sara Rademacher:
What was the best birthday present you’ve ever gotten?
Harrison Wargo :
Tough question, probably well I just turned eighteen and my sister gave me a bunch of books that I really have enjoyed so far. My parents would usually get me a new instrument for my birthday, which are usually my favorite.
Sara Rademacher:
How do you feel touring with bands like ALL TIME LOW , THE CAB, and JUST SURRENDER? Do you get along?
Harrison Wargo : Yeah we’re good friends and like hanging out, always a fun time. That’s one of the aspects of touring which I like quite a lot is hanging out and chilling.
Sara Rademacher:
Tell me about DESPERADO,
“Safe Bet” really hit home with me. What was going through your mind as you performed it?
Harrison Wargo : I just hope we play it good and it sounds well to the people who are listening and I hope I don’t mess it up. (Laughing) That's pretty much every song.
Sara Rademacher:
“The Sounds” is a really unique song. I like how it contains components from the other songs while having its own uniqueness at the same time. Who thought of it?
Harrison Wargo :
Thank you very much; I’m so glad you like it, that’s really cool of you. All the songs were actually recorded before we had a band. I wrote the song.
Sara Rademacher:
If you could tour with any band who would it be? Why?
Harrison Wargo :
That’s a pretty, oh man, that’s a tough question. There would probably be a few. If it was  a past band it would be THE BEATLES and if it was current it would be RADIOHEAD that’s another band I really love, or WEEZER. All those bands are huge influences of ours.
Sara Rademacher:
Since THE BEATLES are your biggest influence, what is your favorite song?
Harrison Wargo :
That’s impossible to say; in all honestly I could never narrow it down to one. I couldn’t even narrow it down to one album, too many to name.
Sara Rademacher:
What is the most outrageous thing a fan has ever done in order to meet you?
Harrison Wargo :
Just travel a long distant to come to our show, that’s pretty crazy. I know I would never drive four hours to see a band I like perform.
Sara Rademacher:
When your on tour, do you pay for own food or do you have a rider? If so what is on your rider?
Harrison Wargo :
We don’t have a rider because we didn’t have a booking agent, but we have one now. We pay for our own food. A lot of times the venue will supply food like pizza or sandwiches.
Sara Rademacher:
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only bring three things, what would you bring?
Harrison Wargo :
Tons of paper and pens, a guitar and my iPod with all my music on it that would be sufficient.
Sara Rademacher:
Do you plan on making “Sounds of Love” EP a full-length album?
Harrison Wargo :
It will be left as an EP. The only song we rerecorded is “Clouds” for our upcoming full-length that’s coming out in August.
Sara Rademacher:
You were in band called TRANSITION, you left because the Christian music scene wasn’t your thing and they wouldn’t let you write any music. Which songs did you write on the EP?
Harrison Wargo :
Pretty much all of them, a couple of the songs we wrote together me, Bobby and Matt.
Sara Rademacher: 
How do you feel working on the same label as THE PLAIN WHITE T’S and SUGARCULT?
Harrison Wargo :
I write songs because I like creating them, doesn’t matter what label I’m on.
Sara Rademacher: When you met the president of Fearless Records, and first talked what did you talk about?
Harrison Wargo :
We talked about the band and their label and what they were doing, sort of things we can do for each other. A general  subject of us teaming up together and signing plus a lot of possibilities, we did do a lot of explaining what we’re all about.
Sara Rademacher: Harrison thanks for taking time out to talk with us, is there anything you would like to say in closing?
Harrison Wargo :
Just thanks for calling me, our new album comes out August 5th and we're really excited about it.
Brian Rademacher: Hey Harrison, I just wanted to thank you for giving my daughter her first interview.
Harrison Wargo :
It’s not a big deal, thank you for the interview she did a really great job, very great job. Have a great day.
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