{"id":57392,"date":"2018-04-12T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T22:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=57392"},"modified":"2018-04-18T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T00:19:33","slug":"audio-interview-with-alex-lofton-of-makeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2018\/audio-interview-with-alex-lofton-of-makeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Lofton of Makeout"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Derric Miller<\/span><br \/>\n&#8212; Managing Editor &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Makeout bassist Alex Lofton checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about their debut album, <em>The Good Life<\/em>; landing a spot on this summer&#8217;s Vans Warped Tour; songwriting in general; how people in their 40s might not know what Sephora is; specific tracks like &#8220;Secrets&#8221; and &#8220;Lisa;&#8221; the youth movement for gun control in America; and so much more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57394\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Makeout-Band-500x333.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Makeout-Band.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Makeout-Band-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To read Hardrock Haven&#8217;s album review of their debut, go here: <a href=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2017\/10\/makeout-the-good-life-music-review\/.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2017\/10\/makeout-the-good-life-music-review\/.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>::: Listen to the Interview :::<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<audio controls=\"controls\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><source src=\"http:\/\/www.hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/int2018\/Alex Lofton 2018.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/><span class=\"mce_SELRES_end\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span>Your browser does not support this audio format.<\/audio><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Web:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeoutofficial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.makeoutofficial.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MAKEOUTOFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MAKEOUTOFFICIAL&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Derric Miller &#8212; Managing Editor &#8212; Makeout bassist Alex Lofton checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about their debut album, The Good Life; landing a spot on this summer&#8217;s Vans Warped Tour; songwriting <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2018\/audio-interview-with-alex-lofton-of-makeout\/\" title=\"Alex Lofton of Makeout\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15126],"tags":[8507,13734,8405,8902,2837,13730,13567,13732,13731,13733],"class_list":{"0":"post-57392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcint2018","8":"tag-album","9":"tag-alex-lofton","10":"tag-audio-interview","11":"tag-bassist","12":"tag-debut","13":"tag-makeout","14":"tag-rise-records","15":"tag-sam-boxold","16":"tag-the-good-life","17":"tag-tyler-young"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}