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Web extra: Checking in with Egypt Central's John Falls

By JUSTIN HOOKS
jhooks@sunherald.com

The Sun Herald recently spoke with Egypt Central lead singer John Falls about the band's self-titled debut album and the connections the band has made in South Mississippi over the last two years. Egypt Central will play Thunder's Tavern on Sunday, along with Rev Theory and Drowning Pool. The following is a transcription the interview.

Q: Your debut album is finally out, after being postponed for many months. Do you feel like a weight has been lifted off your chest?

A"Definitely. It's the ultimate relief I think, for the band. We can walk into Best Buys all over the country and see it on the shelves. Finally. It's like, after everything we've been through you can finally take a deep breath. But then once you did that, you still have all these other things to get underneath your belt. It's just one chapter to the book you've finally got written. "

Q: What kind of response have you been getting from the album?

A"An awesome response. It's been selling amazing at this point. The single went up to the Top 20, so now we can say we have a Top 20 record. It's consistently selling every week and people are buying it and telling their friends about it and it continues to spread. It's moving at a good rate, but things could get better and we could take things to another level. That will be the plan when we take out the next single."

Q: You've been touring off this album for what seems like forever. Any word on a follow up?

A"We don't have a timetable on that yet, but it's a topic we talk about a lot. We're antsy as well and we've had these songs for a long time but we're still delivering these songs to people for the first time. In reference to the masses, people are still hearing about this for the first time. We did the whole circuit, now we're out with Drowning Pool right now. For the Biloxi area and Tallahassee, Fla., those markets have had us for a lot longer. Almost as long as Memphis has, and have had us more frequently. For everyone there, it's like, 'OK, what next?' They're itching for new stuff, but once they started playing 'You Make Me Sick' in Biloxi, we got a whole bunch of fans we had never had before, and it was like, it just doubled itself."

Q: The band's fortunes seem to have improved in the last several months. Has life gotten easier for Egypt Central?

A"Things have definitely gotten better for the band. I think it's a constant grind at the same time, though. It wouldn't be us if things weren't tough, but things have definitely gotten more comfortable for us in the past year. We're not all sleeping in the same hotel room now."

Justin Hooks covers bars and bands along the Coast for the Sun Herald. He can be reached at jhooks@sunherald.com.