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The Check-In with Brian Cook: These Arms Are Snakes, Sumac, Russian Circles
Season 3 · Episode 110

The Check-In with Brian Cook: These Arms Are Snakes, Sumac, Russian Circles

Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer · Ruinous Media

April 8, 202245m 47s

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Show Notes

Brian Cook is a bass guitarist and song-writer from Seattle. He's an active member of Russian Circles and Sumac, writing, recording and touring extensively.  After a ten year break, his band These Arms Are Snakes with be playing a handful of shows in celebration of the release of Duct Tape and Shivering Crows, a collection of rarities, covers and demos out April 15th on Suicide Squeeze Records. In this episode,  Joe and Brian discuss how a recent break has helped him recognize his autonomy,  why his solo record made him a better band member and the importance of rehearsing chaos as well as the music.  Not only a musician, Brian is a freelance writer, has published one novel (The Second Chair Is Meant For You) and is working on a second.  He shares his view on the difference between writing words verses writing music and how imperfection plays a role in both art forms.  Joe and Brian swop a couple "sleeping in the van" stories and we hear some tunes from Duct Tape and Shivering Crows.

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