Interviews About Albums: Stunt Drummer - Warm Up, Tiger (2026)

In this new interview, we sat down with the American Garage Punk project Stunt Drummer to ask questions about his album, "Warm Up, Tiger".

1. What can you say about this new album, Warm Up, Tiger?

Marty: It's been in the works for a long time, and we're excited to set it loose into the world

Ethan: It's a cool mish-mash of noises for people that like exciting, noisy,all-over-the-place rock.

2. What is the meaning of the album title? Does it have any significance to the album as a whole, or does it reference individual songs?

Marty: It's obviously a mash-up of two song titles from the album, but it's also always important to warm up before any strenuous activity. We're strong believers in the importance of stretching.

Ethan: It's just good preparation. We've played hard enough to throw a back out or dislocate a shoulder in the past. Gotta stay in fighting trim if we can help it.

3. How does your songwriting process work, specifically on Warm Up, Tiger?

Marty: Most of the songs on this album were truly written collaboratively and are often the results of happy accidents. One song might actually start as two separate riffs that get combined after a few weeks of working on each one. It doesn't always work, and some tunes disappear into the ether, but when it works it works.

Ethan: With any music we made before, it was a roving cast of players (primarily drummers, hence the band name) coming together. We had practically a full artist collective that knew how to play through our first goofy set of songs. Now we've got solid members in each position, and Warm Up Tiger is the product of all of us finally being able to swing this thing like a weapon.

4. If you had to pick one song, which one would you pick? And, why?

Marty: I think Switch is my favorite song in this collection, and it also represents so much of what makes playing in this band so much fun. We are all doing very different things and maybe not even all playing in the same key, but somehow it works. That pretty much sums up the band, too. We've all got different influences and come at the band and the songs in a different way. I like to think that's what often makes the results so unique.

Ethan: Right now, it's Pool. It's heavy, funny, quick, and to the point. I like all of the songs for different reasons, but that one is us all going full bore.

5. Is there a special message or theme throughout Warm Up, Tiger? If there is, what is it?

Marty: We have no message for you. That is the message.

Ethan: Get down on it. Then get back up off it. Then get down on it again.

6. Are there some lyrics that you'd love to share? And, if so, why do they resonate with you so much?

Marty: Chinese Windows started with a text I sent Erik while I was reviewing a Powerpoint presentation from a window rep named Peter.

"Chinese windows. They don't fit like they used to, but Peter's on top of his game."

Erik wrote back, "Write that one down. good lyric potential."

In our day jobs, we both work in architecture, so we're constantly texting each other about projects, questions, and whatnot. I'd been dealing with a new house that was using windows from an unfamiliar company in China, and most of my communication was happening over WhatsApp with their rep, a very kind and patient guy named Peter. Even so, something about coordinating a critical piece of the build with a stranger halfway around the world set off all my worst-case-scenario instincts.

A couple of days after that text, the band started jamming on a riff built around the line, and the song basically wrote itself. Like a lot of the tracks on the new album, it grew over several weeks of practice, shared phone recordings, and the usual back-and-forth. We had already started recording the album when we wrote this one, and we rushed to get it in this collection of tunes.

Ethan: I have yet to make vocal or lyrical contributions to this band. Y'all might be sorry when it actually happens.

7. Which inspirations have been important for this album? Like musically or friends, family, someone you'd love to thank especially?

Marty: This album may not have happened if it weren't for Ezra Meredith at The Deer Lodge. We recorded the album in his recording studio over several months, and he patiently guided us through the whole process. He had us record the songs live, with some minimal overdubs--mostly vocals-- and mixed everything in such a way that he really captured the chaotic nature of what we do.

Ethan: My inspiration is the other dudes in this band. It's not like we discovered a new color in the color wheel or anything, but this is what WE sound like when we play, and I love it. It might just be rock music, but any member pulled from this band and replaced by another would change the trajectory like a quarter on a railroad track at this point.

8. Anything else to add?

Marty: We're cooking on a number of new songs right now and feel like the next record won't be too far behind. Stay tuned.

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