VALIDA: So to get started, please state your name, age, and what play…
JESSE: Jesse Rendell, I’m 24, and I play the bass for Don’t Look Down.

VALIDA: You guys seem to have a very varied sound on both debut full-length and last year�s EP. You’ve got poppier songs, harder songs, and slower, acoustic songs all on the same album. When a lot of bands out there today are picking one niche and sticking to you it, what’s inspired you guys to just put out such diverse albums?
JESSE: Well, definitely, y’know for us it’s about our influences musically. We listen to all kinds of stuff and we definitely don’t like to listen to records where all the songs sound similar and blend together. So we try to make them as diverse as possible, basically. That’s most of the reason why.