ORPHEUS MAGAZINE
1). I as
many others would like you to tell me. How did you meet ?
Charlene April: We met
about 5 years ago at a sport's bar and grill not far from
Chicago. I didn't even want to go out that evening but my
friend talked me into it. When we got there we met up with
some people that we both knew. Daniel and his friends were
talking amongst my friends so that's basically how Daniel
and I came together. We talked a lot about music that first
night and seemed to hit it off really well. Shortly after
that he let me listen to some songs he recorded on his
keyboard and I was instantly hooked. I wanted the chance to
sing to some of his work. Ever since then we have been
songwriting together.
2). Could you tell me what you
appreciate in your partner as a quality and tell me what
his/her biggest defect is?
Charlene April: What I appreciate most is Daniel's
overall skills as a musician. Unlike many electronic bands
Daniel can play several instruments very well, especially
guitar. He is also completely self-taught which requires a
tremendous amount of patience to learn new equipment and
software. He tries hard to push for the best possible
performances from me. He is extremely detail oriented and
has been known to write entire songs (that I think are
great) and then scratch them because they are not quite what
he wanted. I don't really think he has any "defects"
although sometimes I think he cares too much about what
others may think of the music, as do I, which can be a
problem or can stifle creativity.
Daniel Guenther: The most wonderful thing about
Charlene is that she brings a unique and strong vocal
styling to BF/E, if the song I create is really strong, or a
slower track, I never have to worry if there will be vocals
and lyrics that make sense, the lyrics always fit the story
of the song. Lyrically she creates a story that is forceful,
elegant and something that I couldn’t find in a songwriter
if I searched the world over, it wouldn’t be Blind Faith and
Envy without her. If you forced me to tell you a defect, the
only problem I could pick out is that Charlene always wants
to record, and I just don’t have that much music.
3). In “Stand Me Relentless” as in
other songs you write on sentimental relationship. Do they
reflect any experiences of feelings that you have lived ?
Charlene April: All the lyrics I write come from
something either I have lived through directly or I have
seen others live through. My lyrics are interpretations of
events or situations. We are all so similar and have all
experienced love and loss, which is why so many artists only
sing about those issues. However there are a million other
issues that others can relate too and I like to tap
into some of those issues for originality. For example; the
first track on the album called "Golden Glass" is about the
under paid and under appreciated workers who deserve much
more than what they are receiving, I think everyone can
relate to that.
4). I’ve heard a very beautiful new
song that I can’t find on your first album : “The Charming
Factor” and that is called “Walking in the park”. Does it
mean that you will soon release a new album ?
Daniel Guenther: Walking In The Park was released on
the February 2005 Sonic Seducer magazine compilation, it is
exclusive to that CD; we have been busy writing several
exclusive tracks for various compilations. A song we just
wrote called “Just Like Anyone” will appear on an upcoming
Orkus magazine release and a new song entitled “Secret
Affair” will be another exclusive track released on the
Infacted Vol.2 Compilation due out this April. As of now we
started writing our new album, which has a much more
industrial dance influence. Keep checking
www.BlindFaithandEnvy.com for updates. Hopefully we will
have it released by summer!
5). Let’s not leave the songs. On
this first album there is an original cover of Depeche Mode.
Why did you choose to take this song ?
Daniel Guenther: Shout is such a great song with
amazing melody and lyrics, it was the feeling behind this
song that got us wanting to do this song our own way and
hope Depeche Mode fans would approve of the drastic change.
So far we have gotten great feedback with our version.
6). The name of your group has
something poetical. Where does it come from ?
Charlene April: Our band name comes from some lyrics
I wrote a while back. I liked the sound and feel of the
phrase I came up with for a chorus that went "there goes my
blind faith and envy." It just stuck with us ever since
then. The phrase means different things to different
people, which is really cool for people to creatively
realize what it might mean to them.