Vended vocalist Griffin Taylor spoke with Rocksound over the weekend about their progress with their upcoming sophomore album. That alternative metal outfit notably feature Griffin, son of Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor on vocals, and Simon Crahan, son of Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan on drums.
Sharing an update on where the band are currently at with their follow-up to their 2024 self-titled debut, Griffin told the aforementioned publication the following at the annual ‘Bloodstock Open Air‘ festival [transcribed by theprp.com]:
“[With] the first album, we were actually rushing ourselves to get it done as quickly as possible, while still putting a lot of thought and effort into it. So we were like really, really just trying to like get that shit, you know, get that ball rolling and get it out as quickly as possible. With this, with this next era of Vended, we’ve had a lot of time to take our time with it.
We’ve been able to pace ourselves and really focus on what we’re trying to say and what we’re trying to do. And even then we’re still trying to figure it out. And I’m still trying to figure out what I’m wanting to say. And right now I’m at a certain, like certain spot where I have somewhat of an inkling of what I’m trying to convey, and what sort of image, sort of art that I’m trying to show the world — because it is about the world. But a lot of that is just secret secrets tell no one at this point.
We are very much just trying to keep it as clean and as mysterious as possible, while still being like, ‘we are working.’ We are, you know, we’re in the tool shed, fucking getting shit put together, and it’s just gonna, it’s just taking a lot of time now, and we’re wanting it that way because we’re wanting to put a lot more of thought and effort into it.”
