Runner Runner is a band rising from the ashes of previous bands Over It, Don’t Look Down, and Rufio. Making fun catchy music is what the band does best, and their talent was recognized by Capitol Records who signed them along with David Lettermen’s label, C.E. Music, and the label MRV. The band has started to see success with their uber catchy single “So Obvious,” which has been playing on various radio stations across the nation, and the band is about to embark on a nationwide tour with fellow pop rockers Secondhand Serenade and The White Tie Affair. Read our interview below to learn more about the band, and their new album that releases out on September 28th!

Interview:

***All questions answered by Ryan Ogren, singer of Runner Runner***

How’d the band come together?

The band was formed from three other bands that grew up in the punk rock scene. My band Don’t Look Down, Nick, Peter, and Jame’s band Over It, and our bass player John’s band Rufio. We all toured together for the last five to ten years, becoming friends and working on music, and then we’re the surviving band members of these other groups, and when those bands stopped playing we formed Runner Runner.

How’d you come up with the name Runner Runner?

Runner Runner is actually a poker term, and it means beating the odds. The two perfect cards have to come to beat your opponant, and we’d like to hope that we’re going to beat the odds and make it in this music business.

How’d your recent signing come about?

We’ve been looking for a home for a long time and Capitol Records and David Lettermen’s record label, you know, feels like family to us. We were managed by David Lettermen’s company, World Wide Pants, and when Capitol Records got in the mix, David Lettermen’s company decides to just start a record label as well. And now, we’re signed to David Lettermen’s record label, Capitol Records, and a record label called MRV, and honestly it feels a lot more like family then business, so it’s pretty rad.

So you have a new album coming out in August…

September. It’s September 28th actually.

Oh ok, awesome. Tell us about the album. How was the writing and recording process for it?

Amazing. We all write in our band, and we’re always bouncing ideas off of each other and we’re constantly writing at home and on the road. And you know, I’ll write a song, Petter will write a song, Nick will write a song, we’ll all work on music together all the time. We got our producer Dave Darling in the mix. He was recommended to us from a guy at our label, and that was just a great fit. As soon as we started working with Dave, we knew it was going to be awesome. We literally narrowed about 50 songs down to 12 songs for the album. So we had a lot of music, and we’re just very excited to get it out there. It comes out in September, and we couldn’t be more excited.

What’s your favorite song off the new album?

Oooh, good question….My favorite song….One of my favorite songs is a song called “Running Away,” it’s actually the last track on the album. It’s a little darker, a little deeper then what some people might think the band is, and I think it’s a good end of the album, and it’s just a little bit darker, and I think it’s going to surprise some people. I don’t know if that’s my favorite, but I like that one a lot right now.

How would you describe your sound for people who have never heard your band before?

We’re just a pop rock band. We love writing big hooks and great lyrics. We want to move people. We want to make them dance, we want to make them feel something. Emotional, melodic, catchy, pop rock.

You’re going on tour with Secondhand Serenade. What are you looking forward to on that tour?

We know John a little bit now, and he’s a really good dude. We’re really excited for the Secondhand Serenade tour. Also the White Tie Affair is going to be playing on that tour, and we’ve already toured with those guys. We know those guys really well. It’s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of pranks! I’m sure we’re going to be messing around with those guys quite a bit, and the shows are going to be really fun so we can’t wait to get on the tour.

Can you give me one straight up random fact about each member of the band?

Alright, I’m Ryan, and I love tennis. That’s pretty random, right?

I guess [ laughs]

Nick our guitar player, it’s not really random, but he is the nicest guy in the world. The nicest guy in the world. A random fact about Peter is that he was validvictorian of his high school. Random fact about John is that his brother passed away a couple years ago, his younger brother, and he’s got a really cool tribute tattoo on his chest dedicated to his brother.

Aww, that’s really sweet.

It’s awesome. And a random fact about James is he’s in love with his motorcycle.

Does he have a name for it?

I don’t know it’s name, but he’s in love with it for sure.

Any last words for the readers of Straight Up Random?

Thank you so much for checking out our band. You can check us out at online at RunnerRunnerMusic.com, Facebook.com/RunnerRunner, and Twitter.com/RunnerRunner. And thanks to people like you for interviewing people like me. That spreads the word and we really appreciate it.

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