'Just be ready for it': Triathalon is back in Savannah for one night only with their new album

Like the opening of a box, you have filled with photos. That is how I describe my conversation with Triathalon.

Adam Intrator, Hunter Jayne and Chad Chilton are back in the 912 and for one night only and they're bringing some special friends along to share the stage with them. Triathalon will hit the road on a month-long North American tour at the end of August with stops in 27 cities including Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia.

Do Savannah caught up with the band while they get ready for the start of their new tour in their hometown.

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Do Savannah: I was trying to get a timeline to see how long it has been since you all left. Has it really been seven years?

Chad Chilton: “About seven years, I think like you were saying, I want to say Adam beat us to New York City by like a year, 2016, or maybe 2015. So, six or seven. And then Hunter and I were the year after in 2017.”

Do: So, how has it been in New York for you all? What is the biggest difference between making music here and there?

Adam Intrator: "That is a good question. I think a lot of it is the setup is different. In Savannah, it is much more casual. And I think, we can make the project so easy because we lived together a lot of the times and we would play in the living room or like in Hunter’s bedroom, and we recorded in the house.

"So, the place we lived in Savannah gave us that opportunity to take advantage of doing music all the time, I think in the city, you must carve out a space for yourself more. It took a few years for us moving here to end up in a space where we could meet up to work on music regularly. And so that's kind of been like a different kind of hustle than in Savannah."

Do: How many albums now for Triathalon? Because I can sense the evolution. You all got a few under your belt. Number four? That is one more than Nirvana.

Hunter Jayne: “One more than Nirvana, that is funny. But there is a lot of R&B and soul on the record. That might not be reflected on the few singles that has been released. On the full album, that vibe is still definitely there and in some of the elements on the record.

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"But, I think a lot of the tracks that we put out to promote this album so far are more of the psychedelic vibe that we had before the album, which is titled 'Spin' (and) was recorded live, featuring mixing by Gabe Wax (Adrianne Lenker, Fleet Foxes), mastering by Zeroh (Pink Siifu, Eyedress,) and written, produced and recorded by us.

"What is special about this record, too, is we loop back to a lot of sounds we were doing the two years ago, as well. So, it kind of seems like an automation of a lot of things we've kind of touched on as a band but doing it how we would do it now too. And I think in the past, a lot of our projects have been straightforward to one thing, and I feel like that is when we go back on some stuff, push some new sounds as well. I feel like if you like some of our older music, there's songs on this album, you will enjoy. And then if you have liked our most recent stuff, there's songs on the album you would enjoy. So, that is special about it.

Do: Has there been any sacrifices or regrets with the move from Savannah to New York City?

Intrator: “No, not for me...It was the best thing to happen for me, personally, and I think when we got out of Savannah, it made us push ourselves. I think a lot more things happened for us. Things that we might not have been able to do in Savannah, more opportunities just came to us.”

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Chilton: “I think Savannah was kind of like in my mind a simpler time for us. And it is an easy thing to do, looking back at it in this in nostalgic way, but Adam is right where, the time to move came at a perfect time and where we had to push ourselves hard. In Savannah it was easy to make the band a priority and be enthusiastic about it, but I think we had become complacent.”

Do: Who is joining Triathalon during the tour? Are you all bringing any friends to join you on stage in Savannah?

Jayne: “Well, we are bringing a band called Mind Shrine. They are from Houston, Texas, and they are amazing. And they are an up-and-coming band that I feel like they deserve a lot more press. We are also bringing from Dallas an artist named Pretty Boy Aaron, who is opening the show and who is also amazing.

"We expect at the Savannah show to have as much fun as possible. There is going to be a lot more crowd participation and we are just really playing as much as the full catalog as we can, a lot of old stuff and a lot of new stuff. These shows and us hitting the road are going to be a lot of fun. It is our first time back since 2019. So, we are just going to try and have as much fun as possible and I feel like for sure, just be ready for it."

Chilton: “Also, I just want to add this in the paper. I hope that Clayton Walsh shows up, so, if we can add that. He has always worked, and he is always working when we are in town.”

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Savannah GA music events: Triathalon, Mind Shrine at Lodge of Sorrows