Erica Butts is a singer/songwriter who currently resides in Hoboken. She fronts Rest Ashore, a pop-math rock group who just released their new album Pornoviolence. Check it out at www.restashoremusic.com

In this episode we talk about the formation of Rest Ashore, the tricky delays that bands often run into when they record, some of Erica’s influences musically and lyrically, her song-writing process, writing “math-rock” music, the DIY scene in Hoboken/Jersey City, what it takes to build up a music venue, and the struggles of playing in a band where everyone is hours apart from each other.