Indie pop group Air Traffic Controller recently released their new album "Black Box" and we asked them to tell us about some of the tracks. Co-vocalist/guitarist Dave Munro tells us about the song "The House". Here is the story:

The song was written as a thank you to my parents, celebrating how being raised in the wake of a divorce ended up being kind of awesome. When I was in 5th grade, my mom married my friend's dad, a Vietnam veteran, who was naturally more strict than we were used to, but together, he and my mom made sure all 7 of us step children had fun under their roof. The house quickly became the hang out spot for all of my friends and all of my siblings and step-siblings friends. To this day, everyone still refers to it as "The House".

After completely rewriting the song several times, I finally recorded a demo with my brother Richie and sent it to our producer, Bleu. His brief response - this is funny. I was pretty sure this was not a compliment, as Bleu told me many times before, you shouldn't do funny. But when it came time to choose from our demos, it was one of his favorites. In the final recording we used clips from that original demo and changed the pitch, so I sound almost like a child on some parts, and Bleu also came up with the stuttering, slamming chorus. The song has become our biggest sing-a-long, and more importantly people are connecting with it, saying - that's my house too!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the videohere and learn more about the album right here!

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