Meagan Hoch is a California native who currently presides in Melbourne, Australia. Her soft, jazzy voice contrasts with the simple pop punk chord progressions provided by her rowdy band Glass House. The group is based out of the small California beach town of Monterey, California. They have gained a loyal following playing gigs around their hometown. They are known for their high energy performances, loud shows, and sweaty mosh pits. At their shows, Hoch's intelligent and often soft-spoken songwriting is difficult to ignore as it reigns over the chaotic pop punk mess of the room. She performed her soft spoken love song "Hey" for us. The song is fitting as she sent this performance to us all the way from Melbourne, Australia. "I know, sometimes its harder, holding you so close when your so far. But oh, oh it's so worth it, cause someday ill be right there where you are." In my interview with Hoch, we talked about songwriting, her band's chemistry, and the influence of pop punk and garage bands.
What inspired the song titled "Porn", and what is it about? I would like to think that all of our songs tell stories. This ones more raunchy and goofy than some of the more serious ones. It's about this day and age, and how porn is basically everywhere. Mostly it's meant to be a fun song to balance out the EP though. To Listen Click Here.
What are you listening to right now?
Right now I've been listening to a lot of Drunk Mums, SWMRS, PUP, and Modern Baseball. I've really been inspired this past year by Modern Baseball with how descriptive they get with their lyrics.
When listening and watching your music videos, your band seems like a family, are you guys super close?
Yeah we're real close. I think that it helps that we started out as friends first and had a rough idea that we all wanted to play music. We were together for about two years and were always with each other. We even all worked at Allegros (a pizza joint in Carmel, California) together! We basically saw each other every day. What is your songwriting process like?
For a while, our song writing process was that I would already have written songs and show them to the rest of the band, then they'd create something even better than I had originally imagined. I know that each of them have their own flair that really gives great presence to the songs.
We all know what its like to be in a relationship that is not equal. The song "60/40" captures that feeling so well, could you tell us about writing that song? This ones a longer story. "60/40" has always held a large space in my heart because when I wrote it, I felt that both the vocals and lyrics were this sort of release I guess. Every time we performed that song it felt somewhat intimate for me. It felt vulnerable playing it for the first time in front of strangers, but as time passed it became one of my favorites. The whole meaning behind "60/40" stemmed from being told that there was someone else. She was previously a part of his life, and after not taking advantage of his affections before, wanted to be apart of it again. When I asked what was going to happen next he told me that it was "60/40," and didn't tell me which side I was on. There's much more to that story but that sums up the title to the song. To Listen Click Here.
Who are your influences? My influences are all over the place. The Strokes was the first band that I turned to when I first started writing for the band, as well as The Arctic Monkeys. Then it grew into more of California garage-punk bands like FIDLAR. What advice would you give to other girls trying to start a band? As far as advice goes, I'd say find people who make you happy and make music with them. Writing and performing shouldn't be stressful if you're up there with the right people.
