Interview with Ugly Purple Sweater: DC Deli’s Artist of the Month (June)

DC’s indie folk rockers Ugly Purple Sweater lead the poll last month and clearly took the cake as Band of the Month. If you haven’t yet, check out their truly excellent album Conventions (now available here) and you’ll hear why the fans pushed for that UPS domination. We got a hold of Sam McCormally (vocals/guitar/keys) who spoke on behalf of the bunch including Rachel Lord (banjo/keys/guitar/vocals,) Will McKindley-Ward (guitar/vocals,) Mike Tasevoli (drums,) and Rishi Chakrabarty (bass.) Here he tells us about goodwill sweaters, growing up in the "CD Era", and scoring films. Now onto the interview...