Makes My Blood Dance continue to carve out their own electrifying lane in modern rock, blending high-voltage performance energy with a romantic, emotionally charged edge that fans can’t get enough of. Fresh off the buzz surrounding their latest visuals and with new shows on the horizon, the band returns for a conversation that dives deeper into their creative universe.
In this exclusive interview, they open up about their evolving sound, the balance between intensity and melody, their artistic chemistry, and the vision that keeps pushing them forward. With upcoming dates alongside Powerman 5000 and 12 Stones, MMBD are stepping into one of their most exciting chapters yet, and they’re bringing us along for the ride.
Scroll down to read the full Q&A, where Makes My Blood Dance talk inspiration, storytelling, touring, and the heartbeat behind their music.
- Your live shows carry a very distinct identity. When you step on stage, what’s the feeling or intention you want the crowd to recognize before the first note hits?
SpaceyBaby: When I step on stage, it feels like I’m throwing a rager every night — and the crowd becomes the pulse of the party. We definitely have our deep moments and real connection, but at the end of the day my number one goal is to make people feel lighter. I want you to walk out not just remembering the band, but remembering that you genuinely had fun.
- This tour has been gaining momentum fast. Has performing night after night shifted anything about how you see MMBD as a group right now?
SpaceyBaby: We thrive on performing live, that’s become really clear on this tour. I think in any artistic pursuit, creating the work is only half the story. The magic of live music is getting to watch people consume your art in real time; their reaction completes that story. It brings the music to life and connects us to them on such a personal level. We really feel that interconnectedness, and it fuels us to keep creating.
- Your audience is incredibly mixed, pulling listeners from rock, dance, and alt communities. How does that diversity influence the way you shape your setlist or performance style?
EV0: We embrace it, and everyone. See you in the strobe.
- Fans often describe your concerts as both emotional and high-adrenaline. How do you personally navigate that balance between musical intensity and emotional storytelling during a live show?
EV0: It’s a moment in time when you’re completely free, if you let yourself. Don’t think about what others think of you, just be together, feel the music, dance, shout, shock yourself.
- MMBD’s catalog blends heavy sound with dramatic flair. When you’re creating new music, what guides you in deciding which ideas belong in the MMBD world versus ideas that stay on the shelf?
EV0: My first thought is, none of them stay on the shelf. We write with a “yes, and” sort of method, where it’s never really “no”. I’ll tell Jon Kristian something I’m envisioning and share music and ideas and he’ll send me back a piece of music that is nothing like what I was expecting. I just roll with it, Yes….and…make it my own. We typically do that a bunch, ping pong back and forth with ideas and then at some point we’re there. That’s a bit of the writing process for us.
- “Time and a Place” feels like a very personal moment in your discography. What sparked the first idea behind the song before any lyrics or production choices were made?
EV0: One of our producers Bret “Epic” Mazur wrote the initial groove and we just loved it. Jon and I jumped into the lab and busted out and brick of GOLD. haha. Uhm, we like the song and the process of how it happened.
- There’s a unique tension in the track, almost like it’s trying to outrun something emotionally. How intentional was that feeling while shaping the mood of the song?
EV0: I find it exhilarating that you are asking such a meaningful question because it’s an intimate, delicious, crimson, velvet and silk affair of fire and lust.
- The production is both powerful and spacious, allowing the emotion to sit in the foreground. What early decisions helped you achieve that balance?
EV0: working with our choreographer, Sophia Mitchitson has been a dream. She is top of the game, total pro and a knockout dancer. We are currently in production for another music video working with her for “Black Summer” off of Z3r02LGHT$p33D! Album. That will be available digital, vinyl and digipak everywhere for the Powerman 5000/12 Stones/MakesMyBloodDance tour
- Vocally, the delivery on this track feels more vulnerable than some of your other releases. Did recording it push you into a different expressive space?
EV0: I just had fun.
- The chorus has become a strong fan moment. Was that hook something that came naturally in the writing session, or did it go through multiple evolutions before landing where it is now?
EV0: the hook was the first thing I wrote. I really just connected hard on that and sang it out. It’s an intense high orgy chorus, sometimes we’ll open the live set with that one and it lights up the room.
- Do you see “Time and a Place” as a direction for where MMBD are heading next, or is it a standalone moment within a broader creative shift?
EV0: Good question! We have not written another one like it, it feels like a stand alone but I think I would be psyched to write another song with Bret “Epic” Mazur.
Jon Kristian: “Hey Bret, I was just wondering if we could turn it down slightly, just a little loud on my ears”
Epic: …….long pause before turning head….”you can leave”
The song came out pretty sweet!
