Faber Drive Shares Secrets

Faber Drive is back with the release of their second album, Can’t Keep a Secret. The Mission, BC-based band, now decked out with two new members (Jordan Pritchett and Andrew Stricko), brings forth a brand new sound on this latest project. Blending upbeat electro-synth sounds with the original Faber Drive style, Can’t Keep a Secret has a fresh new feel. Youthink got the chance to sit down with singer/guitarist Dave Faber as he shared some secrets about Faber Drive’s latest project.

YT: How are you feeling about the success of “Can’t Keep a Secret” so far?
DF: We’re feeling really good! The first single is almost double platinum! I’m really excited.

YT: This album channels the original Faber Drive smoothness with a new twist – especially with the electro-synth elements. What brought about the shift?
DF: We’ve always been fans of The Killers and The Cars, so we just wanted to try something different. The funny thing about it is that the first single, G-Get Up and Dance, was actually supposed to be for a side project... I don’t know if I should say this, but I guess I’ll say it... the side project was going to be called Plastic Jacket so it was going to be more of an electro-pop type thing, but we ended up showing our management and label the song and they freaked out about it and they were like, “You guys can’t do this as a side project, you guys gotta release it as Faber Drive.” And we weren’t too sure about that because it doesn’t really sound like Faber Drive, right? And they were like, “Well, let’s just go for it and see if people like it.” And good thing because it seems like a lot of people like it.

YT: Many of the songs seem very nostalgic and personal. How difficult was it to write “By Your Side”?
DF: It was tough, you know? I wrote the song about my dad and he died of stomach cancer, which spread to lung cancer a few years back and it was tough. I can relate to people who have people who are close to them who have passed away from cancer. It’s a very hard thing to go through... having somebody pass away at all, but cancer’s just not fun. It’s a sad song if you look at it in the way that I wrote it, but it’s a happy song if you look at it like that, the people who you love, they’ll never truly be gone, there’ll always be a piece of them with you no matter where you are or what you do. And it was quite tough to write about.

YT: Tracks like “I’ll Be There” and “Never Coming Down” have very optimistic lyrics. Was the album aimed in this positive direction?
DF: We generally write about our life experiences of stuff and we try to be relatable to friends and family, but we generally try to keep our lyrics fairly positive – I mean, all the songs seem to be pretty positive. G-Get Up and Dance is about just partying and having a great time, going out with friends. Never Coming Down is about driving all night, having lots of fun, how when you’re young, your car is your life, you know? It’s what you – especially when you first get your licence – you just love hanging out in your car and doing everything.

YT: The question everyone is dying to ask of the title... what’s the big secret you can’t keep?
DF: Basically, you know, we’ve got lots of secrets, but one of the secrets about the album was the first single, G-Get Up and Dance was actually recorded in my barn at my house.