This Empty Vessel Discuss NOD and Creative Vision on AM Convos with Aaron

March 20 — Nashville, TN

Soundcrest Music Group artist This Empty Vessel recently appeared on AM Convos with Aaron (featuring Logan) for the project’s first podcast interview, offering listeners a deeper look into the group’s collaborative model, the making of their debut album NOD, and the philosophy driving the project forward.

During the conversation, the group described TEV as more than a traditional band structure:

“We consider ourselves a production company… we take our skill set, which is the vessel, and then we take a vocalist and fill the vessel with their voice.”
-J Booth

That concept has become central to This Empty Vessel’s identity — a flexible creative framework that allows its core team to collaborate with different vocalists while maintaining a strong artistic center through songwriting, production, and shared vision.

The episode also sheds light on NOD as a deliberately structured body of work. As J explains:

“The album is structured kind of like a book. It has a beginning and an end… each track is kind of like a dream of its own.”
-J Booth

Rather than chasing trends or formulas, TEV’s process is rooted in cohesion, emotional resonance, and artistic intent. The band also speaks candidly about the value of trust in collaboration and the advantage of creating at this stage of life with both experience and perspective.

“There’s something about working with these two guys… this little unit that we have here, it just clicks.”
— Wes Bishop

One of the most revealing lines from the interview may be the simplest:

“It’s not about trying to impress somebody, but trying to write the best art that you can.”
-Gerald Josef

That perspective reflects the strength of This Empty Vessel as a project: seasoned writers and musicians using hard-won experience to create work that is both ambitious and authentic.

The discussion also touches on the early response to NOD and the band’s rollout:

“We had over half a million views and likes on social media. Nobody helped us. We did that all on our own.”
-J Booth

That momentum reflects a focused and deliberate release strategy—something the band credits in part to the team around them:

“We also got to listen to our publisher… they had a very specific plan of attack. There’s a reason they do what they do—and they were 100% correct.”
-J Booth

That momentum, combined with a long-form album vision and a distinctive collaborative format, continues to position TEV as one of the more interesting alternative projects emerging from Nashville.

Listeners also get insight into one of NOD’s closing emotional statements, as the band discusses the song “Clean”:

“You put your differences behind and you burn it clean.”
-J Booth

It is a fitting image for a record concerned with tension, memory, dreams, and emotional aftermath.

Watch or listen to the full conversation below.

YouTube
AM Convos with Aaron – This Empty Vessel (ft. Logan)

Apple Podcasts
This Empty Vessel (ft. Logan) – A.M. Convos Ep. 9

Spotify
This Empty Vessel – A.M. Convos Ep. 9

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