An Interview with Hexagon Cat, August 2026
It was like an instant click since we’d all been playing and writing together for years already. We’ve never really focused on intentionally evolving. If it has happened at all, it happened naturally. The main thing to influence our sound has been trying to emulate the bands who inspire us (mainly The Flaming Lips and The Moody Blues)
How was the band formed? How/when did the members decide to start a band?
We were all actually in a band called Moon Days for a long time before we went on hiatus in 2018. Hexagon Cat formed during Covid when we started working (safely) on our first album. Both bands have the same members but the difference is that I (Jake) am the main songwriter in Hexagon Cat.
Tell me about Red Hexagon!! What was the creative process behind it? What significance does it hold to you?
Red Hexagon is our second album. We really just wrote one song at a time over the course of a few years. There wasn’t really an overall plan besides making a cohesive album. Making an album is a big deal to us and we worked really hard to make it the way we wanted it to be. For me, the significance it holds is that it’s a testament to who I was and how I felt at a certain time in my life, almost like a time capsule.
Which song(s) from the album hold the most significance to you?
I think the songs that hold the most significance are the ones about real life and real feelings. For this album, that would be Goodbye, Back in Time, and Don’t Change. The song that gave us the most trouble was The Creature because I had to rewrite the lyrics several different times over a few years and I still don’t like them, but I accept them.
How do you continue to come up with new sounds/ideas as a group?
We just don’t consider ourselves to have any limitations when making music. We treat the studio like an instrument and nothing is really off the table.
What is the hardest part about being in a band? What gets you through those times?
I think the hardest part about being in a band is the hopelessness of making music in these modern times, when the market is so oversaturated with new music constantly. You don’t even need to be a musician to make music anymore. Couple that with the fact that the social media algorithms are actively working against artists, and it just feels impossible to reach anyone.
What gets us through that is the rare occasion that our music does somehow cut through all of the nonsense and reach someone new who enjoys it.
Which song of yours was the most fun to write & make? why/what was the process?
I think making Wavelength was probably the most fun. The time signature changes are just fun to play and all of us learning the harmonies and recording them together felt like a throwback for us. And hearing all the orchestral instruments come together one by one was really exciting. They were recorded separately by random internet people in different countries and almost everything else was recorded in my bedroom.
What helps bond you as a group?
Just hanging out as friends. We’re all friends outside of music and we’ve known each other since we were kids so it’s easy for us. We like to listen to and talk about music, watch TV shows and movies, go on trips, go to shows, etc.
Aiming for the sky - what is your biggest goal as a band? (dream venue, collaborations, achievements, etc.)
The Flaming Lips are probably our biggest influence so in a perfect world we would love to collaborate with them! Another dream collaborator would be Hideki Taniuchi, an amazing and underrated composer and guitar player who is most known as one of the two composers from Death Note. He has been unjustly blacklisted in Japan for having a laughably small amount of weed in 2012.**
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