It is the Halloween of 2016. Fletcher and Wyatt Shears of the transcendent band, The Garden sat down in a grimy club in Deep Ellum and spoke about their music and charity of choice, Doctors Without Borders. The Shear twins hail from sunny Orange County California, where they both began modeling and writing music for their own side projects.

The Garden has created their own musical genre to classify the particular sound their duo carries. The brothers both comprehend their sound as a personal creation, and do not keep the reminder that they have an audience when recording.

“It’s kind of just accepted by whoever chooses to accept it,” said Fletcher Shears. “It’s not something you’re going to hear on ‘K-rock’ or on the radio, but we like what we do and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.”

The term used to construe the lifestyle of the Shear twins is referred to as “Vada Vada.” The term has several different meanings and definitions to the twins and their followers.  

“I don’t really view vada vada as a ‘sound,’” Fletcher said. “It has so many different elements and genres in it, that’s just the terms we came up with to describe it all based off of our mind set and how we live our daily lives.”

Outside of The Garden, the twins devote their time to releasing their own extended plays (EPs) and merchandise. They both feature each other in the recording process, but make it a point to keep things separate from The Garden.

“We definitely stay pretty far away from each others side projects as far as the creative process goes,” Fletcher said. “Those things are completely separate. I never really know what he’s writing until he puts it out.”

Being from California, it is easy to fall into the visionary and innovative way of life. Daily living for the Shears has been morphed to continue their North American tour as well as their European resulting in a significant increase in their following.

“It gives you a bit more confidence and hope that you can keep expanding,” Wyatt Shears said. “With live performances at this point, we’re always trying to change it up and as long as we’re able to have fun I think it translates to the audience.”

The duo has been releasing a series of singles over the past few months resulting in a wave of new attention and exposure. Fletcher and Wyatt were kind enough to shed some light on the rumor of a new album, saying it is to be released in early 2017.

“For us when we release something,” Wyatt said. “It’s not about what’s to come. It’s more about here’s what we’re doing right now. All of their singles kind of connect in their own way but they don’t really reflect the sound of our upcoming albums.”

The two also spoke about their recent involvement with the charity Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organization that delivers medical aid to people harmed by conflicts, epidemics and disasters around the world.

“I’m interested in what they’re doing as far as what’s going on in other parts of the world,” Wyatt said. “I feel like a lot of what goes on gets ignored by the media. I like that there’s people out there working hard and doing something important and putting their lives on the line to help people.”

The rest of the interview consisted of light-hearted jokes consisting of the twins’ least favorite thing about touring together, which Fletcher claimed was sharing a bed every night, and what songs had been on repeat for them lately. Wyatt suggested “Fly Pirates” by MIA.

The Garden will continue to finish out their North American and European tour next year following the release of their new album and plan to bring new ideas to their live performances for audiences to enjoy.