Sept. 21, 2026

Sent by Ravens Return: Surviving the Heat and Rocking Their Reunion at Louder Than Life

Show Notes
Transcript

In this episode of the Podcast, Pipeman sits down with Zach and Jamie from Sent by Ravens for an exclusive reunion interview at Louder Than Life. The conversation covers their return to the stage after 13 years, life changes, songwriting evolution, industry support, and the challenges of performing in extreme heat. The band also introduces their latest single, "A Quiet War," and shares insights into their creative process and future plans.Main Topics Covered

Surviving and Performing in the Heat
- Experiences with performing at festivals in sweltering conditions
- Comparisons of heat and humidity across different regions (00:31 - 00:58)
Sent by Ravens Reunion
- Decision and motivation behind reuniting for a show after a 13-year hiatus (01:27 - 01:37)
- Reflections on growing older and nostalgia for playing live music
Return to Writing and New Material
- Creative drive sparked by the reunion offer
- Release of their first new song, "A Quiet War," in over a decade (02:08, 05:21)
Shifts in Rock Music and Industry Support
- Observations on the resurgence of heavier, authentic rock sounds (03:50 - 04:29)
- The impact of fans and industry insiders advocating for the band's return
- Example of other iconic bands experiencing renewed popularity
DIY Production and Songwriting Process
- Choosing to self-produce their comeback single in a cabin in Asheville, NC
- Collaborating with a close friend for engineering and production support (05:28 - 05:41)
Encouragement for Listeners
- Invitation to check out the new music and support the band's new chapter

Key Discussions & Stories

The band’s tongue-in-cheek complaints about heat at the festival, with Pipeman joking about craving "cooler weather" after Florida (00:44).
Jamie shares the surreal feeling of playing together again after so long (01:33), acknowledging the fun and challenges of being “a little too old for this shit” (01:41).
Zach highlights how the reunion prompted the band to write and release new material, marking a significant creative milestone (02:08).
Jamie notes the positive fan and industry response, which led to their appearance at Louder Than Life (03:21 - 03:39).
The hosts and band discuss trends in rock music, referencing the revival of acts like Limp Bizkit and My Chemical Romance as evidence that fans are craving more genuine, musician-driven sounds (04:29 - 04:53).

Notable Quotes

"We haven't played together in what, 13 years? This is a reunion show for us." – Jamie 01:33
"We released one about 3 weeks ago. It's called 'A Quiet War.' You could find it on YouTube, all the streaming services." – Jamie 05:21
"As soon as we announced that we were kind of getting back together and writing songs, all of a sudden, like, a lot of our fans are apparently like in the industry and talking us up, and that's how we got on at Louder Than Life." – Jamie 03:21
"This kind of music that we played is starting to come back around. You see that with a lot of new bands... it's time for us to write a few more songs for sure." – Zach 03:50
"We went to a cabin in Asheville, North Carolina by ourselves. We produced it ourselves, brought in one of our friends to kind of engineer and help produce it. And it's fucking sick." – Jamie 05:28

Resources & Links Mentioned

"A Quiet War" – Latest single from Sent by Ravens
- Available on YouTube and all major streaming platforms (05:21)
Louder Than Life – Festival appearance discussed in the interview

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Hey, you're listening to The Adventure of Pumlin on W4CY.

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For you.

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This is Pipe Man here on the Avengers Pipe Man

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W4CY radio, and I'm here with.

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Hey, my name's Jamie, and I play bass and sit

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my Ravens. My name's Zach.

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So, did the Ravens also send this fucking heat?

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No, they did not. Usually we come from more, you know,

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cold areas. We like cold things. Although we are from South.

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Carolina, but it's way hotter here than it is in

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South Carolina.

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We just sit in the A.C.

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All day, that's all. Yes, very much.

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I live in Florida, and I can't wait to get

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home to get to the cooler weather. Like, and nobody

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says that.

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I'm telling you, we got out the van yesterday, and

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it was, like, insanely humid.

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I was like, it's going to be a scorcher tomorrow, bro.

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Yeah, you know, like, I have been doing festivals in Europe, UK,

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and here. And every one of them, like six of them,

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were all hotter than South Florida. Like, how does that

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fucking happen, man? And I don't know how you guys

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play in this shit.

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It's the heat dome, apparently. The heat dome is here.

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It is, it is.

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But how you guys play, I always wondered that about bands. Like,

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it's brutal to get up there and give it your

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all in this.

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Yeah, also....

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Fortunately, we were in a tent this year, so that

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was really cool. But also, we haven't played together in, what,

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13 years? This is a reunion show for us.

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Wow. Hell of a reunion show to come back with.

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Pun intended.

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Not only was it hot, but it was also, we're

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just getting a little too old for this shit. Or

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at least it felt that way anyway, you know?

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Right. So what made that you guys do this reunion show?

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What came up? What was the impetus that made this happen?

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So we got the offer to play the show. We

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all talked about it. We hadn't written music in a

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long time, so we said, screw it, we'll do the show.

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This will put us in gear to write a song.

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We just released three weeks ago, something like that. So yeah,

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that happened. We played the show. We'll see how many

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more we do in the future.

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I think you're going to do a lot more, aren't you?

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We'll see.

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After doing this. Well, if you've done this one, you've

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done the hardest one yet because it's so hot. It's

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only uphill from here, you know? So tell the listeners

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a little bit about you guys that may not know

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you because you've been on hiatus for this amount of

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time and why they should check you guys out and

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your music.

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Well... We were on Tooth & Nail Records back in

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the day. We disbanded just because we were all getting

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older and had families and life, and we came back

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to do this. But as far as what we're doing,

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I mean, we definitely... Why people should check us out,

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I guess?

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Yeah, yeah. I don't know.

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Why should people check us out, Jamie?

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I don't know. I think.

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We decided to write some songs and we were really

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proud of them. Just they're more mature, they're more, they're fun,

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they're heavy, they're heavy as hell. And yeah, I mean,

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as soon as we announced that we were kind of

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getting back together and writing songs, all of a sudden,

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like a lot of our fans are apparently like in

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the industry and talking us up and that's how we

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got on it at Louder Than Life. So I think

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there's just more to come from us. I think there's

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some more mature heavy rock stuff coming.

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Check it out if you dig it. If you don't,

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that's cool too.

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I also think that it's been so long that I

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feel like this kind of music that we played is

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starting to come back around. So it's coming back. You

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see that with a lot of new bands that are

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coming out. So I feel like it's time for us

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to write a few more songs for sure.

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I agree with you. I think we're seeing a resurgence

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of stuff. Like, there's a 90s thing going on right now, too.

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And it's like, I think people are sick of just

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the going through the motions type of music, the formulaic

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type of music, and they want to go back to

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musicianship and real music. And that's why you were sent

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by Ravens.

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Yeah, I mean, it's kind of why you're seeing... The

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raw edginess of Limp Bizkit coming back and headlining this

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thing and My Chemical Romance, Resurgence, just becoming bigger than

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they were when we listened to them back in 2009, 2010.

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So we decided to throw our names in the hat too,

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and people were really excited about it. People were excited

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to put us on stuff like this, and I think

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we came out and crushed it, so.

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You did crush it. And listen, under the hottest of circumstances.

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So that says a lot. Man, that's dedication. That's musicianship.

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And what else do you want the listeners to know

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that we haven't talked about that they should know about

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you guys or anything?

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Well, yeah.

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Like I said, we wrote some new songs. We released

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one about three weeks ago. It's called A Quiet War.

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You can find it on iTunes. YouTube, all the streaming services.

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Check it out. Give it a listen. It's their latest.

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We went to a cabin in Asheville, North Carolina by ourselves.

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We produced it ourselves. Brought in one of our friends

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to kind of engineer and help produce it. And it's

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fucking sick.

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So it rocks, and you guys should check it out.

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Well, you guys fucking rock. And thanks for being here

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at Louder, and thanks for being on the Adventures of

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Pipe Man.

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Thanks, man.

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Thanks for having us, Dean. We appreciate you.

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You got it.

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