you out and you'll quit. We've been very strong, but in the end we feel like it's very worth it. dapperQ: That must've been a wild experience, with everything so in flux. Lots of opportunities to quit. What kept you committed? Kiyomi: Just the love for the music. Even though it's been a slow grind, the fans that we do get have always been supportive. Even though labels may have not seen us grow at the pace they desired, we have seen the growth. Every time we go back to a city we see how many more people are there than the last time. And that shows us how we can really make this work. The commitment of the fans has really made us grateful and that's what kept us going. dapperQ: How was doing it on your own? Kiyomi: We were doing it on our own for the last year with our management and our agents, but at this point it's too much to manage on our own. We have a show every single night for the next few months, we're going to Japan ,we might be going to Australia. To try to manage it all...we can't do it anymore. We need help. So we're venturing into this new relationship with the new label MegaForce and we'll see what happens. dapperQ: What can people expect from the new album, Collide and Conquer , and from this fall's tour? It just came out in late October and I feel like