Schmoolio took the time to share some of their thoughts about the direction of the band and about their take on “Level Up”.  “As a band, ‘Level Up’ resonated as well.  From the musicianship and songwriting to the actual engineering and performance, we slowed everything in the process down to get it right and make it better than our previous album ‘Can’t Hang’.  ‘Level Up’ is about taking the next step and trying to improve. The first song ‘Toast to the Host that Ghosted Me’ is about stepping outside your comfort zone, even if it takes some liquid courage, and just having fun.  Not taking life or situations too seriously.  ‘Stuck’ is about moving out of a bad roommate situation, and that roommate is a close friend, so it was hard, but it was time to move on/level up.  You see that theme throughout the album describing situations with past relationships and moving on, losing family members or having friends move away.  Even dealing with depression and acknowledging that it’s a reality that a lot of people struggle with in the song ‘Seclusion’.  The theme is, we try our best to grow and get better from all of this.  We tried to keep it light and fun, but theres a lot of seriousness to it as well.”