et’s go. And I think that we needed to remember that it’s notoutput: title: COIN's Chase Lawrence and Ryan Winnen Sit Down with Atwood Magazine for a Candid, Decade-Spanning Conversation about Chasing Naïveté, Embracing Vulnerability and Self-Acceptan

COIN's Chase Lawrence and Ryan Winnen sit down with Atwood Magazine for a candid, decade-spanning conversation about chasing naïveté, embracing vulnerability and self-acceptance, making songs out of love (rather than fear), and the band's triumphant fifth studio album, 'I'm Not Afraid of Music Anymore.'

time, let’s go out there and do our thing and connect with people.

But I think that at the end of the day, it’s like, we’re just sitting in a circle, playing music together, and we’re saying what we mean and meaning what we say, and we’re getting closer to each other. And I think that vulnerability has always been the name of the game for COIN. And I think that we needed to get back to that place where we were just like being vulnerable with each other and not afraid to say what we meant and not afraid to express ourselves fully, musically. And I think that that’s something that we’ve always done, but I think that we needed to get back to that place where it was just like the three of us again, and we were just making music together because we loved it and we had to do it.

Chase Lawrence: Yeah, I think that’s a good way to put it. I think that this felt like such a huge step for us to just make music out of the love of it instead of the fear of it. And I feel like love always outraces fear.

Chase Lawrence: I think that it’s funny because for the longest time, the working title of this album was The Kiss — the intention being a conceptual snapshot of honesty and vulnerability. And about three weeks into recording the album, our producer’s six-year-old daughter came to visit us at the studio. While there, she recorded a little background vocal on a song. After finishing singing, she took her headphones off & yelled, “I’M NOT AFRAID OF MUSIC ANYMORE!” We thought to ourselves… what an odd thing to say.

Two months after leaving the studio, I found myself working on mixes and feeling underwhelmed by the picture of ourselves we’d captured. While hitting tennis balls against a wall in January, I listened to the whole album top to bottom for the first time ever. I cried my eyes out on the court. I had been looking at this music (and my life) with such unforgiving eyes – paralyzed by this abstract thought of what it could be, while completely ignoring the beauty of what it actually IS. I’m not afraid of music anymore because we are not afraid of where we are anymore.

Chase Lawrence: Yeah, I think that it’s funny because for the longest time, the working title of this album was The Kiss — the intention being a conceptual snapshot of honesty and vulnerability. And about three weeks into recording the album, our producer’s six-year-old daughter came to visit us at the studio. While there, she recorded a little background vocal on a song. After finishing singing, she took her headphones off & yelled, “I’M NOT AFRAID OF MUSIC ANYMORE!” We thought to ourselves… what an odd thing to say.

Two months after leaving the studio, I found myself working on mixes and feeling underwhelmed by the picture of ourselves we’d captured. While hitting tennis balls against a wall in January, I listened to the whole album top to bottom for the first time ever. I cried my eyes out on the court. I had been looking at this music (and my life) with such unforgiving eyes – paralyzed by this abstract thought of what it could be, while completely ignoring the beauty of what it actually IS. I’m not afraid of music anymore because we are not afraid of where we are anymore.outputCOIN’s Chase Lawrence and Ryan Winnen unpack their fifth studio album, ‘I’m Not Afraid of Music Anymore,’ vulnerability, and chasing naivety in a candid conversation with Atwood Magazine.

COIN’s fifth studio album, I’m Not Afraid of Music Anymore, is a deeply personal and vulnerable record that finds the band at their most raw and honest. The album’s title track is a powerful anthem about overcoming fear and embracing creativity, and it perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the entire record.

In a recent conversation with Atwood Magazine, Lawrence and Winnen opened up about the making of I’m Not Afraid of Music Anymore, their experiences in the music industry, and the importance of vulnerability in their songwriting.

“This album was such a victory lap for us and such a celebration of making music in the same way that we did, actually, when we first started, where there were no tricks, no tips, no tools, just pure love and just three people making music for the sake of making music,” Lawrence said.

Winnen added, “I think that we needed to get back to that place where we were just being vulnerable with each other and not afraid to say what we meant and not afraid to express ourselves fully, musically.”

COIN’s vulnerability and honesty on I’m Not Afraid of Music Anymore is truly inspiring, and it’s a record that will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to overcome their fears and follow their dreams.