Tim DeLaughter of the Polyphonic Spree describes himself as the group’s “instigator” and “satellite.” Oh, and he also writes the songs with his wife and bandmate. As the front man of the 20-plus member band, DeLaughter has a lot on his plate.

On the day before the group’s show in Carrboro, he took some time to talk to the Technician about the Spree’s tour, latest album and how this band got together.

Technician: How is your tour going so far? DeLaughter: Fantastic. We’re having probably the best tour we’ve had in years.

Technician: What’s been the most interesting stop on your tour?DeLaughter: They’ve all been pretty fantastic. There was a place that I missed out on — [there were some] hot springs where everybody got to hang out for a day.

Technician: How did you get the group together? DeLaughter: I went to my friends and family and told them what I wanted to do and just started pulling people. I just started playing shows. People came up to me and asked me if I needed more members and instruments.

Technician: How did you develop your unique sound?DeLaughter: It was a long time coming. I had a band previous to this one called Tripping Daisy for about 10 years. I had a sound I was looking for — I wanted to mix rock instruments with traditional symphonic. I brought in the choir. It sounded great and we decided to take it further. Here we are now eight years later

Technician: What have been some of your influences?DeLaughter: I’ve listened to lot of different music through the years. I grew up on symphonic pop when I was a kid, and I went through all sorts of music genres as a kid. I can’t put it on one specific group.

Technician: How is your latest album [The Fragile Army] different than past releases? DeLaughter: This one’s a lot more sonically representative of the live show. The songs are shorter than previous songs on previous records — [they are] smaller, sonic bursts.