The Occupation of D.C. is the name of Surviving Thalia’s latest disc, the follow-up to 2005’s Welcome to Our America. Political, with a penchant for bonecrushing metal and hardcore, Occupation is a feast for a sharp-edged life, featuring the vocalist David “Sailor” Bryant, (ex-My Own Victim). Guitarist and engineer Mike Taylor talks about the beginnings of the group, and its newest output.