In Your Ears: An Interview with True Strays

If you’ve read my post on the Dart Music Festival you’ll have seen that I was very impressed with the performance of True Strays, a Bristol-based band pumping out roots rock n roll tracks. After my last post, I got in contact with founders James Cameron and Joe James to find out a little more about their sound, band and some of their favourite Bristol spots.

Introduction from James & Joe

Hello, we are James Cameron and Joe James and we are in a band called True Strays. We started it because we go way back and we knew that we could trust each other to get the job done. Being in a band takes immense time, energy and investment, so you really need to know that your partners in crime have your back. Plus there are not many people who you’ve known that long. That you know you can get along with in close proximity day after day, night after night. We actually first met in playgroup but then lost touch until secondary school! We started playing together in a previous band, that fell apart and we knew who to call for a second stab at the prize!

We love each other’s songwriting and playing styles and we share a collective love of music, songwriting and what being in a band means. So it was an easy decision to join forces in this band. Our main drummer Matt, is an old friend from the previous band also, so it was all about sticking to what we knew best and continuing the musical brotherhood!

Tell me a bit about your sound and your influences?

We all love the same strange mix of music! Old school blues, rock n roll, country, classic rock, psychedelic, grunge and post-punk so we just put it all together into a pot of west country attitude and melody. We love rhythm and how the old school music hits you in the heart and gets your booty shaking!

We try and write open truthful music. The world has had enough of ego and rock n roll cliches so we try and be honest about issues that are affecting us and the world we live in. So our message and melody come from that angle also. Our songs talk about fracking, environmental destruction, mental health, freeing yourself from doubt and fear and tax avoidance. We are trying to add to the discussion that needs to be had at this moment to move the world forward in a peaceful and positive way.

I’ve heard you guys are Bristol based (same!), what local artists do you love and what venues have you played in this city – are there any favourites?

Bristol is great huh! It is a creative paradise! So many great artists at the moment. Check out Brook Tate who did our new EP artwork! Loads of great bands like Little Thief, Hannah Williams and the Affirmations, Samantha Lindo and Joe Probert! A really collaborative place! Venues we love are Leftbank, The Canteen & Gallimaufry. Leftbank is probably our favourite. Amazing music. Down to earth atmosphere and it gets real rowdy and wild at the weekend. Great dancing and drinking! Tom the owner is a dude.

What is your favourite Bristol space?

Joe loves walking his dog in Eastville Park! After a show, we like to head to the Mothers Ruin (A rock n roll dive bar) in town for a few drinks. Where we live in Easton and St Werbeurghs there are great community spaces filled with incredible independent ethical businesses and creativity.

Any new releases soon?

We have just released our second EP – ‘Homeward Bound.’ We have got some kind reviews and had some amazing shows lately. The headline at Dart Music Festival last weekend was incredible; Our first festival headline!

The aim is to release our debut album in May 2020 so we have just started work on demoing new tunes. There will be more singles off the EP coming soon. Homeward Bound, the title track, is currently on Spotify’s Nu-Blue playlist so go have a listen (Help us with the algorithm!). We have a tonne of festivals this summer including Larmer Tree Festival and Green Man, so just getting the band sounding as tight and punchy for those shows is the current aim!

Where has been the best festival you’ve played and why?

Shambala Festival is our favourite. Beautiful site. Beautiful atmosphere. Lots of wild people of all ages looking to have a great time in some incredible fancy dress. The shows are electric and full of dancing madness, drum solos and crowd surfing.

Slightly less music related, but what do you guys do when you’re not touring or gigging?

Haha… it always feels weird to talk about this. James is a Primary School Teacher and Joe works in construction and landscaping. We both work part-time. The aim is to invest time and energy in what we really want to do which is play and make exciting music. But it’s impossible to pay your rent and build a band without a job. We love gigging but then you can’t gig all the time without wearing yourself down. Our girlfriends get a slightly raw deal when we are away so it’s a hard balancing act which takes its toll sometimes! We owe a lot to our partners in crime for putting up with us.

Signing off…

Check out new EP Homeward Bound on Spotify. Buy it from our website. Thank you Lucy for supporting underground music and supporting our music. Cheers for listening. X

Lucy: As you can see from above, these guys are an awesome bunch and have real talent and an addictive sound. Definitely check them out on the links above and find their latest live dates here. 

Interview Spotlight: Era 9

Next up to answer some questions about their influences, music and lifestyle is Era 9. Have a read of what they had to say below and check out their music too!

What inspires you to write songs?

What inspires us most in terms of writing is usually how we’re feeling and what we’re going through at the moment. Whether it’s struggles, love, heartbreak, anger, or society, etc, we all have emotions and stories to tell.

Tell me a bit about your latest release, what’s the influence behind it?

We unofficially released our EP in 2016, called Warrior. The themes vary from song to song, depending on how we’re feeling or what one of us is going through in our lives at that moment – whether it’s life’s struggles, love, heartbreak or anger.

What song are you most proud of?

We are most proud of our song “Hero” because it’s a true story/experience that some of us went through in our lives!

Where has been the best place you’ve played?

We are always excited for Ohio! Nothing but great shows, fans, and friends when we come through.

What bands do you guys listen to in your free time?

We’re all very open minded and love all genres of music, from Skrillex, Diplo, Drake, and The Weeknd, to 30 Seconds To Mars, Linkin Park, 21 Pilots, Portishead, Tesseract, Periphery, Volumes, and a lot of other heavy stuff.

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be and why?

Roasted sweet potatoes, because they’re healthy and they give us mouthgasms, BUT ONLY when roasted to perfection.

Check out Era 9 on Facebook, Youtube and their website for more information.

 

 

Interview Spotlight: Nocean

Our latest interview spotlight is with alternative rock band Nocean! Check out what Hannah (vocals) had to say, and find links to their media at the end of the post.

What inspires you to write songs?
For me, as I write all the lyrics, it is always about things happening to me or people around me when I’m writing it. It’s often about self-esteem and change, and I try to always be positive when I’m writing. I can write on a bus ride or in my bed, on my lunch break or when I’m taking a walk. It finds me.

Tell me a bit about your latest release, what’s the influence behind it and what is your favourite track off the record and why?
Our latest releases were actually two separate singles from our future album. Our favourite track is The Change, which was the first single we released along with our new sound. The song is about leaving past behind and moving forward. Kind of what we did when we released the song with new band members (Sara and Patrick joined last summer)!

Where do you hope for your band to be in five years?
I hope that we are touring around the world on big stages and that we are able to make music for a living!

What are you working on now? Any new releases soon?
We are working on our second album, producing and recording it in our home studio. It will be released this fall.

How would you describe your sound?
We play melodious, alternative rock with metal influences and electronic elements. Fans of bands like Thirty Seconds To Mars and Muse would probably like our music too. We play a bit heavier than those bands.

What made you want to be in a band?
Personally, I saw the movie about The Runaways. I had a cover band and I had been a drummer before, but I had never been the singer of an original band before and the film got me so excited.

Where has been the best place you’ve played?
Oh, I have a lot of good memories and different feelings of course from our show history. But my favourite shows must be… Birmingham, last year (Scruffy Murphys) because of all the people there at the nice little pub venue.

If you want to check out Nocean’s music click here and find them on Facebook and Youtube too.

 

 

Interview Spotlight: Tarah Who?

Tarah Who? Yeah, Tarah Who? is the next band in my recent interview series. Featuring Tarah G. Carpenter (TGC) on vocals & guitar, Matt Peltcher (MP) on Bass & background vocals and Paul Constanza (PC) on drums, read their interview below.

• Tell me a bit about your latest release, what’s the influence behind it and what is your favourite track off the record and why?

 TGC: “Federal Circle of Shame”, our last Ep sounds a little more raw, a little more us. It is a live recording. 5 songs in one day. I don’t have a favourite. I love how they all turned out.

MP: Cough Drop of Federal Circle of Shame. Why? It’s a fun song to play live.

PC: Cough Drop is probably my favourite, challenging to play so that makes it more fun. It’s about a time when Tarah was sick and had to take medicine and got better. Don’t believe me? Listen to the tune!

• What are you working on now? Any new releases soon?

PC: Working on a new album, recording in January/February.

• How would you describe your sound?

 TGC: Raw. I like to plug in and play. Simple.

MP: Bright, gritty guitar. Beefy bass. Exciting drums. Heroic vocals.

PC: Loud, fast, heavy.

• Where has been the best place you’ve played?

 TGC: Too many to mention! All UK gigs were a hell of a lot of fun, a strip club in Oregon, a punk bar in Vegas, a motorcycle club in France…

• Do you guys have any hidden talents?

MP: I’m pretty good at bowling when I’m drunk.

PC: I’m really good at making things way more complicated than they need to be. Does that count? I can also rub my stomach and pat my head, at the same time!

• If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be and why?

 TGC: Probably pasta but I would season it in different ways.

PC: Chocolate, because it’s amazing

MP: Cereal.

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If this interview has intrigued you to find out more, find their Facebook page here and Youtube link here.

 

 

Interview Spotlight: Owleye

Have you ever heard of or listened to the band Owleye? A fusion of metalcore, alternative and pop, they have an interesting sound that is worth listening to. Read my interview with the vocalist Tim Graham below.

• What’s the influence behind your latest release and what is your favourite track off the record and why?

Our latest release was our debut EP ‘No Wounds’. The influence behind the EP was just telling a story of everyday struggles and how to find the positive in negative situations. It talks of love, toxic relationships, following your dreams, and death. My personal favourite off the EP for strictly live purposes is ‘Knight to B7’ because it is such a blast to play live and is a super energetic feel.

• What are you working on now? Any new releases soon?

We are actually finishing up the pre-production for our first full-length album, which we will be recording in January. Hopefully, it will be released before Summer 2017.

• What song are you most proud of?

I am 100% most proud of our song Cycles. I would describe it more of a pop song with a little hint of rock in it but it is unlike any other track on our ‘No Wounds’ EP. It touches on the subject of death from two perspectives of myself and my friend who had passed away a few years ago.

• What do you do when you’re not touring?

Basically just living like normal functioning humans, we all work and myself and Brad are finishing up college. Other than that we live in Colorado so just about everything there is to do outside we take full advantage of.

• If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be and why?

Oh, this is a tough one cause I love all the foods but it would probably have to be sushi. I think I had like a month span of where I ate sushi for at least one meal a day.

Blogger edit: I would totally eat sushi forever too ❤

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Check out the band’s Facebook page and website for more information. Also give ‘Cycles’ a listen here, Tim’s favourite track.

 

Interview Spotlight: The Fill Ins

The latest interview spotlight focuses on The Fill Ins, a band originating from America. Read their interview below and find links to their music at the end!

• Tell me a bit about your latest release, what’s the influence behind it?

ALEX: Our latest release is a single titled “Hit The Gas” and it really sets the tone for The Fill Ins heading into 2017. The past 12 months have been a very rocky time for us. We’ve had long periods of inactivity and had a new drummer join the band, so by the time we were ready to record again we wanted it to punch you in the face.  Hit The Gas to me is a love song for anyone who loves rock n roll.

• Where do you hope for your band to be in five years?

JAMES: Still making music and coming up of with killer ideas for releases. Also the decent tour every now and again.

MIKEY: Bigger, badder, louder.

• How would you describe your sound?

ADAM:  I would describe our sound as good ol’ straight up rock n roll, with a mesh of influence of all the great rock n roll bands from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Or better yet; high

• What song are you most proud of?

ADAM:  For me, at this point, I would have to say that “Hit The Gas” is the song I’m most proud of.

• Where has been the best place you’ve played?
  

JAMES: Tremont for sure. That place just felt like home.

MIKEY: Tremont shows were always fun. Great facility with great equipment and a good crowd. 
ADAM: I would have to say that the best place I’ve ever played would be Backbooth in Orlando Florida.

• What bands do you guys listen to in your free time?

ALEX: Lately, I’ve really been enjoying stuff like Nick Cage, The Cure, Peter Murphy, and other 80s new wave / gothic stuff. I’ve really been digging the new Metallica and NOFX albums, revisiting some old roots rock like Budgie and even a little Tony Sly solo acoustic stuff.

MIKEY: I listen to everything and anything. As far as the hard rock and metal categories go I’ve been hooked on the new Avenged Sevenfold album.

• Do you guys have any hidden talents?

JAMES: I dabble in making sketch art that is sometimes used in various clothing attire once I get the right people to sew the designs onto the right fabric.

ADAM:  In my old age I have had to quit a lot of my talents outside of music but I grew up racing motocross for 14 years and rode BMX for training.  I’ve broken 14 bones and almost lost my right leg back in 2010 so my motocross days are over.

• If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be and why?

ALEX: Steak, without a doubt.

JAMES: Grilled Cheese. But not with mayonnaise.

ADAM: My wife’s chicken quesadillas cause they’re awesome.

MIKEY: Sushi. There are so many options and they’re all so good.

• Do you have any good jokes?
  

ADAM:  Me playing electric guitar.

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If you enjoyed reading what the band had to say, click here for their Soundcloud page and listen to their single, Hit The Gas, here.

 

 

Interview Spotlight: The World Over

The next interview in my series of email interviews comes from The World Over. The band consists of vocalist Tiaday, guitarist Ryan and bassist Donovan, who released their first EP- Rampart District– in 2014 before their latest release- Mountains– in August of this year. Hear all about this latest release in the interview below.

Tell me a bit about your latest release…

We recently released a new EP titled “Mountains” at the end of August that was recorded in Toronto with Seigfried Meier at Beach Road Studios! We named our new album “MOUNTAINS” because it references to our hardships and obstacles we’ve had to overcome through the period of time between this release and our last album, “Rampart District” as well as how we plan to ‘move mountains’ with this record.

What inspires you to write songs?

Honestly just music that we listen to. Since we were young we all felt a calling to use our craft to inspire millions of people with our songwriting and playing.

What are you working on now? Any new releases soon?

We will be releasing an acoustic version(s) of one or more songs off the “MOUNTAINS” album before our December tour (dates TBA soon)! We will also be releasing a music video in the new year.

What made you want to be in a band?

We all agree that it’s the comradery with your bandmates and using all of our passion combined to inspire others.

How would you describe your sound?

Our newest record, “MOUNTAINS” would have to be under the blanket term of “rock” because it isn’t post-hardcore like we used to be. We hope to break some of the boundaries of this genre a little more and reach a broader spectrum of listeners.

What do you do when you’re not touring?

Try to set up another tour! Ryan play svideo games and I [Tiaday] watch anime or play Pokémon.

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For more information on The World Over, check out their Facebook page and listen to some of their music over on their Youtube channel.

Interview Spotlight: Maxdmyz

I recently had an email interview with a band called Maxdmyz, a UK-five piece group inspired by the likes of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath with a sound resonating that of Rammstein and Slayer. The band consists of singer Twister, bass guitarist A’Zedd, drummer Jay, guitarist Roger and keyboardist Vortex, who have recently embarked on a, primarily London-based, mini-tour. Find their website here and check out what they had to say below!

What inspires you to write songs?

• Twister (singer): Love, death, truth, worry, romance and the American Way. A desperate need for connection, disconnection, self-expression, self-protection – in fact, all emotional abstractions apply.

Tell me a bit about your latest release, what’s the influence behind it?

• Jay (drummer): [About album The Hate Plane] We read that eastern mystics – or at least some – refer to this plane of existence as The Hate Plane. The record contains songs about many of the afflictions or joys which affect us at this level of existence – man-made such as war and ignorance, or self-generated, such as lust, emotional pain and a tendency towards self-destruction that we probably all have to one extent or another.

What are you working on now? Any new releases soon?

• Roger (guitar): The next release we hope to get out in January – it’s a four-track EP called Alchemical Metal.

What bands do you guys listen to in your free time?

• Roger: Last time in the tour bus all we listened to was Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. It was the only CD we had and the van’s radio is too old for MP3 players.

Do you guys have any hidden talents?

• Vortex (keys): I write computer software in my spare time and I’m pretty good at that; Roger is a skilled organ technician; Jay is a dab-hand at DIY – he can hang a door in minutes, I’ve seen him do it. A’Zedd is a Kung Fu master and Twister has a PhD in English and American Literature – I don’t know if that’s a talent – anyway, they’re not hidden anymore.

Do you have any good jokes?

• Vortex: How many ears does Captain Kirk have? Answer: a left ear, a right ear and a final frontier – you have to say it out loud, folks. And in response to your question, Lucy – no I don’t know any good jokes.

Lucy note: I actually did laugh and repeat that joke which I think says more about me then it does about you…

Where has been the best place you’ve played?

• Jay: I don’t know about the best – but the one I always remember is a place called Tom’s in Pontypridd.

Where do you hope for your band to be in five years?

• A’Zedd (bass): In a place where we can still be productive, active and creative – writing great songs and churning out stunning live shows.

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If you’re interested in hearing some of their music or finding out more about Maxdmyz then find their latest single Grieve here and follow their Facebook page for more updates.

Memphis May Fire: An Interview

As I mentioned in a previous post, I had a press pass for Slam Dunk Festival ’16 and had a couple of interviews. My first was with Memphis May Fire frontman Matty Mullins, find the transcript below!

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This is your last day at Slam Dunk, how has it been so far?

Matty: Dream come true, every time we come over here it gets better and we love being a part of this festival so the last few shows have been amazing. I wouldn’t expect any less for today.

Have you been looking out for any bands in particular on your days here?

Matty: We love getting around watching as many bands as we can, I’ve never gotten to see Panic! [At The Disco] before so I watched them yesterday, it was awesome. Most of all it’s just like a big family reunion, we get to see a bunch of friends that are in bands that we’ve toured with and known for years and so that’s our favourite part about festivals like this.

You’ve just come off tour with We Came As Romans, Miss May I and For Today, how was that? I was watching some of your Band Vs Food Videos, can you tell me a bit more about those?

Matty: Yeah! It’s very cool, so the idea behind that tour was- it was called the band vs food tour- every day we would have a local restaurant in the city that we were in cater to our meet & greet. So we would be able to have a sit down, like a nice local sit down meal with our fans in that city. It’s such a cool idea, we love getting one on one time with our fans like that and it worked out better than we could ever have imagined, it went really well.

Speaking of your fans, what’s the strangest encounter you’ve ever had with a fan?

Matty: About a week after we bought our house in Tennessee, my wife had been posting photos on Instagram and not realising that they were geo-tagged. So about a week after we bought our brand new house in Nashville we had a big van full of kids show up at the house and knock on the door and ask for pictures so that was pretty wild. But you know, crazy stuff happens every day and we love it.

So what’s the weirdest thing you’ve received from a fan? Do you get a lot of fan gifts and fan mail?

Matty: We’ve gotten some amazing stuff, I don’t know about weird but I mean like people make us flags that are local to their country that have the Memphis May Fire logo on them and we love that because there’s nothing like travelling half way across the world and feeling at home, you know? And when we get stuff like that from fans we really do feel loved and accepted in their country and we’re just a guest here but we’re so honoured to be here.

When was the first concert that you ever attended?

Matty: The first concert I ever attended was a Christian festival in the North-West of America called Jesus North-West or it might’ve been called Creation I’m not sure. But I think the headliner that day was a band called Jars Of Clay.

Did that inspire you?

Matty: absolutely, I was raised on Christian music. My older brother was an artist that I watched growing up and he played Christian music and our family were so musically orientated instead of going to sports events we would go to concerts. So yeah, I was always inspired from a young age and I was raised in that music industry.

I was reading about your organisation with your wife- Beneath The Skin– which is quite centred around faith as helping recovery. Can you tell me a bit more about that organisation?

Matty: I don’t want to get it confused, it’s called Beneath The Skin, it’s not my thing it’s her thing completely from the ground up, she really built it and she does amazing. It’s a mentoring programme for people in the music scene, young adults. She’ll pair up somebody who has been in the music scene and come out of it and lived a lot of life and learned a lot of lessons with someone that’s maybe younger in the music scene that’s still looking for guidance but it’s hard for them to talk to their parents because they don’t understand. It’s a mentorship: the mentor and mentee will meet up four times a month, once a week, for like an hour and just be able to talk and get stuff off their chest. I think it’s like therapy for them and it’s so valuable, it’s so important. The idea is to decrease depression, anxiety, suicide, self-harm and start to bring love into the underground music scene.

Your latest album, Unconditional, you’ve just been touring with. So what were the influences behind that album?

Matty: At that time in my life, I was struggling a lot. When we wrote that record I had started to experience a lot of the symptoms of depression and anxiety myself out of nowhere, I’d never felt that before in my life. It crushed me because I didn’t know where it was coming from or how to get away from it and I had no choice but to write about that. But at that point in my life I also started to dive deeper and deeper into what it meant to have a relationship with God. Not to be religious, not to be some Christian figure but to actually have a relationship with the God that created me and loves me more than anybody on the planet ever could, ever will and understanding that and diving deeper into that was a huge blessing. I can’t say that if I ever had the chance to go through panic attacks, anxiety and depression again I would be like “yeah sign me up”, but having gone through it I know the God let me go through it for a reason and putting that stuff on a record and being transparent about it is so helpful to people who are going through it. A lot of people just want to know that they can relate and that they’re not alone in it, so that was the story behind that record. We just finished a new record right before we started this little group of tours and that new record will come out in October we’re really excited about it.

Is there anything you can tell me about that? Or is it all quite under wraps?

Matty: It’s pretty under wraps at this point, there’s a couple of really exciting guest vocalists on the record. Thirteen tracks, start to finish it flows so well, it just feels so good. It’s very rock driven and we’re very proud of it.

Yeah you seem very excited and passionate about it!

Matty: Yeah! It’s a great record.

So what’s your favourite song that you’ve ever written? Is it off this new album?

Matty: That’s tough but absolutely. There’s a couple of tracks on the new record that are my all time favourites but what’s been released so far- No Ordinary Love- is a song that I love playing live because I just feel the presence of God every night in every venue when I play that song. It’s a life changing song for me which is cool because I wrote it but I don’t feel like I wrote it, you know? And there’s a song on that record called The Answer which was a huge lightbulb moment for me when I realised exactly what was going on in my life and so yeah, all in all those two songs and definitely some new stuff on the new record.

I’m very excited to hear the new record! So what kind of music do you guys listen to when you’re not actually touring?

Matty: I listen to a lot of pop music. We write and record and tour heavy music so much and we’re around it so much, when I get home I kinda like to escape from that so I can still appreciate it when I’m on tour. I listen to, lately, a lot of Purity Ring, Chvrches, Jon Bellion, stuff like that. And also Christian radio- I grew up on it so I still dive into that all the time and love to listen to that stuff as well.

Have you ever forgotten the lyrics to your songs on stage?

Matty: I do all the time. All the time. I have a horrible memory. My go-to is acting like my mic isn’t working! [laughs]. I’ll run back to our tech and be like “my mic isn’t working” but it really is and I’m just waiting for a moment when I can remember what my lyrics are! We have such a huge discography at this point- five full-length albums. That’s a lot of songs, a lot of literature to remember. It happens to the best of us, you’ve gotta be in the right headspace. Sometimes I’ll be thinking about doing laundry when I’m on stage and whatever and all of a sudden my lyrics will slip, so yeah it happens for sure.

That would make me so terrified! Here are a few of the weirder questions now: if you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?

Matty: Mexican food. All day every day. If somebody said: I will cater three Mexican meals to you a day for the rest of your life, I would say ‘let’s do it, let’s sign up’. I love Mexican food.

What is it about Mexican food? Are you a spice guy- do you like spice?

Matty: It’s not so much the spice for me. I think it’s incredible that a culture of people took about ten ingredients and can make a thousand different things with it. It’s all like beans, cheese, meat, rice and you can make a million different things with it. I love it, I love everything about Mexican food and I’m always on the hunt for Mexican food, always.

Would you ever consider, if you could, living forever?

Matty: I believe I will live forever. Not as a human being but yeah, I do believe that heaven is real and that it is eternal life spent with your creator. Unimaginable joy. So I do believe that but as a human being absolutely not. It’s too much heartache, too much heartbreak. I think that our time on earth is valuable and that we should live it to the fullest but I would not want to live on earth forever.

As a successful band, what kind of advice would you give to people just starting out in the music industry?

Matty: You can make it complicated if you want but the reality is so simple. It’s like, if you want it you can have it. It’s like what are you willing to sacrifice? There’s a million other bands out there right now trying to do the same thing that you are, what sets you apart? Are you willing to spend the first 5 years of your career getting in a van, travelling the country living on $5 a day, eating garbage food, playing for 20 people that don’t know who you are? If you’re willing to get out and make sacrifices that other musicians aren’t willing to make that’ll put you in the number one.

And you’re playing Camden tomorrow [31^st May], any special surprises at that show?

Matty: We’re playing in London yeah, at the Electric Ballroom. I mean we haven’t played that set over here before so songs that you guys haven’t heard before live and it’s gonna probably be the longest set that anybody over here has ever seen us play.

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There it is! It was a super fun interview and he was such a lovely guy!

NB: Article photo by Ian Collins.