DISTORTED SOUND MAGAZINE
“At the moment we are quite angry at the world, politically speaking. That
The band’s performance at Bloodstock comes on the
back of their EP Better Safe Than Sober which was
released back in March. Across the EP’s five tracks,
the band hold nothing back and express a wide range
of emotions that really connect with the listener and
it is because of this brute emotional exploration that
Better Safe Than Sober has been so well received, as
the band explain. “It’s been really positive actually,
we can’t thank people enough for the support. We
didn’t expect people to dig it as much as they are.
As artists you do your music and you do what you
love because you love it and you hope that other
people feel what you feel and relate to your tracks.
We’ve had such a good response and a lot of people
have been in similar situations to what we are writing
about and they feel it too, so it’s good to get that
response. That good vibe, they are feeling the music
and it’s not just about looking at us on stage, they are
actually listening to the song. Better Safe Than Sober
resonates with a lot of people” says Sinead. “Every
single one of those songs is based off some form of
experience. John Doe you have that bitter analysis
of the modern way of living, that work, sleep, work,
sleep routine that is slowly killing you and killing any
form of passion. It drags everyone into depression
and the reliance on antidepressants. I was actually
checking how a massive percentage of the population,
including myself, are on antidepressants and there is a
Written by JAMES WEAVER
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