SPRING 2014
You’ve recently released your
self-titled LP. What was the
writing process like? Did it come
together easily or did you find
anything in particular difficult?
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Chaz: In theory the songs came together very quickly,
but Clyde moved to Iceland a couple of years back,
and that slowed the process I guess. I think the time
and space probably ended up being a positive factor
as it allowed us to play/write/jam all the new stuff live
which I think comes across on the record. There was
very little sitting down and writing stuff, just playing
it, I guess.
Clyde: Yeah, it all seemed to come together pretty
smoothly. All but one of the songs from the LP came
from jams. We seem to work well just grooving off
each other.
Rob: I think everything came together pretty
smoothly. Just lots of jamming, with a few months
between each practice where I'd forget everything.
I think it all came together when we toured though,
'cause we could gauge reactions to songs and see
how it felt to play stuff live. That way we knew what
worked etc.
"AT ONE OF OUR FIRST PRACTICES, THERE WAS A
TERRIBLE NU-METAL BAND NEXT DOOR THAT WAS
SINGING THAT THEY'D "GOTTA KEEP SEARCHING".
I WONDER IF THEY STILL ARE..."
How did Human Hands start?
Chaz: Me and Rob have been friends and a rhythm
section almost as long as time has existed. We had
met Clyde at a gig or two and knew him through
mutual friends, and he eventually responded to a
plea for a guitarist on the almighty collective zine
forum and the rest is (rock) history.
Clyde: For me, Human Hands started by replying
to a post on collective-zine and then walking for
30 minutes in the wrong direction trying to find the
practice room that we first started out in. At one of
our first practices, there was a terrible nu-metal band
next door that was singing that they'd "gotta keep
searching". I wonder if they still are...