SPRING 2014
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We originally had Jake from Huffin’ Paint on bass, but
he had commitments with uni and art projects so he
was eventually replaced by Phil (of La Boite Diabolique/
JT SOAR recording infamy), who was our stand in bassist
for a while. That’s pretty much it, our lineup has remained
the same and we’ve just toured the fuck out of the band
since then really!
Matt: Before this band I’d been playing drums in
Joanna Gruesome & Saturday’s Kids, as well as playing
guitar and writing songs for my own bands Evariste
Galois & Imagination Arrow with both those bands
going nowhere due to me being terrible at organising.
For some reason I’ve never been able to push my own
music, which is why it was good that Joe was able to be
involved in this band as I can write songs but have zero
talent at administration.
"NOW WE’RE FINISHING WRITING OUR ALBUM, WHICH IS
BEING RELEASED IN SUMMER VIA THE EXCELLENT, AND
EVER EXPANDING, ART FOR BLIND RECORDS." IT CURRENTLY
STANDS AT 12 SONGS AND WON’T HAVE A TITLE OR SONG
TITLES, LIKE THE OTHER RECORDS."
You’ve had a few short releases
and some splits – are you planning
a longer release, or do you like the
shorter ones?
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Joe C: We did a bunch of smaller releases and splits
just to get networking really, make some friends and
share our “fanbases” (seems a big word for 50 people)
and generally make touring easier. Now we’re finishing
writing our album, which is being released in summer
via the excellent, and ever expanding, Art for Blind
Records. Currently stands at 12 songs and won’t have
a title or song titles, like the other records. Also on its
way out slowly but surely is a split 7” with an excellent
Macedonian punk band called XAXAXA. They are
members of Bernays Propaganda and do a really
cool, dreamy, mid paced jangle punk thing.
Matt: I think shorter releases work well as an
introduction, but I think people don’t like 7”s as
much because nobody wants to be flipping/
changing their records every five minutes.