The Ocelot Presents...
Discovering the music of today’s and tomorrow’s local scene with
our very own man mountain Mike Barham
Swindon based musical maestros YVES
have been making quite a name for
themselves this year already, springing
on to a litany of high profile shows
not only in their home town but across
the country. Having recently released
their EP ‘When The Day Comes’ the
three indie pop gents have chalked up
several festival appearances including
Truck in Oxfordshire and Sheffield
Tramlines, supported This Feeling in
London and seem to be pulling in fans
from all over the world with some even
posting videos of their songs from the
USA.
So has it all gone to their heads?
Or are they still three young
musicians enjoying some well- earned
recognition? We decided to ask YVES
main man Harry Roke and find out for
ourselves.
So what is YVES all about? Tell us about the band
and how you came to be...
YVES is just three lads trying to make the best music
that they can! It’s really as simple as that and the
more people that are starting to like it the more it gets
exciting for us. The band has really only been around
for a year or so when Finn (Wilkinson) joined myself and
Mitch (Dodson) and we just starting having some jams
together. We’ve all known each other and made music
together for years so it’s great fun hitting the road with
your best mates.
Where do you want to be in the musical world?
What’s the dream?
I think we just want to be people’s favourite band and
for people to really enjoy coming to see us and always
want to come back. Just graft until we can play some
stadiums, that’s the dream really; to be recognised as a
great band.
What’s your idea of a perfect show?
A show where we have engaged with everyone in
the crowd and you can see people don’t want to be
anywhere else. When there is not a still person in the
Yves
room!
Musically who do you feel influences the band the
most?
We all have our own individual influences, far too many
to note, but one that we all resonate with is The Strokes.
What have you got coming up that you’re most
excited for?
Festivals this summer have been and will continue
(hopefully) to be great fun. We’re in Sheffield at
Tramlines in July and Y Not the weekend after so
we’re just looking forward to those shows. We’ve never
really done festivals properly before so it’s nice to do
something different. Then we’re out on the road again
in October.
Would you like to thank anyone? Treat this like your
moment at The Oscars!
We’d like to thank a lot of people, so many people
who have helped us out, Lewie Hilsdon for all his time
and musical brains, Andy Henderson and Chris Gould
for their on-going support. Our families and everyone
else who has ever done anything for us, they’ve all been
amazing.
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