Interviews

I sat down with Black Futures and spoke to Stu who plays double bass and sings and also Paul who plays guitars and shouts.

Where are you guys from? We pull from all over the place but at the moment were in Guilford where our studio is. 

Do you guys get to practice a lot? Yeah as were all very close we get together and lot and write, we practice when we've got live shows 

What's the biggest goal you want to achieve? To play big venues, festivals, play shows where everyone is enjoying it and making the whole place just move 

Claim to fame? Playing with the Prodigy that was pretty massive for us 

What's the band got planned this year? We're going to be finishing our album and got some festivals, we've got Alt Fest and some others but can't say what they are 

Black futures music and such can be found at https://www.facebook.com/BlackFutures

Charlie sat down with James from Saint the Sinner at this years Takedown Festival to have a quick chat, check out what he had to say.  

How long have you known rest of your band? Known Pash since 2011, and rest from sort of around there, known Pash longest and I live with him

Biggest influences? Mines got to be like Blink 182, Black Dahlia Murder but it changes threw out the band really it's all very mixed. 

Do people back home support you guys? Yeah we get amazing support from all our friends, family. My mum will pretty much do anything for us. 

Who in group keeps everyone most motivated? It's got to be Pash, he's always writing, doing stuff on computer that sort of thing.

What is your guilty pleasure? Really cheesy pop music, Venga Boys, SClub7, Steps. 

What's have you got planned this year for shows? Got a big one with Local band called Griever that'll be fun, and it's Daves birthday for big old party, also we're recording and going to be touring at end of the year. 

Music and band can be found at www.facebook.com/SaintTheSinnerOfficial

The modern world is crazy right? It’s all Starbucks drive-throughs, touch screen Apples and crazy One Direction stalkers, but one of the better things the modern world has coughed up is Skype. Skype means we can do crazy things like make babies in whole different countries cry with out even being near them. It also means we can interview bands without being in the same city, country or hell even same planet (Bowie)…

This miracle of the modern world is how it became possible that on a windy autumnal afternoon, I was able to interview the wonderfully Swedish, not to mention slightly eccentric Max Bergå; lead singer of Everywhere the newest band to come out of the massively successful Stockholm music scene-

Tommy: We’re here to talk about the new single ‘Soldier’, but I’d like to get a bit of background first…
So you guys are from Stockholm, there’s so many huge headline acts like The Hives, Avicci and The knife who have burst from the scene in the last decade… What’s the pressure like for you to succeed with that competition?

Max: It puts allot of pressure on us to go in the same fold or foot trail I guess, to live up to the Swedish greats, the outstanding tradition of crafting massive pop tunes in now resting on our shoulders!

T: I read recently the band’s name came from a Helen Gurley-Brown quote?

M: Yeah, she was this outspoken female rights campaigner and I read that quote ‘Good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go everywhere’ and realised just when I started out with the band, that all the girls I had ever dealt with had been very bad, so I draw the conclusion that I must be everywhere!

T: SO, leading on from that, you started working the fashion industry before the band, is that a big inspiration when you are creating new tracks?

M: Yeah, I started working as a model, then a model agent; it has kind of forged my way and my perception of aesthetics, that whole ‘fashion industry’ and photographic ideals. It’s greatly influenced the way I see the visual aspect of the music.

T: Yeah, I guess right now in this social media obsessed culture, things like Instagram and Tumblr make the visuals as important as the music?

M: The concept of the image is enormously important, Drawing allot of inspiration from the fashion magazines and the big fashion photographers, as a concept is the right way to go!

(Back to the music)

T: Obviously your last single (huge viral hit ‘Eddie’) got so much success online, how’s that set you up for the new single?

M: It’s created a nice little root, like once you’ve been let into a room, the chances are you’ll be let into that room again…

T: So there’s a ready made fan base almost?

M: Yeah, I mean it’s created a good interest for us to follow up on.

T: So skipping the music for a second and going straight to the video…

(The video features Max, rolling around with lots of women, all naked in a giant swamp… see link bellow)

Who’s idea was that?

M: (after a slightly nervous laugh) the directors! It was all a bit like ‘okay max, time to take your pants off and jump in the pool!

T: It really works with the song though, it kind of gives a darker idea across with the song, was that kind of what you were going for?

A darker pop song?

M: What I realise now is it’s a very special concept, that I’m being attacked by these girls! Its kind of about modern day men, how they are exposed to these ideals, with pressure coming from society and women, they have allot to live up to! 
The video is kind of an illustration of how men are suffering too.

T: I guess that links back to your fashion background, on how women are made to look a certain way, and how that’s starting to move into male-society a little bit more?

M: precisely, What I’m doing is shedding light, that there is not only pressure on women, but there is also pressure on men to live up to often unreasonable expectations, like you have to have a ripped six pack a tight ass and be the best ever dad!
The women in the video are more of a metaphor of society and how it kills me!

T: So the song in itself, you can see references to The Cure, that 80s and early 90s darker pop music, is that what you were aiming for?  

That grunge pop kind of thing?

M: If that’s your conclusion, you’ve drawn the most accurate conclusion!

The guitars are never really tuned, to give them that kind of heaviness.
 
T: For that kind of ‘grunge’ aesthetic?

M: Precisely!  The thing is the piano kind of comes in and contrasts in a way, when I heard it the first time we were arranging it I was like, this is completely right, I want to go with this!

T: Yeah, it kind of jars, but in the right kind of way!

T: So who are the big influences on the upcoming E.P, who are you listening to?

M: As boring as it sounds, most of the guys are into classic Bono! Classic arena style anthems! For me personally when I wrote this song, I was listing to allot of the Pixies, it might not transcend to what I’m doing, it never seems to!

T: No, I think you can kind of tell, there’s that 90s Indie-rock voice there!

M: It’s kind of weird, whenever people ask me about inspiration it’s always so different from what it actually sounds like.  

T:I was listening to Florence (and the machine) recently, and its kind of interesting how you can really hear what her inspirations were, its cool to see that played out in a more subtle way here …

M: Yeah, you can hear she’s been listening to allot of Kate bush! That’s how some people work, there are two types of artist, those exceptional at recreation, who can recreate something iconic, and some people who just can’t, I’m lousy at reinterpretations, its simply impossible!

T: So you are talking these huge headline bands for inspiration, any plans to do the festival circuit next year?

M: We’ll see what lies in the pipeline…

T: so when can we next see you?!

M: Notting Hill Arts club, on November the 18^th! You are very welcome to come and see me making a fool out of myself!

T: it’s a great venue!

M: Yeah it’s nice to play in huge venues, but also the small places too.

T: To bring that big festival vibe to a smaller stage?

M: That’s what I’ve always been about, grand rock gestures on a small stage!

T: Meatloaf style?

M: He’s never been a hero of mine, I’m almost a carbon copy of  Bono! We draw allot of  live inspiration from Bono, he’s the best live performer of all time, I’m not so much into the music but he’s great. He looks into the camera, and he’s like ‘I’m going to screw all of you!’

T: It’s kind of iconic, are you aiming for that icon status?

M: It’s always about iconism, icon-fetishes.

T: So the E.P, What’s on it?

M: There’s 5 song, and some amazing remixes.

T: I’ve noticed on Youtube, there’s a lot of people remixing the songs, is that flattering to see?

M: Its nice to see Indie rock being mixed around, especially with things like new disco, letting these Swedish geniuses redress the tracks. We trust them!

T: So after the E.P when can we expect a full album?

M: We are currently working on one, but there’s no set release date, but there are two singles due out early next year!

T:  So I’m going to end on two classic questions for you…

What’s your hope for Glasto headliners?

M:  Kings on Leon!

T: and finally if you could duet with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

M: Mozart!  We have almost the same haircut; we connect on a deeper level!  As long as its big and fluffy I’m okay, no perms, we don’t like perms!

…We decided this was a fitting way to finish. I mean, who in the modern world really has a perms? They certainly wouldn’t look good on Skype…

Everywhere’s new single ‘Soldier’ is out on November 11^th.

Tommy Loebell

twitter: @TOMMYLOEBELL

http://everywheretheband.com/

Daniel Hughes was at this year’s V festival and managed to catch up with the lovely Moya after her performance on the Futures Stage. See what she had to say about performing at the festival, as well as how her year has been so far.

Dan: Hi Moya, you’ve just finished playing the futures stage how was it?

Moya: Good, really good, the crowd were amazing actually. It’s always a bit touch and go at that time of the day but there were some devoted fans at the front which made my life a lot easier, and it was a nice stage as well.

Dan: Ah that’s good, so how did it compare with when you played at T in the park?

Moya: Oh so much better. Don’t get me wrong the Scottish are mad and do like a party but for some reason, maybe because of the stage or just the way it was all set up, it just felt a lot more comfortable and the crowd were a lot better. Oh god they’re going to kill me at T in the park aren’t they!

Dan: Haha, I’m sure they won’t mind. So what is your favourite thing about festivals?

Moya: Is it really cliché to say about the drinking? It is isn’t it, but that is quite a big thing when it comes to festivals. But I don’t know I think it’s the laid back feel, at a gig everything is quite formal but at festivals everyone is just kicking back having a good time and so I think it’s the informality that I like about them.

Dan: So have you seen anything particularly strange at any festival that you’ve played at or been to?

Moya: Oh god….. Not really, well Reading and Leeds maybe, doomsday on a Sunday night where they try and blow up everyone’s tents. That’s not always fun.

Dan: Ok. So your new single Come and get it comes out soon, what’s your inspiration behind the record?

Moya: Haha…. Well it’s about an ex. Basically it’s about him not manning up and being a bit of a bastard really, and not realising what he had. When I was saying basically come and get it, I’m here for the taking and him then not doing that.

Dan: Nice. So you’ve recently been touring with Rod Stewart, how has that been?

Moya: Nuts! Arenas, there is nothing that can compare to it, it’s amazing and he is a very lovely man, I’m very lucky to be a part of his tour.

Dan: So who would you say are your musical icons and have inspired you to get into the business?

Moya: I think it’s kind of a lot of the motown and soul sort of stuff. I listen to a lot of Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan people like that and they are the ones who inspire me I think.

Dan: That’s brilliant, well thank you for your time today Moya and enjoy the rest of your day. 

Check out Moya's new single 'Come and Get It' here:

The Summer Festival Guide caught up with Mitch from Karybdis before their performance at this years Bloodstock.  See what they had to say about festivals, and what they have in store for the crowd on the New Blood Stage.

SFG: What was the first thing you did this morning?
Karybdis: Kissed my girlfriend!

SFG: What will be the last thing you do tonight?
Karybdis: Have a shower

SFG: What item do you most regularly put on your festival rider?
Karybdis: Water!! Cold water. If we get a rider at all that is.

SFG: What is the strangest thing you have seen at a festival?
Karybdis: A woman with pink hair on pink stilts walking around clutching an enormous bag of weed chatting to a police officer.

SFG: What is your pre-performance ritual?
Karybdis: Stretches, warm-ups, and we all cross swords and recite the pledge of allegiance.

SFG: What has been your favourite festival of the year so far?
Karybdis: Tech fest was a lot of fun, but I think Bloodstock will be the best!

SFG: What gig are you most looking forward to next?
Karybdis: Bloodstock baby!

SFG: What would be your dream place to play a gig?
Karybdis: Sydney opera house

SFG: Who would you love to tour with?
Karybdis: Me personally? LOG. Chris Adler is the reason I started playing metal 5 years ago.

SFG: To those that don't really know you, sum up the band and what it represents in one sentence
Karybdis: A mixture of melo-death, metalcore and groove metal, with big epic choruses and black dahlia style vocals.

SFG: How did you come up with the name Karybdis?
Karybdis: Thinking about amazing stories – Homers 'Odyssey' came to mind.

SFG: What surprises are the crowd in for this year at Bloodstock?
Karybdis: If we told your they wouldn't be surprises!

SFG: When can we expect the next album and what can you tell the fans about it?
Karybdis: We have just completed a new single, which sounds incredible. We are in a writing stage at the moment, and we are surprising ourselves with the stuff we are writing! We are still shopping around for studios and producers, but once that is decided it won't be long!!

Be sure to catch Karybdis at Bloodstock 2013 on Friday at 4.00pm performing on the New Blood Stage.

We caught up with Betreaus before their performance at this years Bloodstock where they are performing on the Sophie Lancaster Stage.  Check out what they had to say about festivals, what the fans can expect at Bloodstock and more!

SFG: What was the first thing you did this morning?
Betreaus: Set my alarm to snooze.

SFG: What will be the last thing you do tonight?
Betreaus: Finish prepping for Bloodstock!

SFG: What item do you most regularly put on your festival rider?
Betreaus: A stripper, but we never get one.

SFG: What is the strangest thing you have seen at a festival?
Betreaus: Our roadie nearly cutting his ear off trying to squeeze his head under a fence.

SFG: What is your pre-performance ritual?
Betreaus: Trying to order a stripper.

SFG: What has been your favourite festival of the year so far?
Betreaus: Techfest.

SFG: What gig are you most looking forward to next?
Betreaus: The lineup for Euroblast 10 looks pretty damn tasty,

SFG: What would be your dream place to play a gig?
Betreaus: Wembley Stadium.

SFG: Who would you love to tour with?
Betreaus: Gojira.

SFG: To those that don't really know you, sum up the band and what it represents in one sentence
Betreaus: We're a young british metal band, writing the music that we want to.

SFG: How did it feel to win the BOA 'Metal to the Masses' comp?
Betreaus: It felt like all of our hard work up to that point had paid off, amazing!

SFG: What can the fans at Bloodstock look forward to for your performance on the Sophie Lancaster Stage?
Betreaus: New material; heavy, atmospheric and progressive.

SFG: What is coming next for Betraeus?
Betreaus: Finishing and releasing our debut full length album! Watch this space…

We managed to pull Hex from States of Panic out of the studio for a few moments to talk to him about their upcoming show at Bloodstock, festivals and their new album!

SFG: What was the first thing you did this morning?
Hex: Opened my eyes…… To find myself still in the studio.

SFG: What will be the last thing you do tonight?
Hex: Close my eyes, and fall asleep in the studio

SFG: What's the first thing you put on your festival rider?
Hex: For me, definitely a can of Monster energy! It is essential for gig days….and most other days….if I'm being perfectly honest, every day. I think I might have a problem!

SFG: What is the strangest thing you have seen at a festival?
Hex: I saw a group of about 6 people all wearing pikachu onsies at download, at first I was fairly weirded out by it but then remembered I was at download and it didn't seem so strange any more.

Photo courtesy of Dominic Kincaid 
www.75photographic.co.uk

SFG: Do you have a pre-performance ritual, if so what is it?
Hex: Apart from tanking up on Energy drinks and general gear preparation we have a warm that we do. We kick everyone out the dressing room and put on Andrew WK's Party Hard then run on the spot for the verses and Jump during the choruses. Sounds ridiculous when you explain it to someone but it is great for getting the heart rate up before the show.

SFG: What has been your favourite festival of the year so far?
Hex: The only one I've been to so far was Download so I'd definitely have to say Download!

SFG: What gig are you most looking forward to next?
Hex: After Bloodstock we have a lot of really exciting gigs lined up but I think the one I'm most excited for is Trashfest over in Finland in October!

SFG: Where would be your dream place to play a gig?
Hex: That's a tricky one, if you mean in terms of venue I'd say a underground tunnel quite like the video for Slither by Velvet Revolver purely for the video footage. In terms of geographical location there are a million places I'd love to go, I want to play everywhere!

SFG: Who would you love to tour with?
Hex: Would love to tour with a band like Escape the Fate or Dead by April. They are two of my favourite bands and it would just be cool to share a stage with them.

SFG: Having played a festival before, what if the main difference between this festival and others you have performed at?
Hex: I'm not sure but I'm excited to find out! I think the crowd will be different to download but will hopefully respond well to the onslaught of chaos we're about to unleash upon them!

SFG: What surprises are the crowd in for this year at Bloodstock?
Hex: I think we will be a surprise ourselves as we are quite different from the rest of the line up in a lot of ways. I think there will be a few people getting a bit of a fright. Hopefully the good kind!

SFG: When can we expect the debut album and what can you tell the fans about it?
Hex: We are currently in the process of smoothing out all the songs ready to send to the producer which should be happening over the next week or so but the next step is for us to release a music video for our second single. I can't give away too much yet but the song is sounding huge and the ideas are going to be epic!

SFG: To those that don't really know you, sum up the band and what it represents in one sentence.
Hex: We are the alpha and the omega.

Photo courtesy of Dom Bower Photography

Merely tipping their hat to monsters of rock past, States of Panic combine old-school, modern metal, electronics and synth, twisting their sound into something fresh and new.

Their aggressive, high-octane crowd assault exudes a raw authenticity that channels the self-destructive spirits of the New York Dolls, spiked by the anti-establishment rebellion of Rage Against the Machine.

States of Panic provide a soundtrack for a generation disillusioned by plastic politicians and unemployment, reflecting the pent-up angst and restlessness of a youth sick of war, seedy statesmanship, lack of prospects and lack of hope. A troubled band for troubled times.

But despite the dystopian themes and subject matter behind the band, the music is anthemic and energetic, encouraging fans to be aware of social injustices, the importance of self-worth and to realise the power that we possess collectively.

Are you ONE OF US?

States of Panic are:

Johnny Gunn – Vocals
Rusty Gill – Lead guitar
Hex – Bass
Dagan – Rhythm guitar
Hammy – Drums

http://www.statesofpanic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/STATESOFPANIC

2013 confirmed live shows:

• Sunday 11th August – Bloodstock Festival – Sophie Lancaster Stage 
• Saturday 17th August – Warehouse @ Rainbow, Birmingham Headbangers Balls finale
• Saturday 5th October – Trash Fest VI, Helsinki, Finland 
• Friday November 29th – Hard Rock Hell Festival

Olivia Frayman was at Kendal Calling, reporting for Summer Festival Guide, here is her interview with Lucy Rose.

Olivia: Hi Lucy, welcome to Kendal Calling, you've covered a lot of festivals, do you have any favourites that stick out?

Lucy: Glastonbury was so epic and brilliant, that’s definitely got to be up there. And I really enjoyed Cambridge Folk Festival on Friday, I was headlining that night I was headlining the smaller stage and there was no one on the bigger one and it was really scary, and it was a lot of pressure and really good, people were really welcoming with my sort of music I was playing, so it was really nice.

Olivia: Ah that’s excellent, and what’s your music writing process like?

Lucy: Yeah its pretty crazy at the moment, I think I've written 16 songs for the next album, which is exciting, most of them I've recorded on the road and sound checks, and recently I've started playing on Beat Maker II on the ipad that I'm obsessed with, its actually like a dangerous obsession, which I keep writing beats with but it seems inappropriate, there’s always sections for a rap artist and stuff, so I’m like maybe this isn’t the right pair. 

Olivia: Any favourite things about playing a festival?

Lucy: The crowd, I think that’s the classic one, I think everyone is so up for it, drunk or a combination of both, that it’s just a different sort of atmosphere that you get at any other gigs.

Olivia: I hear that Vogue magazine listed you as one the Indie break through artists of 2012, how does that make you feel? Or were you even aware of this?

Lucy: Yes because every interviewer ask this (laughs).

Olivia: Oh no.

Lucy: No, it’s a good thing because I didn’t even know it was happening, then their like, did you know, and only now I know, yeah I actually never read anything about me, so the first time I heard about it was in an interview and someone asked me about it, obviously that’s pretty crazy, its vogue, I’m not stylish. 

Olivia: You'll make the front cover?

Lucy: I doubt that highly, that will never happen, but yeah, coming from Vogue, that’s pretty cool.

Olivia: And is there anyone that you'd like to collaborate with?

Lucy: I don’t know, there’s tonnes of cool bands, musicians out there, so anyone that came up to me and said let’s do something, I’d be up for, so I’m pretty open to all collaborations.

Olivia: And I hear you’re a fan of tea?

Lucy: yes.

Olivia: What is your favourite tea?

Lucy: My own blend of tea which I make, called builder grey it’s a combination of Earl Grey and English Breakfast, and it’s the bomb.

Olivia: So hopefully we'll be seeing that in the shops soon?

Lucy: Yeah I need to get that into some shops somehow, not sure how my way in is.

Olivia: And lastly, what can fans expect from your performance today?

Lucy: Hopefully a lot of energy, a lot of fun and a lot of new stuff mainly, there’s going to be a lot of new songs in there, hopefully just get into the rhythm.

Olivia: Thank you for your time, and best of luck for your performance today.

We had the chance to catch up with Jason (guitarist) and Joe (vocals) from metal band One For Sorrow before their first appearance at this years Bloodstock.

Deep in the glorious, green woods of Anglesey in June-time is the annual Gottwood festival; an increasingly popular outdoor event, which promises not only uniquely stunning fairy-lit scenery but also a broad range of live musical talent from all over Europe.

The journey through the festival grounds puts one in mind of a surreal secret garden! At one end lies a beautiful, colourfully spot lit lake, and at the other, a huge dome tent bathed in psychedelic light and blasting out futuristic dance music. The event certainly caters for a wide range of festival lovers and general sight-seers alike.

The Lakeside Stage proved to be a hit throughout the weekend. Although the area would have undoubtedly benefitted from less unpredictable weather, the dedicated crowds never failed to show their support for the live talent. Ending the evening in style, The Scribes performed their unique hip hop set to hundreds of fans, who battled the rain to dance along. I joined the band after their show for an interview on behalf of Summer Festival Guide.

Rachael Hey guys. I loved the set, you absolutely smashed it! So tell me – it’s your first time at Gottwood, how are you finding it so far?

Johnny It’s been really good, and we’ve had a great crowd. Although it took a long time to get here, and to be honest by the time we arrived in the pouring rain and tried to put up a tent, we were expecting the worst! But once we got to the woods and saw what Gottwood has to offer, which is frankly a lot of light, a lot of ambience and a great vibe going across the whole place, it has been really nice.

Shaun Plus it is different to a lot of festivals we do. It’s a lovely area, lovely surroundings, lovely ambience that’s around the place. It’s a shame the weather’s been a bit on and off, but to be honest, it’s so nice here that we’ve definitely enjoyed playing it.

Johnny And with all the owl sculptures and lights, and everything they’ve managed to put together. It makes it more than just a few stages. It felt like a bit of an adventure.

Rachael So you’ve had a chance to explore. Do you have a favourite section?

Lacey Obviously performing at Lakeside was good. I also liked it all lit up at night, especially the little dance-y tent with all the lights on. That was cool.

Shaun Well sadly we didn’t get here ‘til late, but we had a chance to look around. We saw all the areas they’ve got. They have a few different stages and it’s all set amongst the forest which is really nice. They’ve got all the lights in the trees, the sculptures and stuff going on. As Lace said, there’s a projection tent that’s like a big dome, with visual effects in time with the music – that was a bit surreal. But the vibe is the most important thing and there have just been nice, happy people here having a damn good time!

Johnny I enjoyed the bit where we played, which was the Lakeside. It was a really nice stage with a great view and once the sun came out it looked really quite spectacular. Definitely one of my favourites.

Rachael So are you guys used to performing at the mercy of the Great British outdoors or is this a new experience for you?

Shaun Well we’ve been going for a long time now so we’ve done plenty of festivals, and you have to sort of roll with it. I think you’ve got to work a bit harder in the rain. If a crowd is staying in the rain to see you, then they’re giving you a lot more than normal. They’re making a point of standing to see you in the rain, and nobody enjoys standing in the rain! So you feel obliged to give a lot more in the show and the audience really enjoyed that which made it very memorable.

Johnny We have been to many random places and the great outdoors is something we’re used to. We did a festival in the South of Italy on a beach with lightening striking out at sea. It is nice to get outside instead of being stuck in a club.

Lacey I prefer performing outdoors too. It’s like a nice, open space festival atmosphere here. Lovely.

Rachael So how would you describe your sound? Because you’re a lot more upbeat than a lot of hip hop I’ve heard.

Shaun It’s hard to say to be honest. I think we definitely sound like us. It’s very hard to draw any immediate comparisons.  We’re obviously very much rooted in hip hop, in terms of the raps, in terms of the beats. But we do pick up the pace a bit. It’s not sample-based, it’s all played in the studio with live instrumentation, so we can be a bit more progressive and melodic with it. I always go with ‘New Wave Hip Hop’, which is a made-up genre that makes the point that we’re not that strictly hip hop. It gives us a lot more freedom to make the music we want to hear. The fact other people want to hear it is just really nice.

Lacey Our music is quite up and dance-y. I’d describe it as raw, energetic lyrical magic.

Shaun Nice!

Johnny And I think it was a nice change of pace for Gottwood, because what we played was a little bit more uptempo. It was nice that the crowd we had decided to stay in spite of the rain, so I think the change of pace went down well.

Rachael Good stuff! So have you guys got any tips for people camping at Gottwood?

Shaun Yeah, make sure you arrive when it’s light, because putting up a tent in the dark is enough to pull apart any band’s friendship. (laughs) But we’ve all reconciled now.

Lacey Yeah, don’t try and set your tent up at eleven o clock at night. My favourite bit of the camping experience was not sleeping in the tent and sleeping in the car!

Rachael That does not sound fun! So you’ve recently signed with Kamikazi Airlines Records in the US, how did that come about?

Shaun Yeah, we're chuffed to bits with it to be honest. The label's co-owned by Dizzy from Ugly Duckling. We toured with them last year and he liked what he saw, so he bought the other label people to see us live and we put pen to paper a few weeks back. They've worked with some huge names in hip hop so we're honoured to be working with them going forward. It's a big deal for us.

Johnny It's massive. We're the first English act they've signed so we've got to fly the flag for Britain! To celebrate the deal, and as a thank you to everyone who helped us get here, our last album ‘The Sky is Falling’ is now available as a free download from www.kamikaziairlines.com/scribes. So if you're reading this go and get it now! 

Lacey Like the guys said, this has been years of hard work in the making, so we're pretty excited about it all.

Rachael And finally, where can people find out more about The Scribes?

Shaun Well we're all over the web like a hippedy hop rash! We keep our facebook up to date with all our latest tour dates and news, so you can add us up there at www.facebook.com/scribesmusic.

Johnny Or, if you're a really cool kid, you can follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/thescribes, though we're still getting to grips with that one!

Lacey And the label page at www.kamikaziairlines.com/scribes for the free LP. Do it.

Rachael Well, guys, it’s been a pleasure chatting with you this afternoon. Best of luck with the signing, and I look forward to hearing what The Scribes have to offer in future!