Note: This was send to the band before "Sleepwalker" was released.
So what's your guitar?
I play a fender tornado mainly it sounds awesome and it looks fantatsic. We also have an endorsement from Gibson so i sometimes play a Les Paul standard which sounds incredible.
What's your tuning and what strings do you use?
We use standard D tuning mainly, but have been experimenting with drop C on some recent songs including Ascension from 'sleepwalkers'
Your tone on "Southern Blue" is fucking nice. What amps and cabs did you use and how did you record them?
We used some battered old marshall cabs with a peaver 5150 head...hah...when we recorded southern blue we literally had no equipment, luckily friends helped us out and sam at the cros nest studios is sick at recording guitars!!
Who are you main influences in terms of songwriting?
Song writing wise i try to take influence from bands that arent so much in our genre, when writing sleepwalkers i had been listening to so much godspeed you black emperor, this will destroy you and pelican, stuff like that..so when it came to writing hardcore songs i had some fresh ideas for second guitar parts and dark sounding melodies. Hardcore wise even though we sound nothing like them bands like turning point and chain of strength are always a big influence for me.
How do you write your songs as a band, do you come up with a riff and everybody adds their own twist?
Generally i write one guitar part and the structures to songs, i show them to the band and we pick out the best parts and work the drums into them, then robbie will add 2nd guitars etc and bass last generally.
What dynamics and atmospheres do you try to create in your songs...
We are a dark band and i think our songs are very melancholy...we worked delay and reverb into the new songs and its really given a new sound at times, the songs have a depressing feel to them, kind of how joy division make you want to hang yourself but you cant stop listening...hah.
Nice solo on "Prefering the worst". Did you ad lib that tapping and did any other members tried to cut it or they're into that stuff?
Robbie played the solo i cant play that stuff to save my life...ask him
How long have you been playing and who taught you
I taught myself playing pennywise and blink 182 songs from tabs on the net, it was a slow process but the first time i learn to play dammit by blink all the way through i was in heaven, i never looked back!
Did you still pratice when you have the time?
Sure, i don't regard myself as a good guitar player and away from playing hardcore and punk i do struggle, so i try to play alot of accoustic guitar and sometimes work on scales because i suck at both!
Who are the best players in hardcore right now?
Its a tough question because i guess judging on hardcore its hard to tell... jay maas from defeater is a great player, we spent 2 weeks with him recording (at his getaway studios) and he had some great ideas...deffo a solid forward thinking guitar player. Those dudes in pulling teeth shred pretty hard, and kurt ballou has to get a mention obviously.
Which riff you wish you would have wrote?
Haha there is a bunch of stuff i wish i had written, but first thing that comes to mind is the intro to 'broken' by turning point.
What can we expect from your first full length?
Hah, itll blow you mind...no seriously. Hahaha.
So what's your guitar?
I play a fender tornado mainly it sounds awesome and it looks fantatsic. We also have an endorsement from Gibson so i sometimes play a Les Paul standard which sounds incredible.
What's your tuning and what strings do you use?
We use standard D tuning mainly, but have been experimenting with drop C on some recent songs including Ascension from 'sleepwalkers'
Your tone on "Southern Blue" is fucking nice. What amps and cabs did you use and how did you record them?
We used some battered old marshall cabs with a peaver 5150 head...hah...when we recorded southern blue we literally had no equipment, luckily friends helped us out and sam at the cros nest studios is sick at recording guitars!!
Who are you main influences in terms of songwriting?
Song writing wise i try to take influence from bands that arent so much in our genre, when writing sleepwalkers i had been listening to so much godspeed you black emperor, this will destroy you and pelican, stuff like that..so when it came to writing hardcore songs i had some fresh ideas for second guitar parts and dark sounding melodies. Hardcore wise even though we sound nothing like them bands like turning point and chain of strength are always a big influence for me.
How do you write your songs as a band, do you come up with a riff and everybody adds their own twist?
Generally i write one guitar part and the structures to songs, i show them to the band and we pick out the best parts and work the drums into them, then robbie will add 2nd guitars etc and bass last generally.
What dynamics and atmospheres do you try to create in your songs...
We are a dark band and i think our songs are very melancholy...we worked delay and reverb into the new songs and its really given a new sound at times, the songs have a depressing feel to them, kind of how joy division make you want to hang yourself but you cant stop listening...hah.
Nice solo on "Prefering the worst". Did you ad lib that tapping and did any other members tried to cut it or they're into that stuff?
Robbie played the solo i cant play that stuff to save my life...ask him
How long have you been playing and who taught you
I taught myself playing pennywise and blink 182 songs from tabs on the net, it was a slow process but the first time i learn to play dammit by blink all the way through i was in heaven, i never looked back!
Did you still pratice when you have the time?
Sure, i don't regard myself as a good guitar player and away from playing hardcore and punk i do struggle, so i try to play alot of accoustic guitar and sometimes work on scales because i suck at both!
Who are the best players in hardcore right now?
Its a tough question because i guess judging on hardcore its hard to tell... jay maas from defeater is a great player, we spent 2 weeks with him recording (at his getaway studios) and he had some great ideas...deffo a solid forward thinking guitar player. Those dudes in pulling teeth shred pretty hard, and kurt ballou has to get a mention obviously.
Which riff you wish you would have wrote?
Haha there is a bunch of stuff i wish i had written, but first thing that comes to mind is the intro to 'broken' by turning point.
What can we expect from your first full length?
Hah, itll blow you mind...no seriously. Hahaha.
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