WE KEEP THE CITY RUNNING from UK: Find Us
In 50 words or less, tell us what you sound like?
We combine elements of post-rock, electronica, shoegaze and indie. The result is an expansive wall-of-sound interwoven with lots of hooks and plenty of melody.
In 100 words or less, tell us why we should listen to you?
Because we don’t sound like anything else out there right now. Essentially we’re part of the ATP generation but who were also brought up on a steady diet of alternative pop music in the 90s and early 00s. So despite taking much of our inspiration from the weirder end of the musical spectrum we always try to keep it accessible and above all fun.
There is no cynical master plan and no dedicated songwriter. We get in a room and we make the music we want to hear for ourselves. We take our cues from the most diverse of places and write about the things we see around us staying true to ourselves in the process. The result is something we hope is both original and interesting.
If you had to pick one of your tracks for our readers to listen to, which would it be?
Relics
Give us 3 bands you’d recommend we listen to?
From the archives… American Football
A classic… Russian Circles
Hot off the presses… Moon Hooch
What inspires your music?
With so many billions and billions of people on the planet, most of us can’t be unique or important in any meaningful way. We go to sleep, we wake up, we go to work, we eat, we spend time with friends, we watch TV, maybe we even fall in love, but we don’t have any magical powers and we don’t have any great battles to fight, no evil forces to defeat, and no mysterious men in suits chasing after us. We just have reality – and believing anything else is just… well, believing anything else is just crazy, isn’t it?
What we say:
Rising from the ashes of the marvellous Eaststrikewest, We Keep The City Running combine uplifting post rock with a catchy indie sensibility; think something between Arcade Fire and Explosions In The Sky.
