(((O))) INTERVIEWS
Brooke Hampton from Slow Pulse
Gavin Brown had the pleasure of talking to Slow Pulse vocalist Brooke Hampton to hear all about the new material, the return of the band, how the hardcore scene in Texas is currently and who her biggest vocal inspirations are.
A few weeks ago myself and Metal Editor Sander were invited to join the judging panel for this year’s Dead Albatross Award, an alternative to the Mercury Prize that had its first run last year. To be honest we hadn’t come across them before but the depth and diversity of the shortlist piqued our interest so on the weekend I popped over to their mission control in North London and caught up with founder Paul to find out a bit more about the whys and wherefores. By Dan Salter
If Anything Happens To The Cat is an indie post-rock band based in Ghent, Belgium. They are releasing their debut full length album Sun Drunk Moon and to find out more about these post rockers we send Daniela Patrizi to track them down and pop a few questions.
Recently Finntroll played i London part of their European tour to celebrate 10 years since the release of their classic album NATTFÖDD. Tristan Lathey was invited down before the show to meet frontman Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns and guitarist Mikael “Routa” Karlbom to find out more about the tour and the life of these mysterious trolls.
Echoes and Dust speaks with Adam Casey, the man behind The Boy Who Spoke Clouds about the essence of music and its place in his life. – By Gilbert Potts
Instrumental ambient rock music with elements of doom, drone, and shoegaze.
Driven sections influenced by the heavier bands we’ve been in, and the intricacy from folkier more classical projects.
Taking influence from a core of mid-90s game-changers like Helmet, Clutch, Quicksand, Fudge Tunnel, Eyehategod, Neurosis and Tool.
Instrumental post-rock band that might fit somewhere in between Mogwai and Godspeed in your record collection.
Happy yet sad or dark yet uplifting; hard to decipher but always undeniably gorgeous.
If you’re a fan of bands like The National or The Smiths I think there is something here for you.
Sander van den Driesche sat down with Mike Scheidt of YOB for a long chat about the new album Clearing The Path To Ascend, Neurot Recordings, Vöhl and the current state of the music industry among other things.
POSTVORTA’s Beckoning Light We Will Set Ourselves On Fire is one of those albums that seemingly came from out of nowhere and spread like wildfire through our team; their cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’ particularly caught people’s attention. We needed to find out more about these Italian post metallers so no one was better qualified than Daniela Patrizi to track them down and pop a few questions.
Andrew Rawlinson asked singer Danilo “Groova” Piludu of Italian goth/doom metal band Witches Of Doom some questions about the band, the album and the Italian heavy music scene.
PNKSLM are one of the most exciting new finds this year for Echoes and Dust and we have already succumbed to the wonderful delights of Les Big Byrd. We asked Luke Reilly his thoughts on the whole shebang and just exactly what happens in those legendary parties in Stockholm… By Martyn Coppack
And so we come to part 3 of our Liverpool Psych Fest preview and where do we head next? Well, one label at the forefront of the psych movement happen to have a showcase at the festival. It’s a label of legend in psych circles and the bands on their roster form an integral part of your experience at this years event. Let’s meet up with Chris and John from Rocket Recordings and see what they have to say for themselves… By Martyn Coppack
(((O))) FEATURED INTERVIEW
I’ve had some real problems in my lifetime dealing and living with mental health issues. I’ve not really felt comfortable talking about it until more recently. I feel like it’s important to talk about these things because people consider them ‘awkward’ topics. I used writing music as a means to channel it and I felt a lot better for writing music and going to shows and being able to put my time and energy into something I loved so much really helped me.
