{"id":11048,"date":"2015-03-31T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-dead\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:38:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:38:50","slug":"interview-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Dead!<\/b> 2014 was something of a landmark year with the band determined to make an impression on as many people as possible, as many times as they were physically able. Given that the outfit barely stopped moving for an entire year, it\u2019s surprising that we managed to pin them down long enough for a full interview. But that we did. And at this year\u2019s Takedown Festival<\/b> we were able to grab a sneak peak of what 2015 had in store, as well as get the lowdown on how their recent relocation to London was treating them.<\/p>\n

This year is likely to be just as intense for a band who epitomise the potential bubbling away amongst Britain\u2019s emerging rock acts right now, and you can catch a sneak preview of their plans right here.<\/p>\n

Already Heard: Takedown Festival has always been a festival that\u2019s pretty much right in your back yard. With this being the third time you\u2019ve played here, and as it is a home town festival, does it affect how you approach the show compared to other events like it?<\/b>

\nAlex Mountford: I think in a way yes with the hype that\u2019s built around it, especially in our heads. Our second ever show was on the main stage here after we won their competition. Last year was amazing and we\u2019ve been quite busy since then, so it\u2019s good to have that homecoming. We can\u2019t really think too much about that though, we\u2019ve just got to get out there and play a show the same way we\u2019d play to ten people in the ass-end of nowhere. That\u2019s the important thing , it\u2019s playing a show. If we go out there any differently then it\u2019s gonna suck because we\u2019re not doing it for the right reasons.<\/i><\/p>\n

Louis Matlock: With it being the third year, I can\u2019t speak for the band, but it\u2019s cool seeing the growth each year both here and with ourselves.<\/i><\/p>\n

Sam Chappell: Well we have decided to stick in a sort of golden oldie, but yeah it is.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: It seems like you\u2019re on a quest at the minute to just play every single stage of the festival.<\/b>

\nAM: Exactly! How many stages are there, five? So two more to go after this year.<\/i><\/p>\n

SC: We\u2019ll do it.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: You mention last year being a busy year. It seemed like if there was a tour you guys were on it, and if there was a festival then you weren\u2019t that far away. Did you have much time to breathe through that?<\/b>
AM: I think there\u2019s always room for more, there\u2019s a lot of things we\u2019d like to have done last year. We\u2019re obviously always hungry to grow and do more and just be out in a band. But yeah, last year was a busy year. I think the song\u2019s we\u2019ve just written and been recording show the growth we\u2019ve had as a band. Even for me when I\u2019m writing lyrics it feels a lot more mature, and also it\u2019s good inspiration to have from the last year so there\u2019s that too.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: The approach for you guys in the last year seemed to be along the lines of getting the EP out \u2013 which we\u2019re still never confident we can pronounce \u2013 and then just get out there and spread the word as much as possible. Is your approach to this year any different or is it another case of studio work then straight onto the road?<\/b>
SC: We\u2019ve been really lucky this year to have a bit more structure and be more focused with what we\u2019re doing which is cool Because we\u2019re quite\u2026 chaotic when it comes to certain things.<\/i><\/p>\n

AM: The thing is, it\u2019s hard to have a plan when you just want to put it out and be like \u201chere\u2019s the songs\u201d. We still need to formulate a plan. We\u2019ve been talking to some guys though, changing up how we\u2019re gonna release the music. Not like U2-style though. We\u2019re not gonna release it in some super-format!<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: So there\u2019s gonna be no sneaking it into people\u2019s phones whether they like it or not?<\/b>
AM: Some poor old lady wakes up with Dead! on her phone and \u201coh god, it\u2019s a message!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: We were talking to Fearless Vampire Killers earlier, obviously you toured with those guys last year, have you had much chance for a reunion here?<\/b>
AM: They never leave us alone.<\/i><\/p>\n

LM: We all live in London now, so we actually see each other quite often. They\u2019re really nice guys. I know our music isn\u2019t exactly that similar but as people we all just get on really well. They\u2019ve been really nice to us and really helpful.<\/i><\/p>\n

AM: It\u2019s always helpful to have someone that little bit ahead of us where we can watch what they\u2019ve done and they\u2019ll tell us things. They\u2019ve been a massive help to us. I\u2019m sure in a few years then hopefully we can have that same ethos and do the same kind of thing.<\/i><\/p>\n

LM: It\u2019s important I think, when you\u2019re doing well, to pass that down. The music industry relies on a lot of people helping each other out. There\u2019s a lot of people on a shoestring budget these days, so you need that kind of advice.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Other guys we spoke to earlier on are Zoax. You\u2019re out on tour with them next.<\/b>
LM: Yeah we are stopping off at a lot of odd towns on that tour but, once again, places we\u2019ve never been so should be exciting.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Well those guys, right after they\u2019re on the road with you, they\u2019re out with Fearless Vampire Killers as well. It seems like there\u2019s a family building up amongst you guys. With all three bands being pretty London-based right now, do you feel that sense of camaraderie yourselves?<\/b>
AM: I don\u2019t know so much. I mean we only managed to say \u201chi\u201d to Zoax for the first time earlier today, but we didn\u2019t know they were from London. We just found that out but hopefully we can catch up again in the next couple of weeks before the tour. There seems to be a scene building up around the UK though. You kind of got it before with Deaf Havana, Young Guns, You Me at Six and Lower than Atlantis. You can tell when Deaf Havana are writing songs quoting their friend\u2019s names from other bands. It feels like there was that scene back then and you had certain bands make it from there. Fingers crossed that there\u2019s another one starting.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: It definitely seems like you had Deaf Havana and Lower than Atlantis, now we\u2019ve got Mallory Knox and Blitz Kids. We\u2019re definitely hopeful that the next batch is just as successful.<\/b>

\nAM: Oh yeah, it definitely feels that way and it feels like a far more eclectic selection this time around. I\u2019ve got a really good feeling about this wave, and if it turns out well then it\u2019s gonna be amazing. Especially bands like Marmozets fronting it, it should be pretty good.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Well we mentioned Fearless Vampire Killers earlier, they\u2019ve curated the stage you guys are on today. Do you feel like that\u2019s a thing that you could pull off, and who would you bring with you if you did?<\/b>
SC: Miss Vincent who opened the Obsidian Stage, they\u2019re an amazing band who are hugely underrated.<\/i><\/p>\n

Sam Matlock: They\u2019d still be on the stage, just a lot later in the day. So that\u2019s one. Fort Hope we\u2019ve just got off the road with. Fearless Vampire Killers I\u2019d probably put on because they put us on.<\/i><\/p>\n

LM: Moose Blood, Allusondrugs?<\/i><\/p>\n

SM: Definitely Allusondrugs, we haven\u2019t seen them yet. Marmozets as well, definitely.<\/i><\/p>\n

LM: Who was that band you found before, you said were like the next Brand New?<\/i><\/p>\n

SC: Better Off?<\/i><\/p>\n

AM: Yeah, Better Off. So we can have them on too. And we\u2019ll get Ghost Frequency back! That\u2019d be amazing. All these bands no one knows, it\u2019d be brilliant!<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Another thing you mentioned is the music you\u2019ve got on the way. You\u2019ve been in the studio recently, are we able to hear a bit more about what to expect from that?<\/b>
SC: When we\u2019re writing songs we like to get in a vibe. And we\u2019ve been having a lot of good vibes lately\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

LM: Lots of vibes?<\/i><\/p>\n

SM: Oh vibes, so many vibes. Vibraphones, vibraslaps\u2026 all the vibes!<\/i><\/p>\n

SC: Vibrators?<\/i><\/p>\n

AM: Vibrators! No. We\u2019ve just recorded some songs with a guy called Dan Weller who helped out with our last EP, we\u2019ll hear those back next week and see how we feel. They\u2019ll hopefully all see the light of day but we\u2019re gonna see how we feel about releasing them and then get them out there.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Do you know at this point whether it\u2019s a full-length album or an EP?<\/b>
AM: Definitely an EP. We feel like albums are less sought after by music fans these days. And I think we\u2019re the kind of guys that when we work on an album, for our own integrity we\u2019d want people to listen to the whole album. If they\u2019re just playing four or five songs off it out of ten or more tracks then we\u2019d be better off sticking with EPs.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Well cheers guys, best of luck later on and good luck with the Zoax tour as well!<\/b>
AM: Cheers!<\/i><\/p>\n

DEAD!<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|BigCartel<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Antony Lusmore (@Metacosmica_<\/a>)<\/p>\n

View more of Already Heard<\/b>’s coverage from Takedown Fest<\/b> 2015 here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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