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It\u2019s more than safe to say that Vinnie Caruana<\/strong> lives and breathes music: establishing himself as a solo artist, he was the frontman of the mighty The Movielife and is now the vocalist of I Am The Avalanche<\/strong> and Peace\u2019d Out; where does he find the time to commit to all of this? We were lucky enough to catch up with the man himself at Hit The Deck Festival<\/strong> to chat about his musical projects, how he finds the time to commit to them all and what he has planned for the rest of 2013.<\/p>\n Already Heard: Hey Vinnie! So how has Hit The Deck Festival treated you so far?<\/strong> AH: Yes the venue here today in Nottingham was super intimate and what we loved about your set was that you asked for requests from your fans too. Do you tend to do this at all of your shows?<\/strong> AH: Last year saw I Am The Avalanche at Hit The Deck, how does it feel to be invited back as a solo artist?<\/strong> AH: As part of your solo acoustic performances you still play songs from both The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche\u2019s back catalogues alongside your solo material; do you feel that the solo record that you\u2019ve just released allows you to focus on the personal aspects of your life that you may not have done otherwise with the other bands?<\/strong> AH: So that\u2019s always been something that you personally like to do within your sets; include songs from all three musical careers?<\/strong> AH: Talking about all of your musical projects, you have your solo material, I Am The Avalanche and also Peace\u2019d Out. Do you find it difficult to commit your time fairly to all three?<\/strong> AH: Unfortunately you had to pull out of play Groezrock last year with I Am The Avalanche, are you excited to head out there on your own?<\/strong> AH: And then once you\u2019ve finished up at Groezrock, what are your plans for the rest of 2013?<\/strong> AH: Any final words before we leave you to enjoy the rest of the festival?<\/strong> \u2018City By The Sea\u2019<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Vinnie Caruana<\/strong>\u00a0is out now on\u00a0Xtra Mile Records<\/strong>\u00a0(UK) and\u00a05th February on\u00a0I Surrender<\/strong>\/Run For Cover Records\u00a0<\/strong>(US).<\/p>\n Vinnie Caruana<\/strong>\u00a0links:\u00a0Facebook<\/a>|Twitter\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Words by Hannah Gillicker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s more than safe to say that Vinnie Caruana lives and breathes music: establishing himself as a solo artist, he was the frontman of the mighty The Movielife and is now the vocalist of I Am The Avalanche and Peace\u2019d Out; where does he find the time to commit to all of this? We were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,8181],"tags":[15036,5762,6824,12650,5878,822,3481,2736],"class_list":["post-29080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-post","tag-hannah-gillicker","tag-hit-the-deck-festival","tag-i-am-the-avalanche","tag-i-surrender","tag-interviews","tag-run-for-cover-records","tag-vinnie-caruana","tag-xtra-mile-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Vinnie Caruana: Honestly, these two shows in Bristol and Nottingham are some of my favourite UK solo shows. There seems to be a basic interest in all of the songs that I\u2019m playing, there seems to be a really good reaction to the solo record that I\u2019ve just released, obviously The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche songs go down really well; it\u2019s just one big sing-a-long it\u2019s great! I\u2019m on cloud nine.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: I don\u2019t even make a setlist!<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: We actually had to cancel last year so I guess I should say that I\u2019m glad to finally play it. We felt awful last time but it was completely out of our hands; we had some business to handle at home. So to finally do it and get this response is a dream, it\u2019s great.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: It does get more personal, with the lyrics but everything that I do is quite personal to begin with; but it is a bit of a different feeling. I\u2019m up there alone which is nice, and I would never play The Movielife\u2019s songs with I Am The Avalanche so it\u2019s a nice opportunity to play those songs because I know that people, especially here in the UK, give a lot of support to The Movielife and Avalanche as well. So to be able to play these songs, even in a stripped down way having a big sing-a-long, it just seems right to me, I\u2019ll always keep doing that. My solo shows will always consist of all of my work.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: Absolutely. I want to give people what they want; I want people to leave fulfilled and be happy. Plus I love to play these songs you know, I don\u2019t get chance to sing The Movielife\u2019s songs and in a solo setting I can just do whatever I want to do; that my attitude towards it. If I show up to a random place where it seems as though nobody is paying attention to The Movielife songs I\u2019ll just leave them out and play newer songs; but pretty much across the board people want to hear some of those.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: It is a bit difficult; I do have to do a bit of juggling when it comes to touring and recording but I have people at home who help me with that. I have a team who help me to execute my year, so usually at the beginning of each year I\u2019ll know what I have in store and it\u2019s basically all up to me what I want to do.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: I am so excited. I\u2019ve only heard stories of Groezrock and how great it is. I\u2019ve never been so I\u2019m sure that it\u2019ll be one of the highlights of my trip.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: We go home then I spend a bit more time writing the I Am The Avalanche record and then mid May we start recording the full length.<\/em><\/p>\n
Vinnie: Just thanks to the UK fans and I\u2019m overwhelmed by the support that I have received; it\u2019s just been so great and makes me know that I\u2019m doing the right thing by playing music. They\u2019re just so loyal so thank you, I\u2019ll be here again and again and I\u2019ll never stop \u2018til I\u2019m dead; hopefully dead later than sooner! So yeah, thank you to everybody and thank you for the interview!<\/em><\/p>\n