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Having recently released their self-titled EP, Young Kato\u00a0<\/strong>have been getting noticed for thier mix of indie and 80’s pop. Tracks like ‘Drink, Dance, Party’<\/em> are fun, energetic and catchy as hell. What more could you want?<\/p>\n Young Kato bassist Joe Lever recently stepped up to the plate and took on our “If I…”<\/em>\u00a0questionnaire. Joe told us which\u00a0defunct\u00a0Manchester indie-pop band he’d like to see back together, as well which Mercury Prize winning award he wish he’d wrote and more.<\/p>\n If I could re-record one song it would be…<\/strong> If I could re-live one tour\/show it would be…<\/strong> If I had the chance to play one venue it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with one band it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with any person living or dead it would be…<\/strong> If I could bring back any band that have split up, it would be…<\/strong> If I wasn’t playing music, I would be…<\/strong> If I could play a different genre it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any song it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any album it would be…<\/strong> If I could headline any festival, it would be…<\/strong> If I could organise my own festival, the bands playing would be…<\/strong> If I could play any other instrument, it would be…<\/strong> If I could give one piece of advice to a new band, it would be…<\/strong> ‘Young Kato’<\/em>\u00a0EP by\u00a0Young Kato<\/strong>\u00a0is out now through\u00a0LAB Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Young Kato<\/strong>\u00a0links:\u00a0Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n Words by Sean Reid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Having recently released their self-titled EP, Young Kato\u00a0have been getting noticed for thier mix of indie and 80’s pop. Tracks like ‘Drink, Dance, Party’ are fun, energetic and catchy as hell. What more could you want? Young Kato bassist Joe Lever recently stepped up to the plate and took on our “If I…”\u00a0questionnaire. Joe told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8181],"tags":[122,6164,14730,12398,10867],"class_list":["post-33276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-post","tag-feature","tag-if-i","tag-joe-lever","tag-sean-reid","tag-young-kato"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Joe Lever: I am happy with all our proper recordings on our EP so I guess it would be to go back and re-record a demo. We did a few demos of songs ‘Sink or Swim’ and ‘Thoughts’ which are floating around the internet. I would like to go back into a studio and record ‘Sink or Swim’ properly as I don’t think the demo shows the song at its full potential.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: A show we played in November in-front of 8,000 people at the Bristol Christmas Lights switch on. Was pretty mental playing in front of that amount of people.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: Wembley Arena of course.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Joe: I would say a big stadium band like Coldplay or U2. The fact that they pull such insane crowds would make for a good show, the bigger the crowd the better as far as I’m concerned. <\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: Probably Bob Marley actually even though his music is completely different to ours. I have always really liked his songs and I saw that film about him recently and it was pretty inspiring, I think he would have been a great guy to play with.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: I think its a real shame Pegasus Bridge split up, so yeah I will go with them!<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: At school\/college and doing what most normal teenagers do, which I still am whilst balancing with playing music!<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: I have always been intrigued by electronic music, so maybe I would be a DJ or Producer of some sort if I wasn’t in a band. I am pretty open to all genres of music though. Reggae would be quite fun, sometimes at band practice we go on a bit of a tangent swapping instruments and playing different genres. The other day we had a Jam as a reggae\/dub band and I was the vocalist – its probably a good thing we didn’t record it.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: ‘Unbelievable’ by EMF.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: ‘xx’ by The XX. It’s such a great album, I would be very proud if I had written that.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: Glastonbury would be the ultimate dream.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: It would probably comprise of a long list of every band on my iPod.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: Definitely piano.<\/em><\/p>\n
Joe: We ourselves are a new band still learning so I don’t think I really have the authority to give any master-classes or advice! I guess just stick at it, work hard, keep writing music and don’t give up if you really want it.<\/em><\/p>\n