{"id":59540,"date":"2018-04-27T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=59540"},"modified":"2018-04-26T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T22:17:29","slug":"interview-assirensfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-assirensfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Alarm – As Sirens Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI think we\u2019re ready to take that risk. With us, it\u2019s always been a case of \u2018go hard or go home,\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/h1>\n

\u201cIt’s very much the same as the first EP \u2013 that it’s ok to be fucked up,\u201d<\/em> explains As Sirens Fall<\/strong> vocalist Mikey Lord when asked to define the message of his band’s recently released ‘Where Lost Things Go’<\/em> EP. Since forming in the West Yorkshire town of Keighley nearly four years ago, the personal trials and tribulations of Lord’s mental health have weaved in and out of As Sirens Fall<\/strong>‘s brand of alt-rock.<\/p>\n

While 2016’s debut outing, ‘The Hospital Party’<\/em>, was masked by lyrical tropes with stylistic \u201cnew grave\u201d links, ‘Where Lost Things Go’<\/em> sees Lord being more clear-cut when singing about mental health. \u201cOur first EP was much more centred around it, but I think this one has less metaphor going on. This time we’re a lot more honest,\u201d<\/em> says Mikey. \u201cI don’t think it’s totally centred around mental health. It’s more centred around experiences that I’ve had. Our first EP was kind of a snapshot of me aged 18 to 21. Whereas this one is everything since then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s clear in the years following the release of ‘The Hospital Party’<\/em>, Lord along with guitarists Adam Doveston and Richard Hadley, bassist Jason Doveston and drummer Jarlath McCaughery, have organically grown with ‘Where Lost Things Go’<\/em> showcasing a more concise set of songs that play to their strengths. ‘Lily’<\/em>, ‘My Only Ghost’<\/em> and ‘She Runs With the Wolves’<\/em> thrive off anthemic, soaring choruses and energetic instrumentation while ‘Getaway’<\/em> ideally pulls at the heartstrings with balladic tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we had been together two years when we put it (‘The Hospital Party’) out and it was a collection of the five best songs we had written up to that point. We didn’t set out to write an EP,\u201d<\/em> Mikey states. \u201cWhereas this time we did. It was a different way of attacking it but I think we are better versed in songwriting now. We’ve got a better critical reflection on what we are doing and were able to work out what’s good and what’s bad reflectively easy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Although As Sirens Fall<\/strong> are riding a wave of confidence, Mikey admits they are far from the finished product. \u201cI don’t think any band ever truly works out all the kinks. It’s part of the attraction to an artist, the wrenches that get thrown in the works. For us, I think it was a matter of working out more kinks then we worked out on the first EP. Figuring out what works for us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Like most bands and artists, As Sirens Fall<\/strong> had to be patient with ‘Where Lost Things Go’<\/em>. Recorded in early 2017, their aim was to give it a summer release yet two factors prevented that from happening. Alongside personal issues, the band wanted to give the EP the live experience it deserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so happy and proud of it and put so much into making it happen. We just wanted to partner it up with the best shows we could in order to give it, what we felt, it deserved in terms of a tour, a promotion and fan experience. We didn’t have that at the time, so we thought we’d push pause,\u201d<\/em> Mikey clarifies. \u201cWe’ve got the EP, we can release it whenever let’s focus on booking the best tour we can, and we’ve done that and now the EP is out. It’s taken awhile.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n