{"id":69357,"date":"2018-09-06T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=69357"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:02:27","slug":"interview-boston-manor-sept2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-boston-manor-sept2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Manor – Representing the Neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I feel the people who love our band are Boston Manor fans. I think those people want a little more from their music”<\/em><\/h2>\n

With so much music to take in at a click of a button, people have an unfortunate tendency to label bands with a certain genre. However, as we have seen in recent years, bands have refused to be tied down by the sounds and styles some define them by. For Blackpool quintet Boston Manor<\/strong><\/a>, their formative years saw them aligned with the blossoming UK pop-punk scene that produced names such as Neck Deep, Trash Boat, Roam and several others. However, their association as part of that scene was never intended.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never really strived to be a pop-punk band. It naturally came out in a way. We did that so badly. It felt a little unnatural, where some of the other influences shined through,\u201d<\/em> explains guitarist Mike Cunniff when discussing a comment made by vocalist Henry Cox earlier this year, where he somewhat dismissed their connection to pop-punk. \u201cI just think people are really lazy. People love to pigeonhole a band. Pop-punk was massive. It bought us a lot of success in that area, but I feel the people who love our band are Boston Manor fans. I think those people want a little more from their music, they’re a little bit smarter with what they listen to,\u201d<\/em> Mike adds.<\/p>\n

Since forming in 2013, Boston Manor<\/strong>‘s output has indeed become smarter. Their second full-length, ‘Welcome to the Neighbourhood’<\/em> emphasises that and thrives on the band’s maturity, proving to be a thought-provoking take on their hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s kind of funny because it’s clich\u00e9 of a pop-punk band to write songs about their hometown, but we did it in a way where we paint Blackpool as a fascinating town,\u201d<\/em> Cunniff tells us. \u201cWe wanted to show people where we were from, how weird that fucking place can be and show it off in a way people aren’t used to seeing. It can be a very dark, bleak and depressing town but it can also be a very beautiful place in a dystopian sort of way.\u201d
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