{"id":87975,"date":"2019-08-06T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=87975"},"modified":"2019-08-05T20:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T19:14:26","slug":"podcast-interview-brutus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/podcast-interview-brutus\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview: Brutus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87976\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor-465x310.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor-695x463.jpeg 695w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/brutus-compressor-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;We put the pressure very high on ourselves for this record&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been supporters of Belgium trio <strong>Brutus<\/strong> for quite some time. With two stellar albums under their belt with <em>&#8216;Burst&#8217;<\/em> and <em>&#8216;Nest,&#8217;<\/em> Stefanie Mannaerts (vocals\/drums), Stijn Vanhoegaerden (guitars), and Peter Mulders (bass) have become gradually become favourites amongst fans and critics of heavy music.<\/p>\n<p>On stage, they&#8217;ve become a force to be reckoned with, matching the reputation they&#8217;ve honed on record and have been known to steal the show at many festivals. Amongst them is <strong>2000trees<\/strong>.\u00a0Ever since making their debut at Upcote Farm three years ago, they&#8217;ve become regulars with their third visit seeing them confidently step up to the main stage.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off from setting the bar high for the weekend, <strong>Already Heard<\/strong>&#8216;s S\u00eaan Reid spoke to Peter and Stefanie about the overwhelming reaction to <em>&#8216;Nest&#8217;<\/em> and the pressure of making a second record.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Brutus (2000Trees Festival 2019) by Already Heard\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F661574810&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;secret_token=s-ZAN6g\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alrdyhrd.uk\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcast<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1ly488RsCsoTE1Dw4MImyf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/alreadyheard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Nest\u2019<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Brutus<\/b> is out now on <b>Hassle Records.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Brutus<\/b>\u00a0links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/incoming-8-must-hear-march-2019-releases\/%E2%80%9Dhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearebrutus\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wearebrutus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wearebrutus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wearebrutus.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>View more of\u00a0<b>Already Heard<\/b>\u2018s coverage of\u00a0<b>2000trees Festival 2019<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/2000trees-festival2019\/\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since emerging with their debut album, Brutus&#8217; status has grown to become one of heavy music&#8217;s most exciting bands.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to the band about the overwhelming reaction to &#8216;Nest&#8217; and the pressure of making a second record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16877,45,17214],"tags":[17274,3135,425,240,5878,16753,17421,17419,17420],"class_list":["post-87975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000trees-festival-2019","category-interviews","category-podcast","tag-2000trees-festival-2019","tag-already-heard-podcast","tag-brutus","tag-hassle-records","tag-interviews","tag-nest","tag-peter-mulders","tag-stefanie-mannaerts","tag-stijn-vanhoegaerden"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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