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Building their darkly enchanting foundations on MySpace, New Years Day<\/b> have been the mainstay of gothic rock since 2005. Countless line-up changes and only two full-length albums to their name, the Cali set have perfected their unique brand of atmospheric goth-rock down to a fine art.<\/p>\n

After their storming Download Festival<\/b> opener on Jake\u2019s Stage, Already Heard<\/b> stopped by with lead guitarist Nikki Misery and new drummer Nick Rossi to talk the band\u2019s future, setlists spanning their back catalogue and their musical inspirations.<\/p>\n

AH: Hey guys, how\u2019re you doing today? <\/b>
Nikki Misery: We\u2019re awesome, everything\u2019s going great! <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Welcome to Download for the very first time, how\u2019s it feel doing a festival like this for the first time? <\/b>
Nick Rossi: Fucking awesome, there\u2019s no other way to put it, it\u2019s killer, it\u2019s legendary, it\u2019s great! <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: You guys have been around for quite a while now, is this the gig you\u2019ve been aiming for? <\/b>
Nick: Well at the same time, I know the band started before I came along. But the way it is now and what it\u2019s been through, we really started with \u2018Mechanical Heart\u2019 and I joined shortly after. This new anger, this new message, this nihilism that came in, I believe that\u2019s the real purpose. New Years Day died and someone resurrected it! <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: ‘Epidemic’<\/i> kicked off really well over here! <\/b>
Nikki: That was so much fun. I couldn\u2019t believe the responses on that one. <\/i><\/p>\n

Nick: It was really cool to see, we came over here in October and it had just came out. We were playing a few songs with Escape The Fate and Glamour Of The Kill on that tour. It was so much fun to play those songs live, it was my first recording and to get to go out on stage at venues that I\u2019ve wanted to play since I was a teenager and even younger was just great. <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: We haven\u2019t seen you over here since that Download Freezes Over tour in October. What do you guys like about touring the UK? <\/b>
Nikki: I was gonna say the food! <\/i><\/p>\n

Nick: Yeah! English breakfast is probably one of my favourite things in the world. We always leave talking about how great it is and how much we miss it! <\/i><\/p>\n

Nikki: I think the first three days I was here, all I\u2019d eaten was English breakfast for lunch and dinner as well. <\/i><\/p>\n

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AH: So the big question is, when\u2019s your next full length coming out? <\/b>
Nick: Very soon! We can\u2019t give a date yet or anything but expect something really soon. <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: It\u2019s been quite a long time, 2 years is a lifetime in this industry. <\/b>
Nick: Yeah that\u2019s why we put out the EP, just to give people something to lead things on but yeah, we got something coming out really soon. I\u2019d say you can expect something before the end of the year at some point, so yeah! <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Yeah you don\u2019t want to pinpoint it in case things go wrong, right? <\/b>
Nick: Yeah exactly, and it\u2019ll come out when it\u2019s ready and when we feel it\u2019s ready to come out and when it best represents the band. <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: So every setlist is a risk because you don\u2019t want to disappoint people and you don\u2019t want to miss out something important. What\u2019s one song you wish would make a setlist? <\/b>
Nikki: \u2018The Joker\u2019. <\/i><\/p>\n

Nick: \u2018The Joker\u2019, yeah, I would say that one too. <\/i><\/p>\n

Nikki: Either that or \u2018Last Great Love Story\u2019 from \u2018Victim To Villain\u2019, I always wish I could play that one live. <\/i><\/p>\n

Nick: That\u2019s a cool one, I actually learned that one when I joined the band because they always talked about putting it in but it never got put in! All of those songs are very unique in their own way which is really cool. <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: You\u2019re no strangers to Warped Tour, so what\u2019s your advice for a first time festivalgoer? <\/b>
Nikki: Don\u2019t listen to anything, just come unprepared and enjoy yourself. <\/i><\/p>\n

Nick: Yeah, same thing. Come with no expectations, just have some fun and see your favourite bands and check out new music too! Take the opportunity to check out bands you\u2019ve never heard of before. <\/i><\/p>\n

AH: If you could relive one band\u2019s albums or tours, whether you were in the band or not, which would you go back to? <\/b>
Nick: Oh god, there\u2019s so many! Okay, if I could go to one concert and really see it, I mean there\u2019s a million, but at this point right now, I\u2019d love to go see Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock in \u201994, that would be incredible! <\/i><\/p>\n

‘Epidemic’<\/i> by New Years Day<\/b> is out now.<\/p>\n

New Years Day<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

View more of Already Heard<\/b>’s coverage of Download Festival<\/b> 2015 here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Words by Ali Cooper (@AliZombie_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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