1. Your new EP Wild Eyes is out now through Broken Stone Records, how did you go about writing and recording for this record?
On the recording front, this album was recorded over varying lengths of time and in different locations. The single for this EP was recorded over a week, the other songs were recorded about 6 months prior. This is a product of the DIY approach. No deadlines… We're looking forward to spending 2 weeks with Liam Judson (from Belles Will Ring and producer of Cloud Control, Sister Jane etc.) in November. We wonder at what the focus of a schedule rather than sprawling infancy of the home studio will bring our of performances. On the writing front, that is happening all the time. At home or in rehearsals. For these two EP's there was a wide range of influence but We will be spending a fair bit of time in the lead up to November writing and demoing.
2. Wild Eyes follows hot on the heels of your previous releases You Will Tear Down Everything That Stands In Your Way (November 2010) and Blind (January 2010). How has your sound progressed over the course of two years and three records?
We like to think that there is both consistency and development. The interesting thing about these releases is that they sit neatly together. A fair few of the songs were written around the same time and a lot of them were recorded together in a session we did with Simon Berkfinger (Philadelphia Grand Jury) very quickly. We were playing a fair few shows and the songs evolved, so we stripped back the recordings and re-approached the songs.Re-recording a fair few of them and writing others (e.g.: Wild Eyes which was written very recently). The EP's and their releases have charted that development, but they could very easily be listened to back to back. We have even toyed with the idea of releasing them back to back on 12" vinyl…
3. How does the band feel about the husband/wife combination within the band?
I think they're ok with it. One of the band members is my brother, and the other is Lucy's cousin. So we could be considered a family band. We certainly have enough outsiders to give us some perspective… kind of.
4. Is there any truth to the speculation of title track Wild Eyes being (frontman) Jonathan’s ode to wife/keyboardist Lucy?
No comment.
5. You’re launching your EP at the Workers Club in Melbourne and Good God Small Club in Sydney on the 24 and 27 July respectively. What can we expect from these shows?
There is going to be a great lineup of bands at each show. Popolice (Teeth & Tongue side project) and Near Myth in Melb, and World Champion in Syd with some great DJ's: Je Suis En Rockstar and Rank Sinatra (Dark Bells). We'll be playing the new EP in full along with tracks from our other releases and we may have a special guest or two jump on stage.
6. Are there any plans to travel further in/around Australia?
In the new year we will do an East Coast tour, until then it will be heads down thumbs up recording (save the odd support show here and there).
7. You recently performed as part of VIVD Creative Sydney and Playground Weekender, how was it being part of these bigger stages?
Both shows were amazing and very different - Playground Weekender was a dripping hot humid late night show to a crowd of happy festival goers. We got to close the shack stage and everyone there had had a big long hard weekend of fun. Probably our most memorable show to date. Vivid was also an incredible night, but very different. It was a wet and slightly cold night in the metropolis but there were visualisations, art installations and we were playing alongside our label mates and great friends Caitlin Park, The Maple Trail and Sister Jane. On top of that there was a wide crowd of unfamiliar faces standing in the cavernous foyer of the MCA… something we could certainly get used to.
8. Any else that you would like to mention to your fans?
Check us out on the web http://magneticheads.net if you can't get to a show and listen to our stuff at our band camp http://magneticheads.bandcamp.com . We've got a mailing list so sign up and we can let you know when our debut album is out. We're on all them social networks too so look us up!
-jon
Published on The AU Review
On the recording front, this album was recorded over varying lengths of time and in different locations. The single for this EP was recorded over a week, the other songs were recorded about 6 months prior. This is a product of the DIY approach. No deadlines… We're looking forward to spending 2 weeks with Liam Judson (from Belles Will Ring and producer of Cloud Control, Sister Jane etc.) in November. We wonder at what the focus of a schedule rather than sprawling infancy of the home studio will bring our of performances. On the writing front, that is happening all the time. At home or in rehearsals. For these two EP's there was a wide range of influence but We will be spending a fair bit of time in the lead up to November writing and demoing.
2. Wild Eyes follows hot on the heels of your previous releases You Will Tear Down Everything That Stands In Your Way (November 2010) and Blind (January 2010). How has your sound progressed over the course of two years and three records?
We like to think that there is both consistency and development. The interesting thing about these releases is that they sit neatly together. A fair few of the songs were written around the same time and a lot of them were recorded together in a session we did with Simon Berkfinger (Philadelphia Grand Jury) very quickly. We were playing a fair few shows and the songs evolved, so we stripped back the recordings and re-approached the songs.Re-recording a fair few of them and writing others (e.g.: Wild Eyes which was written very recently). The EP's and their releases have charted that development, but they could very easily be listened to back to back. We have even toyed with the idea of releasing them back to back on 12" vinyl…
3. How does the band feel about the husband/wife combination within the band?
I think they're ok with it. One of the band members is my brother, and the other is Lucy's cousin. So we could be considered a family band. We certainly have enough outsiders to give us some perspective… kind of.
4. Is there any truth to the speculation of title track Wild Eyes being (frontman) Jonathan’s ode to wife/keyboardist Lucy?
No comment.
5. You’re launching your EP at the Workers Club in Melbourne and Good God Small Club in Sydney on the 24 and 27 July respectively. What can we expect from these shows?
There is going to be a great lineup of bands at each show. Popolice (Teeth & Tongue side project) and Near Myth in Melb, and World Champion in Syd with some great DJ's: Je Suis En Rockstar and Rank Sinatra (Dark Bells). We'll be playing the new EP in full along with tracks from our other releases and we may have a special guest or two jump on stage.
6. Are there any plans to travel further in/around Australia?
In the new year we will do an East Coast tour, until then it will be heads down thumbs up recording (save the odd support show here and there).
7. You recently performed as part of VIVD Creative Sydney and Playground Weekender, how was it being part of these bigger stages?
Both shows were amazing and very different - Playground Weekender was a dripping hot humid late night show to a crowd of happy festival goers. We got to close the shack stage and everyone there had had a big long hard weekend of fun. Probably our most memorable show to date. Vivid was also an incredible night, but very different. It was a wet and slightly cold night in the metropolis but there were visualisations, art installations and we were playing alongside our label mates and great friends Caitlin Park, The Maple Trail and Sister Jane. On top of that there was a wide crowd of unfamiliar faces standing in the cavernous foyer of the MCA… something we could certainly get used to.
8. Any else that you would like to mention to your fans?
Check us out on the web http://magneticheads.net if you can't get to a show and listen to our stuff at our band camp http://magneticheads.bandcamp.com . We've got a mailing list so sign up and we can let you know when our debut album is out. We're on all them social networks too so look us up!
-jon
Published on The AU Review
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