Saturday 31 August 2013

Deadfire Q&A

Your name:
Charlie Munro.

Where are you from?
Aberdeen, Scotland.

Band name:
Deadfire.

Who is in your band?
Charlie (vocals), Gordon (guitar), Rich (bass) and Tunk (drums).

How would you describe yourselves?
Old school, boozy, riff based, no nonsense hard rockers.

Who are your main influences musically?
Sabbath, Zepplin, AC/DC, Motörhead, Kyuss, Nirvana.

What do you hope to achieve in music?
Keep writing songs we love, gigging the arse out of those songs, tours, more gigs, getting pissed and having an awesome time doing it.

What have been the highlights of your career so far?
Lots so far supporting Hawklords(Hawkwind) and winning round their very tough crowd,recording and releasing our album and winning best newcomers at the Moorings Fudge Awards.

And what's the moment you want to forget?
One gig we were booked to play on a Sunday night for a bank holiday Monday. Turned out the promoter fucked up the dates and it wasn't a local holiday so there was next to no crowd and just as the support band finished the speakers blew so we didn't even get to play 

If you had to choose one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Fuck that's tough, they're all ace! Just listen haha. I'll go for Bumsteer, that's the one that tends to get the crowd going most.

Where can we listen to it?
Full album available from the usuals itunes, android market, Spotify .........

Where can we find out more about your music?

Wayward Q&A

Your name: 
Allen Lewis!

Where are you from?
The wonderfully small town of Reno, Nevada.

Name of band:
Wayward.

Who else is in your band?

How would you describe yourselves?
We sound like... some pop and some rock and maybe some more pop.

Who are your main influences musically?
They are diverse but for me, personally, everything points to the Beatles.

What do you hope to achieve in music?
Honestly, I would have to say happiness. As long as I am happy with the music I am creating, it doesn't really get much better, as cheesy as that may sound. It would be nice to be able to do music full-time too. ;)

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Every new release is always the highlight for me, personally. I love when we record new music and have new material to show the people that support us. A big highlight would also have to be our hometown shows. We always have fantastic turnouts.  

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
There's nothing in particular that strikes my mind. I loved it all and it helped get us to where we are today. Maybe a couple shows where we messed up pretty bad tuning-wise I'd like to forget... hahaha. Gotta live and learn. 

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
This is tough because of how quickly our songs and song-writing have evolved. I would have to say our song "Crazy For Loving You" because it is the newest.  

Where can we listen to it?


Where can we find out more about your music?

Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?
Thanks so much for reaching out to me/us! :]

Friday 30 August 2013

The Buddy Jack Band Q&A

Your name: 
Bud Brown.

Where are you from? 
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota – originally from San Diego, California.

Name of band:
The Buddy Jack Band.

Who else is in your band? 
Primarily it’s just me these days but I’ve been playing music for awhile so there are a few songs on the TBJB page that feature and incorporate many other artists; some famous and some not. There is one of my older pop songs ‘Alabama’ on the RN page sung by R.B. Greaves of ‘Take a Letter Maria” and “Always Something There to Remind Me” fame a number of years ago as a label demo.

How would you describe yourselves? 
The premier Electroclassic music maker in the world; The Buddy Jack Band’s electronic instrumental creations tantalize the very depths of the listener’s mental canvas and paint colorful and dramatic tonal images; apparitions that are full of real life experiences and emotions. Every one of our compositions is carefully crafted and produced to deliver passion and vision to our listeners in a very personal way.  We want this to be the musical score that will let our listener’s imaginations run wild or if they so desire it will artfully fashion a casual and unobtrusive background ambiance for private time with friends or loved ones. The right instrumental music in the background will enhance and improve conversations. When the mood and the right song is playing, you might find that you have the desire to get up and start dancing.
We know that we’re not going to be everyone’s first choice of music for every occasion; and that’s OK. Everybody has to find their own space and time to enjoy music; be it our music or any music for that matter. To fully enjoy our musical experience to its fullest we recommend that the listener find a quiet moment when they can put the world aside, slip on a comfortable set of full range headphones, close their eyes, relax and enjoy the full sound range of what will quickly become familiar tunes and rhythms; launching a new and exciting journey with every song. We welcome everyone to the world of lyrical and ethereal expeditions; journeys filled with adventure, emotion, and even the occasional sweet taste of serenity.  It’s really music that you can reach out and touch with your mind if you let yourself go.
This isn’t just music – whether it’s the focus of a listening experience or just background enhancement these remarkable Electroclassic compositions will make you feel good about yourself, the world, and everything around you. Our music is different than the rest. It is mood music; music to make you feel better; no prescription needed. It's that simple...all we ask of anyone is please give it a try.

Who are your main influences musically?  
It’s not so much who in particular is an influence but what type of music has influenced and still influences me personally. The single most influential person for me historically would probably be Art Farmer as listening to him years ago convinced me to switch from trumpet which was my main instrument at the time to Flugelhorn; which then quickly became the instrument love of my life along with mellow jazz.
Someone once commented on the ‘ElectroClassic’ style of The Buddy Jack Band and our current compositions and ask how I personally got to the point of writing this type of music. After thinking about it for a few seconds what came to me was "I suppose that's what happens when you start off being trained in classical/orchestral music starting at four years old, marched through years of military music and then get kicked into contemporary jazz to have fun playing, bounced into rock n' roll with electric trumpet and rock festivals while trying all the while to support your musical habit with a steady run of big band James Brown style R&B..."  They said “Yeah; that makes perfect sense, a recipe for arriving at an original sound."

What do you hope to achieve in music? 
As simplistic as it might sound, what I personally want is the largest audience of people around the world listening to TBJB music and really enjoying it; letting it make their lives better in some way. I want to see this through downloads and plays of TBJB music and the eventual incorporation of compositions and segments into movies, advertisements and other media as background.
Seeing live performances of the music by great musicians is another distant but potentially achievable goal. I’d ultimately like to use Sibelius software to create sheet music so the songs can performed live. 
But in the long run whatever happens, the knowledge of others enjoying the music will in fact bring the greatest sense of achievement. In creating this music and The Buddy Jack Band ElectroClassic style I am leaving something tangible and memorable for my two daughters; something they will have with them to remember and hopefully share with their children. And of lesser but still relevant significance; a modicum of income from the music would also be acceptable.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 
The highlight of my career with The Buddy Jack Band has been seeing the volume of remarkably positive comments from some incredibly talented musicians on ReverbNation, SoundCloud, YouTube and MySpace. The lifetime highlight of my personal career was to be able to work with and become close friends with R.B. Greaves. He was one of the finest friends I have ever had and taught me so much about music and life. I am still incredibly distressed at the fact that he died of cancer last September; at such a young age. I’ve worked with a lot of musicians and I am convinced that he was one of the great singers of our time; but unfortunately for a number of reasons too few people ever got to experience his greatness.  Having him as a friend and mentor was definitely the most significant highlight.

And what’s the moment you want to forget? 
I’m going to be completely serious about this: once I worked with a show band doing Las Vegas ‘lounge music and comedy’ and traveling around the country. We weren’t necessarily very good or funny but I was a sideman getting union wages and housing so it was a good gig. The most remarkable thing about this group was that once the audience had a couple of
drinks in them the music got better and the jokes funnier (to the audience anyway).
Well for one week the agency booked us into what was definitely the wrong venue in the South. It was a very large and impressive/expensive restaurant and show lounge. It was huge with cloth covered tables, a huge bar with electronics, and even a creek running through it with little bridges and all. It started off well enough and the audience enjoyed the music we played during the dinner hour but when ‘Showtime’ started things changed quickly. Part of the act was a segment where the drummer dressed up in a full gorilla costume and ran through the audience. To most drunk businessmen in a secluded hotel lounge (our usual fare) this was funny; but to the ‘fancy’ and ‘proper’ crowd at this establishment the whole thing was perceived as ‘rude’ and ‘crude’.
The first show set ended with the gorilla skit. Immediately after the curtain closed the owner/manager of the club came up to the band leader and told him that the group was one of the worst groups he had ever booked in his lifetime and that we needed to keep it ‘more acceptable’ or we would be fired ‘union or not’.  Well that pissed off the band leader and during our break he created another ‘gorilla’ skit and we opened the second set with the curtain going up to him standing in the center of the stage in full costume making noises and jumping around.  He then proceeded to jump off the stage and run quickly through the crowd who were sitting at the cloth covered dining tables. He would pick up drinks from them and pour them into his costume and sit in ladies laps and numerous other things he knew would piss off the owner. 
Before he was no more than two or three minutes into this ‘new act’ the owner climbed up on the stage, grabbed the microphone and said to the crowd “this is the worst and most disgusting band and show I have ever seen. Please accept my apology and know that I have fired them and they will be leaving the building immediately.” At that point the sedate audience broke into loud cheers, whistles and applause supporting the knowledge that we were being fired. We immediately stopped, closed the curtain, packed up our instruments and headed out the back door. I didn’t read it but I heard that there was an article in the ‘Entertainment’ section of the local paper the next day describing the whole incident.
I have never been back to that city; nor do I plan to go. So, what do you think would you want to remember that?

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 
It's hard to pick just one because so much thought goes into the development of every one of them and each is so completely different. But because you want me to pick just one I will pick 'Sidewalks' because of how the piece flows to create such a wonderful visual image of city sidewalks as they start empty at the break of day and become increasingly more crowded and busy as the day wears on. You get peaceful and mellow sounds, unusual instruments, some light Jazz, strong rhythms and some powerful electronic sounds all mixed together just like the cacophony you find on a city sidewalk. It seduces you gently and slowly building until it’s really cranking then it lets you down just as peacefully and gently as it started.
'Sidewalks' as a part of the 'CityScape' album (along with every song in that album) paints a musical image of an integral part of life in the mythical CityScape city. I like the sound and feel of cool Jazz and I was able to incorporate that along with a woodsy flute and tenor sax into the initial movements of the piece creating the feeling of a city waking up. One of my favorite segments is the Steel Drum band playing in the park in the middle of the city for the lunchtime crowd. I hope you enjoy it; hey I hope everyone enjoys it. 
Here are the EB notes for that composition from the album – “As the sun softly rises over the city the barren sidewalks are quiet and peaceful places. As the sun continues to spread its light and warmth over the area you notice the store owners beginning to prepare for the day; cleaning and washing the sidewalks getting ready for their upcoming business everything adding to the activity. As the day grows elder the walkways become increasingly livelier and are soon overflowing with throngs of people moving swiftly but dedicatedly to their ultimate destinations. Throughout the day things may slow down a little except for the always vigilant street musicians and vendors and before the onslaught of hasty lunchtime activities. Things then calm a little but at the end of the day these human thoroughfares are once again filled with the sounds of activity; eventually ending the day on the same quiet but not foreboding note upon which it all began. Sidewalks; take another look, they are very interesting places if you let them be.”

Where can we listen to it? 


Where can we find out more about your music?

Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?
Greg, yes and thank for asking we’d like everyone to know that TBJB is wrapping up the final few songs for the Audiot album (meditative melodic trance rhythms) and is preparing for the official release later in 2013. When completed the album will be available as downloaded MP3s initially and CDs later. The Homecoming album is respectfully dedicated to the memories we all have of coming home after living away for the first time in our lives.  Homecomings are always interesting as is the composition of this album which features more of the film type of genre. Artistic juices are flowing and work is underway and everything is expected to be finished before the scheduled 2014 full release. Individual songs are available and will continue to be available for sale as they are released as downloadable MP3s.
The Whirled Peas album (a play on words but something we nonetheless want to see) is a collection of songs that are more focus on the musical and rhythmic fringes of Hip Hop, Dance and House electronic music. Two songs are currently available and there is no scheduled date for release of this 'work in progress' album. New instruments and software are being acquired in order to complete this project.

Shine So Hard Q&A

Name of band:
Shine So Hard.

Where are you from?
Los Angeles, California, US. 

Who is in your band?
C³ (Christina Corrinne Colson) - Bass, Vocals
M² (Mark Mason) - Vocals, Guitar, Melodica, Keyboards, Production
K.O. (Saltsman) - Guitar
Mark Lane - Drums

How would you describe yourselves?
LA based fuzzy dreamy rock band creating thoughtful sonic pictures.

Who are your main influences musically?
Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, The Clash, Joy Divison/New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine, The National, Spoon, The Pretenders, Blondie, Dinosaur Jr.

What do you hope to achieve in music? We hope that our music creates a thoughtful ambient experience.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
The highlight of our career thus far with Shine So Hard would probably be one of our shows, or playing on SCTV. However, we hope many more exciting experiences will occur.

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
There is always a show when an amp is too loud or a drummer plays too fast, but the only person who wants to forget them is us.

If you were asked to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
All of our songs represent us in some way or another, but the song Semiotics is our most recent release and therefore is the most current representation of who we are.

Where can we listen to it?



Where can we find out more about your music?

Thursday 29 August 2013

We Are Alight Q&A

Your name: 
Sally-Anne Shortman (@SallyAShortman).
 
Where are you from? 
Bristol, England.
 
Name of band:
We Are Alight.
 
Who else is in your band? 
Lee Willey, Rick Labbe & Chris Padfield
 
How would you describe yourselves? 
Alternative rock pop. 
 
Who are your main influences musically? 
Incubus, A Day to Remember, Flyleaf and Bloc Party.
 
What do you hope to achieve in music? 
We just want people to like our music as much as we do!
 
What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 
Touring with That Sunday Feeling (now Paighton).
 
And what’s the moment you want to forget? 
Our band breaking up for three years when we were 18 because we were young idiots ha!
 
If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 
For The Lovers because it is melodic but still heavy!  
 
Where can we listen to it? 
EP is currently being recorded :)

Where can we find out more about your music?

Dork Turnspit Q&A

Your name: 
Marc Nellis.

Where are you from? 
Scotland but residing in Lancaster in the north west of England. Half of us live here and the other half live in Carlisle.

Name of band: 
Dork Turnspit.

Who else is in your band? 
Lee Dixon plays lead guitar and sings, Darren Leadsom plays bass and Rod Jameson plays drums.

How would you describe yourselves? 
I'm a really nice guy. Seriously. The rest of them are very cynical and bitter. But genuine. Genuinely cynical and bitter. 

Who are your main influences musically? 
Our influences don't necessarily show through in this particular band. Lee and Rod played in a metal band for many years, I played in a metal band for a bit but also some indie and electronica outfits too. Darren played in indie and alt-rock bands but the sound we seem to have hit upon with Dork Turnspit is influenced, I guess, by stuff like The Lemonheads, Pixies, At The Drive In, Sonic Youth, Husker Dü, Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, The Sound, Joy Division and Weezer. And loads of others that don't sound like anything we do. In fact, I hadn't even heard Husker Dü till long after most of the songs we have now were written. But fuck it, it's the kind of thing you put to attract the type of lonely person that likes Husker Dü.

What do you hope to achieve in music? 
We're in it to have some fun. Ideally some exposure on a national level through radio play and by doing short tours would be great. We don't ask for much but we hope what we do will get listened to and that people will enjoy the live shows which we seem to be getting better and better at every time we play.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Getting to finally be in a band with Lee. We'd been talking about it for years but for many (mainly geographical) reasons it was impossible for it to happen. And laterally getting to be in a band with one of the best drummers I've known and then even more laterally with one of the best bassists I've ever known. Although having said all that I'd much rather the answer was something like Glastonbury or Reading. But it's not.

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
Getting to finally be in a band with Lee. We'd been talking about it for years etc.

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Dork Turnspit Are Go. It has our name in the title for a start and it's also a microcosm of what we do. There's screaming and there's nice melodic bits and there's a tasteful guitar solo section that we've actually built on live. Once we record it properly it's gonna sound......different.

Where can we listen to it? 
Where can we find out more about your music?

Wednesday 28 August 2013

My Misspent Youth Q&A

Your name: Finn Solemdal.

Where are you from?
Bergen, Norway.

Name of band:
My Misspent Youth.

Who else is in your band?
Stig Blindheim-Hansen, Terje Tjervaag, Elisabeth Hatlenes Julton, Marius Mathisen.

How would you describe yourselves?
Completely addicted to music. Without it, life would be useless.

Who are your main influences musically?
PJ Harvey, Pixies, Breeders, Sliversun Pickups, Sonic Youth, Tool and a bunch of other bands.

What do you hope to achieve in music?
Make music that I’m happy with myself. A big bonus if someone else also likes it,
and great if we get some good reviews, airplay and get to do some gigs.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Releasing the Colours Gone Cold album was hard work, but so satisfying when it was
done, and to play the songs live at our release party was magic! 

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
A lot of bad stuff has happened, but I try to focus on the positive stuff.

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Very hard question, but I think the title track, «Colours Gone Cold», is a track that has some key
My Misspent Youth elements, but then again so does a lot of the other songs as well.
I think it’s our strength that our songs sounds different from each other, but still sounds like MMY.

Where can we listen to it?

Where can we find out more about your music?

Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?
See us in Glasgow on October 25th, and Edinburgh the 26th. We’re also hoping to get more gigs in the UK next year. Thanks for getting in touch, and we would love to hear from music lovers out there!

Good Nite Gilligan Q&A

Your name:
Matthew Riopel.

Where are you from?
Montreal, Canada.

Name of band:
Good Nite Gilligan.

Who else is in your band?
Eric Mallette is on bass, Chris Brown is on guitar, Serge Bricault plays drums, and I sing and play lead guitar.
Good Nite Gilligan was formed about two years ago to record our old songs from our teenage years. It was a project to finally put closure on our former band (Gilligan's Fish). But as we played more and more together, we found our love of jamming and making music grow again. After our first show as Good Nite Gilligan, our drummer quit and left us in a tight situation. Instead of falling apart, we did a big drummer search, and after meeting many talented people, we met Serge. Not only is Serge an incredible talent, but he quickly became a good friend. 

How would you describe yourselves?
We're the kind of guys who take our music seriously, but not ourselves...too much. We like to be goofy and just have fun without all the stress that most bands put on themselves.

Who are your main influences musically?
I can't speak for everyone in the band, but for myself growing up in the 90's, the grunge scene was my thing. Bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Weezer, to Pennywise, Bad Religion, Rage Against The Machine, and Nine Inch Nails.

What do you hope to achieve in music?
Glory, superstardom, famousness...ok I can't keep a straight face while saying that! Seriously though, we want to make good music that people can jump, dance, or tap their feet to. Our goal was to perform live as often as we could, but also to record and create. 

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
A career in music? The day I can quit my day job will be the day I answer this question.

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Finally Cool. This was a song I wrote when I was about 16, and basically it is about what we had to do as teenagers to be accepted, or deemed cool. I basically make fun of the things people need to do to be accepted in society. Even though it is about adolescent situations, I believe it can still be applied today as an adult in my 30s.

Where can we listen to it?
Well you can see us playing it live recorded on smart phones at our shows (here), but we are in the stages of mixing our EP, which will be ready in late September. So we will have a great version for you very soon!!

Where can we find out more about your music?

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Aftermidnight Q&A

Your name: 
Ashkan Karimi.

Where are you from? 
We're all originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma - I have been one to move around and I moved away but eventually ended up back here, home.

Name of band:
Aftermidnight.

Who else is in your band? 
Ben Blount, Austin Donoho and Patrick O'Meilia.

How would you describe yourselves? 
We all like to have fun, and play music of course. On a more personal level, I kind of tend to reflect and observe a lot what goes on around me...I'm a people watcher, but then again I write most of the lyrics to our music - it all tends to come from me observing what's going on around. I met Austin a while back and as we have continued to get to know each other I've discovered between him and Ben that they're the energy of the band...they know how to have fun and joke around...It's good, it keeps things light, keeps me form getting too deep or being serious all the time. Patrick is our newest member, he's a good friend of us all that we have known for a while. We're both similar in the fact that we're thinkers and kinda dig deeper than the surface level of things. He's a super practical guy, good about keeping our focus on what the next step is which is good cause we can get so caught up on the big picture we forget what's next to get there...Outside of that..We all love to play music. It's something that resonates with us, we all seem to get a healing or 'therapy' out of it, we have a ton of fun at shows!

Who are your main influences musically?
Our musical influences are pretty wide. The four of us are all so different in our musical upbringing but one thing we can all agree on is the classic, older music that we all tend to have our roots in. Some of the older bands we like are Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Police, U2....and then kinda moving into the newer bands we're into Radiohead, Mutemath, Switchfoot, Coldplay, Civil Twilight, The Rocketboys, Jeff Buckley, Kings Of Leon, and lately been really digging some of the more electronic/rock bands like James Blake, Walk The Moon, Alt-J, Boat Club, Metronomy...however that is always changing.

What do you hope to achieve in music?
I think it's all somewhat different for the four of us personally, but we all agree that we want to create great music that everyone likes to listen to. We all want to play big shows, and make a career out of it. It's something that we all take seriously as a profession while at the same time having fun with it too. We are really about creating music that is relatable to the listener and music that could even help listeners through hard and tough times. Times seem to get tougher as life goes on and we all have to learn to grow above it, so if we can even encourage people to hold on and push through whatever it is their dealing with we would consider that a success.
Personally I'm big into also getting people a cause to help people in poverty stricken areas around the world, and providing ways out of the mess they're in. My family is from Iran and seeing the limited amount of rights both women and the men have there while I'm here in America living 'the life' really pushes me to give back and currently have been working on different solutions to help aid them...as unpopular as that may be for an American to do since the majority of culture in America is kinda against Iran...I just think if I have a level of freedom that I could use to help others who have very limited freedoms than it should be used.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
I would say the more recent shows we have played. We had the opportunity over the past year to play two different shows where we were able to open for some major musical influences, both Civil Twilight and The Rocketboys! It was a lot of fun both playing before them and getting to chat with them afterwards, and pretty awesome to see some dreams come true. We recently got to represent our city by playing Tulsa's first annual Center Of The Universe Festival which was pretty epic and we're looking forward to playing it again in the future!

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
As a whole we would all have to say every awkward moment we have had on stage in-between songs due to having to tune my guitar. I was playing a guitar for a while that just wouldn't hold a tune and was constantly having to tune up after each song...kinda ridiculous.

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
So hard to say but one song that kind of set us on a course towards the sound we're producing sonically right now would have to be our songCurrents. Since then we have written music that is different but that song in particular seems to resonate with us all...it's kinda of like coming home. Another song we would probably say would be our song Scales which is more of a straight forward rock song.

Where can we listen to it?
You can listen to both of them on soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/aftermidnightam



Where can we find out more about your music?
As far as us and our music goes you can find more info on our website, facebook, twitter and iTunes! Also if you signup for our e-news you can get a free download of one of our tracks you can do so right here -> http://bit.ly/10ro685


Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?
Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Also be on the lookout for new songs! We're currently working in the studio on our newest music and we're stoked about it. It's something we've been looking forward to doing for awhile and now that we're working on it we're already getting excited about what is coming out of our time in the studio! Be on the lookout and be sure to connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. 

Grudle Bay Q&A

Your name: 
James.

Where are you from? 
All over the country [UK], but we call Abingdon home.

Name of band:
Grudle Bay, although everybody seems to want to shoehorn in an "n" to make us Grundle Bay. We've never even been to Grundle Bay.

Who else is in your band? 
Tom, Nathan and another Tom.

How would you describe yourselves? 
Individually: unhinged. Collectively: hinged. 

Who are your main influences musically?
We love major melodies and warm, satisfying kick drums. We've recently been listening to Curtis Mayfield, Caribou, anything on Dublab, the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory soundtrack, The Whitest Boy Alive, Daft Punk, Ariel Pink, Phoenix, Glen Campbell, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Gonzales, Ham&Eggs, Soil and Pimp Sessions. 

What do you hope to achieve in music? 
The ability to keep on playing together.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 
For me, it was our acoustic set at Truck Festival 2013. It was totally unrehearsed, intimate and just a real joy to play. But you'd probably get a different answer from each of us.

And what’s the moment you want to forget? 
It was so bad, I've already forgotten it.

If you had to choose just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 
Personally, it'd be Fool Around from our Colder EP - it's got the quiet, pretty parts, a great drop, and a big 4-to-the-floor welcome home. I'm a big fan!

Where can we listen to it?



Where can we find out more about your music?
Basically, just type "Grudle Bay" into Google and you can't go wrong!

Anything else you’d like to say that I forgot to ask?
Yes! You can see the video for our song Running here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOgPchAayU
And, here are just a few of the great bands from Oxford you should check out -  Marvellous Medicine, Wild Swim, We Aeronauts, Salvation Bill, Alphabet Backwards...