Weekend Debt - Living Under the Influence EP & Launch Party

Ahh I can talk for days so I've broken this into parts incase you want to skip sections... the EP, the journey, the gossip and the gig. I'm writing this tired and won't get chance to this weekend as were at Slamdunk Festival and I'll be worse after that, so apologies for mistakes!

Living Under The Influence EP
Damn this is a step up both technical and in the orchestration! It's amazing. We finally get a released version of Tories, Tour De France (see previous post for more on that), Miss Cougar... Name says it all. My favourite on this Il Padrino, which starts with some synths and an obscene number of build-ups! COME ON BABY


Launch Party @ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow 23rd May

Prologue
It's a Thursday night, 200miles away from Manchester, we have work at 9am Friday - a 4hour Strategic meeting to start that day too! Any normal person would wait until the band play a local venue.
No, we're driving the 3hours to the gig and back in the same night.

Both me and Richard book Thursday off to allow us time to get North. At noon we set off, playlist at the ready, Monster Energy & Snacks at hand... Fast forward several hours, a Nando's and a couple of JDs we get to Nice N Sleazy and settle in for the evening.

Talking with WD
Whilst we sip our several JDs, (only a few, no drink driving people!) We catch up with Russell and Harvey, whilst Calvin and Grant are off interviewing / podcasting at the booth next to us.
I've not heard/read that yet, I'll share it when the lads share, but I'm pretty sure it didn't have a patch on the unrecorded conversations that went down on at our booth ;-).
I'll leave those stories between us, but maybe 'The Rus & Harv Podcast' will one day be a thing, then you can find out yourself about 2tonne TVs, Midnight Road Painting, Snakes Procreating and Balcony Scaling.

Ok I will touch on that last one, as that's the story of why the lads were tired. Getting locked out of their flat after late night practice the night before...tales of lost keys, unanswered the buzzers, a construction fence as a pseudo-ladder and balcony scaling. They finally got into their flat at 2am, before having to get up early for photoshoots! 

Got to be honest, I'm feeling very tired, only on 4 hours sleep myself and a long day and drive, sometimes I wonder why we do this to ourselves. 
Ha, nah, this is why we do it, the conversations, the people, THE MUSIC. When a gig starts, that energy from the stage and crowd absorbs into you, you bounce into another world!


The Gig
The support acts Third Party and Two Tone Television were both great warm ups. 

Third Party (check out track RPB on Spotify), they have a different MO, often did some instrument and lead vocal switching which kept us in our toes. Very they're good! Punky / Indie / Heavy - at times they held a similar sound to False Heads!!!

Two Tone Television (check out The Heavy) they were also pretty heavy indie I liked their sound, at this point I was little preoccupied so can't comment too much, I'd definitely say they are a band to listen to and their now in my playlists


Weekend Debt
So this is the 4th time watching these guys, actually, first time with this line up - with Calvin on guitar. I was unsure how things would be without Ewan, I knew the EP was awesome and the sounds were on another level, but the guys have matured, I'm sure this is partly due to natural growth and a technical skill brought by Calvin... Undoubtedly an amazing guitarist!

The setlist was a good set, I don't want to dwell too much on the that, you know we know these guys are good. They are excelling, vocally even better than ever, entertaining both on and off stage. From Grants goosebump generating solo Magnetic Girl to Russell's sheer enthusiasm bouncing more and more as the gig goes on. Harvey with his crowd pleasing/teasing and 'Technical ability' fixing unruly Instruments... And as I said, Calvins guitar skills just another level.

My favourite parts are the rework of some of their previous tracks, adding new layers and tones. I love bands who have great studio tracks but actually perform them slightly differently and with more breadth, it's like you get several versions of a great song! On top of this, some cool feedback effects and even got a pit during Il Pedrino!

Tho the best bit, the suprise - 303 AM ... Fucking... 303 AM.... With a 2 minute solo and crowd energising buildup, I managed to get a little bit of it on video! This needs to be on every gig, infact I'd take 10minutes of this it was fucking Awesome. Plus 303 is my favourite track so this was even better!

THIS 

Ahh we finally get home at 2am. New merch in hand too! Mega thanks to the lads, worth the journey, and I can tell you when these guys play your town - get there! If they aren't playing near you, get to Scotland.

For now!
Michael & Richard

Sisteray - Sisteray Said EP

There's several things I like about blogging, apart from the fact it's a great way of storing those memories of gigs that fade over the years, it is the meeting new bands and listening to new music!

Today... Punk Rock, Mod-revival, 4 Piece, Sisteray and their soon to be released EP 'Sisteray Said'. 

The EP is released under Vallance Records, produced by Jonathan Hucks (who's worked with the likes of False Heads) and has guest vocals too from Lucie Barat and Kat Five.

Wannabes, available on Spotify now, continues the theme of 15 Minutes. Another hit out modern day society, with a hit of upbeat guitars rifts and a catchy chorus.

Rumour Mill, kicks right in with a marching drum beat leading into sweet, impacting, keys rift! The chorus is head bouncing and makes even the most hungover head want to get up move! Well harmonised and produced track, which has a rollercoaster of ups and downs! 4minutes of lush listening, if this track doesn't hit the charts I'll be surprised.

Algorithm Prison, also available on Spotify, a hit out at social media companies and their mass farming and data selling! It's got one of those hook bridges you'll be chanting at everyone you want to fuck off.

Sisteray Said, the title track, starting with progressive bass line and punk distorted guitars. WMCYW! Well it's only 2mins long and I wanted more more more! But that's the only pit fall. The track is another chanting, stick in your head chorus. A well designed and constructed track.

Overall the EP is a beautiful modern punk rock piece, it's showing why the band is taking the festivals and industry by storm in just 18 months. 
Get it pre-ordered, get a tour ticket, enjoy!

The EP is out 7th September, on all media formats CD, Cassette, Digital, Vinyl etc. There is also a limited edition Vinyl for you retros out there.
The launch party is Thursday the 6th, in London, and is also followed by a UK tour
Tickets here

29 Sep – BLACKBURN – Electric Church
03 Oct – BRIGHTON – Hope and Ruin
05 Oct – BRISTOL – Mothers Ruin 
06 Oct – OXFORD – The Cellar
08 Oct – SOUTHAMPTON – The Joiners
10 Oct – LEEDS – The Lending Room
11 Oct – SHEFFIELD – Cafe Totem
12 Oct – LIVERPOOL – Jacaranda
13 Oct – READING – Oxjam
17 Oct – LONDON – 100 Club
18 Oct – ST ALBANS – The Horn 
20 Oct – HULL – Ulltra Festival

Check out more from social media:
www.sisteray.com
www.facebook.com/sisterayuk 
www.twitter.com/sisterayuk 

www.instagram.com/sisterayuk 

Out. Mx

False Heads - Less Is Better EP

Less Is Better... Unless the subject is new music, in which case less isn't always better... I mean, when it comes to False Heads, more is better! More is exactly what we now have.

A few months ago we caught up with Luke, Jake & Barney in Leeds on their single release Retina - check out the post and videos here. During our chat we spoke about what's next, Luke told us about the several Demos ready to be recorded and spoke of re-recording Retina for an EP version. Since then we waited, eagerly!

Well today the day came...

To start, a big thanks to These Bloody Thieves Records & the Lads for sending over a copy of the CD early. The EP is set for official Digital Release next month (21st September), with the single Yellow premiering on Radio X tonight at 10pm and release date is 24th August.

Once again I've got myself into the CD scenario! I literally only buy CDs to look at, the only player I have is Xbox, opting to stream nowadays. Thankfully my brother saved the day with an old laptop so I can relax, laydown, headphones in and listen uninterrupted.

The EP has 4 bouncing tracks:
Yellow
Retina (EP Version)
Help Yourself
Wrap Up

The overall production is a step up from previous releases. Less Is Better is a much larger sound, a more professional outfit, don't get me wrong we still have that grungy raw sound, it's like Gutter Press but with big fat shiny cherry on top.

If you wanna know more about each track, I've given run down below. If you wanna listen to this unadulterated without any outside interpretation then feel free to skip. EP and Tour details can be found on FalseHeads.com or @falseheads


Yellow 
Keeping in with previous tracks Yellow is False Heads in and out. Starting with a lovely clean Indie rift that'd fit at home amongst a Strokes or Hives track, it smashed into a verse covered in grungy crack. The chorus is heavy in repetitive lyrics from Luke, whilst Barney harmonises smashing away at the drums. It's got catchy lyrics and progressive rifts you can really feel a development on the 'False Heads' sound from earlier EPs.


Retina
When the guys said they were going to redo Retina, I was worried. The single is nice, raw, a good grungy listen. Much of this has been retained, with a closer, bassier sound, in the EP version. It offers more sound, crisper notes, echos and cleaner effects - particularly the outro at 3minutes you can tell the production is just another level.

Help Yourself
Slowing the pace a little - don't be thinking Comfort Consumption slow tho, Help Yourself packs a punch more akin to All Eyes. There's another treat of catch hooks, and a pretty nifty build up which leads into a new sound from the lads, by the way of a progressive electro guitar rift! Very nice - hope to hear more like this, it really works well.

Wrap Up
Coming into this track with more progressive sounds it's followed with some really meaty rifts & a touch of vocal distort. This is the first time I've really focused on Jake's bass - it's really grabbed me, listening to it flow really gets the head going. There's a full 1minute and 30seconds which is lyric free with scales all over, individual parts, harmonised instrumentals - I really get the feeling that this song was constructed with a live performance in mind. You can really visualise Luke scaling the stage and throwing himself off ... finishing with another catchy lyrical build up and an 'Everyone Goes For It'-ending

Countdown to the Tour!

With thanks to Luke, Jake & Barney and Rob at TBTRecords.

Full details of availability and release dates at www.falseheads.com they're on all social media platforms too @falseheads. Where you can find details of their upcoming European tour in September/October. We're going to Manchester and Preston gigs.

These Bloody Thieves Records @TBT_records
Ask nicely they may send a copy out before release dates.




Love Mx

!..!,  🤘

Foxon's Thoughts #1 - F**king With The Boss

In a week where Childish Gambino has destroyed the internet, and Arctic Monkeys released the most polarizing record of their career so far, us here at ALOMR have decided that now is a great time for us to put up weekly columns where we can natter away like grannys on cocaine.

This is mine. I'm Chris, I like my metal loud, I like my punk rock fast, I like hoppy beer and nice smells. I'm a white guy with dreadlocks who hates white guys with dreadlocks. You can call me Foxon, or C-Fox, or ginger twat, or Thunderflame, or Chris.

Let's start where I need to start. Childish Gambino. Fucking hell! Is it already the most watched video on YouTube? It should be. If you are an alien whose only link to Earth is this blog; first of all, congratulations, this blog is the best thing on earth. Secondly, Childish Gambino is the alter ego of Earth’s best actor, Donald Glover, who is in a Star Wars film, with loads of you aliens, and he is also gonna be the voice of Simba in a live action remake of Earth’s best film, The Lion King. He is a big deal, and this week he made a music video about gun crime in America, and it's insane! It totally caught me off guard, and i must have watched it 30 times already. It’s so powerful in its symbolism. Or perhaps it isn't symbolism, perhaps it's blatant, what you see is what you get. Either way, it's shocking, it's relevant, it's a goddamn work of art and it's brilliant.

I guess I should talk about the new Arctic Monkeys album too. I haven't heard it yet, so I won't.

So, what have I been listening to? Remember Space? My wife had never heard ‘The Ballad Of Tom Jones’ when it came on in the car on our bank holiday trip to Blackpool. I think she enjoyed it, I'm not sure, but I did, so I've been listening to their second album, Tin Planet. I don't think i gave it enough attention back in ‘98. I always preferred their first album, Spiders, but after this week, I feel teenage me may have been wrong. Cracking album, so much fun! Avenging Angels is a banger of a tune!!

Elsewhere this week, blog favourites Yonaka finally released Fucking With The Boss. I'd heard it for the first time when they supported Andrew W.K. a few weeks ago, and I loved it. I was extremely excited for the studio version, so I could have a proper listen. It came out yesterday, it's so sick. Go listen to it now. Yonaka are going to take the world by storm, and this is another massive step in the right direction. Their best work to date. Its my song of the week. Song of the week is totally a thing I'm doing. I just decided that.

Bastille did a new song too, it's called ‘Quarter Past Midnight’. First new music from the alt-pop heavyweights for a couple of years. It pretty much reads like a paint-by-numbers Bastille song. Its catchy, it's fun, it sounds like summer in the 80s and it's going to make us all fall in love with Dan Smith's voice again. It's tailor made for this lovely weather we are having.

So, that's it from me. I hope you enjoyed your little glimpse into my brain. Remember Foreigner? The 80’s power ballad band who did all those cheesy songs your mum likes? I'm off to see them tonight. Should be fun. But, it means I'm going to miss the Eurovision song contest. I've heard most of the songs though, it's gonna be good fun, I'll hopefully avoid spoilers and watch it tomorrow.

I'm pretty certain Israel will win! See ya next week.

Selfie of the week:

Song of the week:

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino

Here at A Life of Music Rocks we pride ourselves on positivity and posting what we like what we love, and just leave out what we dislike.

Which puts me at a quandary with Arctics latest, er, Masterpiece. I love the Arctics.. who doesn't. This album follows its name, Tranquility, and that's about all you get. It's a nice chilled and Alex Turner tuned down album, good in its own right, but against hype and previous Albums this is the one that got away.

5 year wait...to me I feel the Arctic Monkeys have done to their number 6, what Interpol did to their number 4. 

I hope the next one will follow Interpol's footsteps and step back up to their original sounds that everyone knows and loves.

It's on a playlist... It isn't one I'm skipping to and repeating. The young blood is coming through, and with the likes of Weekend Debt, Yonaka, False Heads, Sea Girls the market of the Modern rock era is beeming with amazing bouncy repeatable tracks.

Maybe it's a grower after the expectations have died down and reality set in.

Daphne and Celeste - Save The World.

My relationship with Daphne and Celeste has been well documented over many pub conversations, and in a blog I wrote about 6 years ago - before their recent triumphant return to the music scene. I am so hipster.

However, since only about (precisely) two of the readers of this review will have had those conversations and read that blog, a brief recap - 

Around the turn of the century, two girls called Karen and Celeste burst into the public conciousness as Daphne and Celeste, singing very loud bouncy pop songs that absolutely everybody professed to hate. I wasn't a massive fan of the music - 'Ooh, stick you' was fun and catchy but no 'Mmmbop', 'U.G.L.Y' was a bit mean, I thought at the time (although I have recently revised my opinion). I was into Rock, with a very much intended capital R. However, Daphne and Celeste the people - I loved them. They appeared on my radar and demanded  my attention. Because they were brave as fook. They did not give a sherbert dip dap for whatever anyone said about them, or indeed how much piss was in the bottles launched at them at the Reading festival.

 And then they disappeared. If they ever came up in conversation I got stared at in disbelief when I uttered the words ' Proper punk they were', and they very rarely came up in conversation anyway. Until 2015.

In 2015 Twitter finally fulfilled its promise, and was the meeting ground for the duo and Max Tundra. Max Tundra said 'Hey Daphne and Celeste, I think we should make a song that will make men with beards who like craft beer really, really happy' and Daphne and Celeste said 'That sounds really, really, really neat.' And so was created 'You and I Alone’.

Then they went back to sleep for a while, until the end of last month, when they returned to Save The World. This review starts... now.

Daphne and Celeste Save the World is the album you always wanted Daphne and Celeste to record without even knowing you wanted Daphne and Celeste to record another thing ever again. It's like if someone got a big bag of your favourite sweets, found a way to take the sweets and turn them into musical notes, gave them to your favourite TV presenter from your childhood who then introduced your best friend who had learned to play a synthesizer especially for your birthday, who then proceeded to play all these tunes as they formed big images in front of you of your best memories ever, but in 8-bit computer graphics.

I can’t pick a favourite track from the album. Here’s some highlights -

‘Sunny Day’ reminds me of ‘Dear Jessie’ by Madonna, without being anything like it. ‘Dear Jessie’ is the best Madonna song post 1986.

‘BB’ is so unbelievably catchy I still find myself singing the chorus without realising I’m doing it, at least a month after I first heard it.

‘You and I alone’ ' is great and always makes me smile happily into my craft beer while stroking my luxuriant beard. 

‘Whatever happened to Yazz?’ is a song I can imagine listening to with The Human League, as we chuckle away and go ‘Whatever did happen to Yazz?’ I would then have to admit that I do know what happened to Yazz, as that’s the kind of thing I spend too much time thinking about and I’ve googled it before.

It’s an album that made someone like me who isn’t a reviewer want to do a review, so I could tell people to listen to it. Listen to it.

Fin.

Buy the album here - https://daphneandceleste.tmstor.es/

Or it's on spotify. Or itunes. Or all those other things you can't stroke.

On The Spot with False Heads (Interview)

The Gig

March 31st. We took a trip to Leeds to see False Heads for a second time. Regulars at the blog may have read our review on their gig in Manchester a few weeks ago. We managed to catch up with the boys after the gig, and they explained that they never managed to fit Leeds and Liverpool into the tour, so a couple of extra gigs were added to the end. So here we are.

The Library bar was rammed downstairs. Many people in costumes, taking advantage of the long weekend, most people there to watch Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker. 

Upstairs, however, the music fans were in The Lending Room to see some cracking live music, and that's just what they got. Local indie rockers, Mixed Descent opened up. Followed by Able’s Army serving a delicious blend of indie-pop and old school rock n roll. Kitsch played third, an instrumental band of technicians who brilliantly find themselves somewhere between Billy Talent and Mogwai, two bands I never thought would share a sentence.

False Heads finished the show with another energetic half an hour and the songs we've come to know and love over the last few weeks here at ALOMR.

More pictures at the end

After the gig, drummer Barney shot downstairs to watch the fight while we cornered singer and guitarist Luke for our first interview.

We shared a few laughs as Luke told he was being electrocuted by the microphone throughout the whole gig tonight. We then hit him up with some random quick-fire questions for the video. Bassist Jake joined soon after and we fired the random questions at him too. His answers were beautiful (and fucking weird). Check out the video below.



The Interview
Here is the interview in full

ALOMR
In an industry where there are literally thousands of genres, sub-genres, labels, you’ve taken a step outside of the box and described yourselves as “CRACK-PUNK-INDIE-ROCK”, what does Crack-Punk-Indie-Rock mean to you?

Luke 
“I think it’s just like fast paced Punk, with a little early 00s indie in there, there’s a little jangly guitar and then flicking between the two. To be fair it’s getting more iffy, but then we’ve been writing some more pop stuff lately that we haven’t been playing the in set. 

Yeah, it’s a cross between that kinda more jangly indie and heavy punk.”

ALOMR
Having read previous interviews, your individual tastes in music are very eclectic and drive influence from many places: Muse, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Bob Dylan, to name just a few. Collectively, how did you manage to you settle into your sound?

Luke
“The one band that we all love the most which we all kind of go over is Radiohead, which in the that, kinda, half an hour set you don’t really get in too much. Then there is certain bands like pixies, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, and me and Jake love Elliott Smith, The Beatles ...and it kinda all came out in that shouty punk, that’s got some melodies that you can sing along to.

We thought it’d be a cool thing to have 2 lead singers, Barney has his own vocal parts completely separate to mine. Mines really shouty and aggressive and Barney has the nice Falsetto.

We thought that was quite a cool thing where me and Barney both have separate parts of the song, and that kinda happened naturally, we can both have our own personalities in the way that we sing. But then we can’t have it too 'ooey', so only a bit around where I’m playing a really fat riff. That was kinda the base of if. We have pop harmonies, but put them over really fucking heavy rifts and me singing them outta tune most the time, so it works to kinda take away that pop element.”


ALOMR
Politics is very much part and parcel of the Punk genre, and evident in your own music, especially your first EP Gutter Press. Not so much with your latest single ‘Retina’. What’s the story behind it?

Luke
“I ended up taking 3 tabs of Acid by accident!

Oh, I really, I don’t do that thing! You got this as an exclusive here, I really hate that thing where bands like 'oh man I smoked so much weed and I wrote this song'. 

But, like, I was pretty, I was so fucked up, that I was really drunk with my Girlfriend, and it was the first time I was doing it and I broke a few in half.
I was really drunk and I thought they were half, they were actually individual ones, not the ones I’d been breaking up, so I slammed back 3 thinking it was 1 and a half!

I was fucked up man, and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, at the same time it was really fucking crazy shit I thought I could control the universe at one point.”


ALOMR
How did this time in the studio writing and recording compare to previous sessions?

Luke 
“We knew what were doing more with ‘Retina’."

Jake
“‘Retina's kinda funny, as we recorded it a while ago and it took a while to get out, but compared to when we did the EP we thought when we got there it would just work itself out, but we realised quite quickly that it doesn’t. 

So with ‘Retina’ we worked everything out, we had all of our parts, very clear cut, got it down it, was a seamless process”

Luke 
“It took a while, because we were trying to get out of our old record contract and shit, we had it recorded and had a load of shit going on. It was about a year old but we were really tight, and we'd rehearsed it a lot. Where as the first EP we hadn’t been a band that long. ‘Retina’ came out a lot better.”

ALOMR
We agree. ‘Retina’ is sick! But here at the blog, we think ‘TwentyNothing’ and ‘Gutter Press’ are equally as good.

Jake tells us they’re going to go and do an album, or 4 or 5 track EP later in the year, or early next year. They plan to re-record ‘TwentyNothing’, and want to get it tighter and much more polished. Having moved away from scatty garage rock to a better produced sound, and with a greater contrast with the chorus and verse.



ALOMR
November last year you opened ‘A Peaceful Noise’, an event held by the Nick Alexander Memorial Trust, in Memory of Nick Alexander. Nick is one of the 90 people that lost their lifes at the Bataclan terrorist attacks in Paris. As members of the music community these type of attacks are something that feels extremely close to many of us. Tell us a little about how you got involved as part of the Memorial night and how was it?

Luke
“So how we got involved into that, Zoe (Nick’s Brother), she saw us live really early on and she really liked it and we became really good friends. She came to gigs, we fucking love her she’s amazing. I’d say about 3 months after we met her, and become mates, her brother died. So we’ve seen the whole process. 

She is genuinely amazing, like I’ve never really... when things like that happen, my opinion and it sounds a little cynical maybe, I get real sick of all that bullshit 'Everything’s alright', 'Keep Calm and Carry on' and that shit. I don’t know, there’s a place for it, but I don’t really know what it achieves. 
There’s always so much narrative and people using it to their own political agenda, the Left and the Right Wing, I can’t stand that shit.

And Zoe, for me, is one of the only people... like, because Nick was on the front of every newspaper, the only English guy who got murdered. How do you deal with that in the public-sphere?
‘Cause it’s such a private thing, it’s so horrific, it’s a public horrific tragedy! And, man, I think she fucking deserves some kind of medal. I don’t know what medals they give out now, but she took something that was public that she couldn’t get away from and turned it into something that is palatable and actually can help people and can bring people together.

I get so sick of that shit on the news, politicians giving speeches like we’re all together and were with you. Fuck off what the fuck do you know, man?”

Jake 
“She got some of the biggest names in music, it was a room full of people, everyone was laughing, everyone was drinking, everyone was having a really good time.”

Jake & Luke

“...And that’s how you beat that”


Luke 
“Thats how you beat fucking horrible, fascist, theocrats that wanna murder you for having a good time. like if you do something like that, and she’s fucking amazing and that. 

Not only did we do ‘A Peaceful Noise’, we saw the whole process from her brother being murdered to doing 2 gigs with some of the biggest names in Rock and Roll and pop culture. It was amazing, it was a very weird thing. Even Josh Homme played a little weird little intimate set on acoustic guitar and we were the first band on, we walk out and play a really loud punk thing. 

But, it’s about Fuck those people, this is how we’re going to respond to that and there are as a genuine really electricity in the air. We went on and we all did ‘Instant karma' by John Lennon, we butchered that, we were out of tune, we were battered, our manager had to drag.. oh I was so fucked.”

Jake 
“Like Frank Turner and Carl Barat singing, Band Of Skulls were singing, it was beautiful, and you could hear me and Luke on the corner like drunk Uncles”


Luke 
“But we were there and the crowd was singing that song like “We all shine on”, that’s when it means something. Because it can affect people. It’s not a fucking scripted bit of paper that you go on TV, it’s amazing and I hope Zoe does that every year. It’s a beautiful and amazing event. And the Nick Alexander Memorial Trust, all the money goes to help people heal their lives in loads of different ways, they help poor people get instruments, poorer schools with music and that. Music therapy. 

So it’s an amazing cause and I think she’s the strongest person I’ve ever met, to take something that public and that tragic and twist it.”

Jake
“The way that the majority of people would deal with that would be to retreat for it, you have so many people talking about your brother in such a public way, you’d retreat, but she’s had the strength to go and do it, put the gig on and make something so positive from it.”


Luke
“The thing is it’s so beautiful her family are backstage, we all getting drink with Josh Homme and Carl Barāt, and like there is something beautiful in that, because it is a genuine rebellion, fuck you, to people who wanna murder people for being on a night out and seeing a gig. 

To be fair, the mainstream media did cover ‘A Peaceful Noise’ both years pretty well. It's a good thing things like that are being covered, the BBC, RadioX, Radio6 and Radio1, it’s a good thing people are getting on board with something like that.

She sold out Shepherds Bush, and sold out ULU, I’m sure she’s going to do bigger next year, whether we’re playing or we're there, we’re going to be on board with it."

Luke, quite rightly reitorated that many other people lost their lives at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, and Nick, depressingly, became a poster boy. 

Just listening to guys talk about Zoe and The Nick Alexander Memorial Trust is truly inspiring. More information and donations can be made at.

http://www.thenickalexandermemorialtrust.com
https://www.apeacefulnoise.com



We decided to talk about what songs the guys first learned on guitar. 
Luke first learnt ‘Polly’ by Nirvana. His first Led Zeppelin song ‘Heartbreaker’. Luke also remembers first trying to learn Stairway to Heaven and was like “why am I doing this?”

Jake tells us the first thing he learnt, and was really proud of, was White Stripes Icky Thump, he laughs "that song makes no sense".


ALOMR
What’s in store for False Heads next?

Jake 
“there is quite a lot up in the air at the moment, We’ve got Demos and we're going back into the studio. We've got festival season to look forward to, we've got a few dates and we’re booking a tour'

Luke 
“We've got a new manager, she’s fucking awesome , we’re recording demos, talking to some big labels, were basically gonna tour for the rest of the year then we’ve got demos we’re gonna record a 4 or 5 track album, with ‘Retina’ and a few new songs.”

Make sure you follow False Heads on all the social networks @falseheads, and check out 'Retina', available absolutely everywhere.
www.falseheads.com



The Video & Quick Fire Questions

The Pictures

Remember check out the lads at www.falseheads.com

New single Retina available all over.






Thanks to False Heads for the time.
That's the lot, enjoy! 
Michael & Chris




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